1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,500 I'm gonna invite you to, if you can, remain standing. 2 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:04,620 I'm going to be reading today 3 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:06,920 out of the book of Matthew chapter two. 4 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:09,240 At the end of the sermon, 5 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,040 we're gonna have a special presentation 6 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:11,960 from our Ignite Kids. 7 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:16,960 So invite you to hang around and to witness that presentation. 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,220 So we're looking forward to that. 9 00:00:19,220 --> 00:00:21,460 But I wanna share this message 10 00:00:21,460 --> 00:00:22,960 that God has placed in my heart. 11 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,380 Matthew chapter two and verse one, 12 00:00:26,380 --> 00:00:29,140 considering the times, the season, 13 00:00:29,140 --> 00:00:32,100 the purpose of our celebration today, 14 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:33,900 this is where God has led me. 15 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,180 The word of the Lord says as follows 16 00:00:36,180 --> 00:00:39,500 in Matthew chapter two and verse one. 17 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:44,180 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, 18 00:00:44,180 --> 00:00:46,180 in the days of Herod the king, 19 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:51,180 behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 20 00:00:52,220 --> 00:00:55,380 saying, where is he who has been born 21 00:00:55,380 --> 00:01:00,020 who has been born king of the Jews? 22 00:01:00,020 --> 00:01:03,860 For we have seen his star in the east 23 00:01:03,860 --> 00:01:07,900 and have come to worship him. 24 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:09,620 Can somebody say amen? 25 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:16,540 My message today is this, born is the king. 26 00:01:16,540 --> 00:01:18,020 Born is the king. 27 00:01:18,020 --> 00:01:19,500 I'm gonna invite you to pray with me 28 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:22,260 and we're gonna come before the Lord right now. 29 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:25,060 We're going to ask him to speak to us today 30 00:01:25,060 --> 00:01:27,020 as we have opened up our hearts to his word. 31 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:28,540 Father, we love you today, God. 32 00:01:28,540 --> 00:01:32,580 We thank you for this beautiful presence that we feel. 33 00:01:32,580 --> 00:01:34,580 We know God that the greatest gift 34 00:01:34,580 --> 00:01:38,500 anyone could receive this time of year is you, Lord. 35 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:39,900 It is Christ. 36 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,220 And I ask today, Lord, 37 00:01:41,220 --> 00:01:46,220 that as we have heard this beautiful musical presentation, 38 00:01:46,420 --> 00:01:50,940 God, that now we would open our hearts to your word. 39 00:01:50,940 --> 00:01:53,780 God, I ask that you would anoint all of our hearing today 40 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,700 to receive this message, God, 41 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:57,340 and anoint my lips of clay, God, 42 00:01:57,340 --> 00:02:00,740 that all that is spoken would glorify your name. 43 00:02:00,740 --> 00:02:02,820 You are the reason for the season, God. 44 00:02:02,820 --> 00:02:05,780 You are our purpose for gathering here today, Lord. 45 00:02:05,780 --> 00:02:08,460 And I pray that before this service is over, 46 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:11,740 someone's life would be transformed by your presence. 47 00:02:11,740 --> 00:02:13,820 Father, we love you in Jesus' name. 48 00:02:13,820 --> 00:02:15,620 Somebody say amen. 49 00:02:15,620 --> 00:02:16,460 Amen. 50 00:02:16,460 --> 00:02:19,380 You can be seated in the presence of God. 51 00:02:19,380 --> 00:02:24,380 I wanna begin by sharing according to English folklore. 52 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:27,300 Long ago in the kingdom of Britain, 53 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:32,300 a child was born who would become its greatest king, 54 00:02:32,740 --> 00:02:35,620 and they called him King Arthur. 55 00:02:35,620 --> 00:02:38,100 His birth as the fairy tale goes 56 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:41,740 was shrouded in mystery and danger. 57 00:02:41,740 --> 00:02:46,740 Rival lords driven by ambition sought to eliminate him. 58 00:02:46,740 --> 00:02:51,260 To protect this infant, a wise man hid him away 59 00:02:51,260 --> 00:02:56,260 and raised him in secret as a commoner. 60 00:02:56,580 --> 00:02:59,700 Years later, his moment came. 61 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:03,820 A sword embedded in a stone bore the inscription 62 00:03:03,820 --> 00:03:06,100 that whoever pulls this sword out of the stone 63 00:03:06,100 --> 00:03:07,820 is the rightful king. 64 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:11,140 And many tried, and everyone failed to do it. 65 00:03:11,140 --> 00:03:15,260 But apparently, Arthur approached the stone 66 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:19,180 and pulled the sword out easily, 67 00:03:19,180 --> 00:03:22,980 and that revealed him as the king. 68 00:03:23,820 --> 00:03:28,820 And King Arthur is but a product of human imagination, 69 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,980 and some believe that the tale of Arthur 70 00:03:31,980 --> 00:03:36,980 is even molded after or modeled after the life of Jesus. 71 00:03:37,900 --> 00:03:41,660 For instance, Arthur's birth is said to be supernatural, 72 00:03:41,660 --> 00:03:44,660 just as Jesus' birth was. 73 00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:47,540 Arthur supposedly performed miracles 74 00:03:47,540 --> 00:03:50,020 just as Jesus performed miracles, 75 00:03:50,020 --> 00:03:53,780 and Arthur even had 12 nights 76 00:03:53,780 --> 00:03:56,540 reminiscent of Jesus' 12 disciples. 77 00:03:56,540 --> 00:04:01,500 And like Jesus, Arthur is hailed in folklore as a hero, 78 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:03,620 as a savior to his people. 79 00:04:03,620 --> 00:04:05,780 And I begin with the story, 80 00:04:05,780 --> 00:04:08,060 and what is the moral of the story? 81 00:04:08,060 --> 00:04:09,260 What is the moral of the story? 82 00:04:09,260 --> 00:04:11,580 The moral is this, that in every generation, 83 00:04:11,580 --> 00:04:15,060 both ancient and modern people have attempted 84 00:04:15,060 --> 00:04:17,940 to invent their own kings. 85 00:04:19,420 --> 00:04:24,420 Just replace the name Arthur with a favorite celebrity, 86 00:04:25,140 --> 00:04:30,140 athlete, cultural, political icon, or even belief system. 87 00:04:30,940 --> 00:04:33,900 Just replace the name Arthur with just about anything 88 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:37,300 and anyone that someone could invent or imagine 89 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:41,380 in their mind to be that king for them. 90 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:46,380 But today, but today, we have come to declare and adore 91 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:52,020 the one and true King, Jesus Christ. 92 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:56,340 Can we clap our hands right now for the King, amen? 93 00:04:58,500 --> 00:04:59,420 Hallelujah. 94 00:05:01,580 --> 00:05:03,260 And just like the wise men, 95 00:05:03,260 --> 00:05:07,140 we've gathered to offer our gifts of praise 96 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,420 and worship unto God. 97 00:05:09,420 --> 00:05:14,420 But let me ask today, what qualifies Jesus, 98 00:05:14,620 --> 00:05:18,420 or any man for that matter, to be a king? 99 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:21,820 What makes a king a king? 100 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:27,420 I believe that it all starts with a royal bloodline. 101 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:32,780 You cannot be a king without a royal bloodline. 102 00:05:32,780 --> 00:05:37,780 A king is often defined by his lineage. 103 00:05:37,780 --> 00:05:42,780 In technical terms, this is called a hereditary monarchy, 104 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:46,980 where succession to power is automatic 105 00:05:46,980 --> 00:05:50,660 and based on bloodline. 106 00:05:50,660 --> 00:05:53,580 A couple of years ago, King Charles III 107 00:05:53,580 --> 00:05:58,580 became King of England simply because he was next in line 108 00:06:00,620 --> 00:06:03,420 as the son of the queen. 109 00:06:03,420 --> 00:06:08,020 That is a hereditary monarchy. 110 00:06:08,020 --> 00:06:11,140 His only qualification was that he was born 111 00:06:11,140 --> 00:06:13,020 into the right family. 112 00:06:13,020 --> 00:06:15,260 And I want to tell you today that in the case 113 00:06:15,260 --> 00:06:19,500 of Jesus Christ, he is the rightful king 114 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:24,500 as the descendant of a royal bloodline, 115 00:06:24,860 --> 00:06:28,140 the line of David, which was prophesied 116 00:06:28,140 --> 00:06:29,380 in the Old Testament. 117 00:06:29,380 --> 00:06:33,340 In Psalm 132 and verse 11, it says, 118 00:06:33,340 --> 00:06:36,820 the Lord swore an oath to David 119 00:06:36,820 --> 00:06:39,620 that one of your own descendants 120 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:44,020 I will place on your throne. 121 00:06:44,020 --> 00:06:48,740 David was the chosen king that God had in the Old Testament 122 00:06:48,740 --> 00:06:51,820 and Christ came through that line. 123 00:06:51,820 --> 00:06:54,780 And this was confirmed in the opening passages 124 00:06:54,780 --> 00:06:58,380 of Matthew's gospel, which really is like 125 00:06:58,380 --> 00:07:00,700 the original ancestry.com. 126 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:04,220 I don't know if anybody has tried to ancestry.com. 127 00:07:04,220 --> 00:07:08,180 The opening pages of Matthew is the original ancestry.com 128 00:07:08,180 --> 00:07:12,260 because it traces the genealogy of Jesus Christ 129 00:07:12,260 --> 00:07:16,580 as the connected to King David. 130 00:07:16,580 --> 00:07:19,420 It points from generation to generation 131 00:07:19,420 --> 00:07:23,140 that Christ, his birth was not just a matter 132 00:07:23,140 --> 00:07:26,740 of coincidence, but it had been always a part 133 00:07:26,740 --> 00:07:29,860 of God's plan to come through the seed 134 00:07:29,860 --> 00:07:34,100 of the line of David to be born at that specific time, 135 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:39,100 to redeem and to save the world from our sins. 136 00:07:39,260 --> 00:07:42,300 But what I want you to understand today is that this Christ 137 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:45,340 that we are celebrating today, this Christ that we worship, 138 00:07:45,340 --> 00:07:49,180 not only is he of the royal bloodline of David, 139 00:07:49,180 --> 00:07:51,580 however, he is not only just a king, 140 00:07:51,580 --> 00:07:54,260 but he is also the king of king. 141 00:07:54,260 --> 00:07:58,260 He is not just a king, he is the king. 142 00:07:58,260 --> 00:08:03,260 He is the king of kings, hallelujah. 143 00:08:03,380 --> 00:08:05,780 He is not just of an earthly bloodline, 144 00:08:05,780 --> 00:08:08,820 but he is also of a heavenly bloodline. 145 00:08:08,820 --> 00:08:12,180 He is the son, not only the son of man, 146 00:08:12,180 --> 00:08:14,860 but he is also the son of God. 147 00:08:14,860 --> 00:08:18,940 He is Emmanuel, God with us. 148 00:08:18,940 --> 00:08:22,180 He is the only begotten of the father 149 00:08:22,180 --> 00:08:24,740 full of grace and truth. 150 00:08:24,740 --> 00:08:28,780 He is God manifested in human flesh. 151 00:08:28,780 --> 00:08:32,340 We don't just come today to acknowledge and to adore 152 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:34,580 a man born of a Virgin Mary, 153 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:38,500 a man that came through the line of David as the son of man, 154 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:42,820 but we have also come to adore that he is the rightful heir 155 00:08:42,820 --> 00:08:47,820 to the throne of God, that he is God Almighty. 156 00:08:48,180 --> 00:08:53,020 He is the king of kings and the Lord of lords. 157 00:08:53,020 --> 00:08:56,580 He is high and lifted up, hallelujah. 158 00:08:56,580 --> 00:09:00,380 Somebody today, the royal bloodline, 159 00:09:00,380 --> 00:09:02,380 but what else does it take to be a king? 160 00:09:02,380 --> 00:09:05,460 To be a king, you can't just come from a royal bloodline, 161 00:09:05,460 --> 00:09:07,660 but a king has to have a throne. 162 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:12,340 Someone say a throne. 163 00:09:13,860 --> 00:09:16,860 A king rules from a throne. 164 00:09:17,820 --> 00:09:21,580 A throne is more than a king's chair. 165 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:24,820 A throne is more than just a place where a king sit. 166 00:09:24,820 --> 00:09:29,820 It's a place of sovereignty and rule. 167 00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:34,340 It's a place where as the king sits on the throne, 168 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:37,620 he is now responsible. 169 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:42,300 He oversees all of the affairs of the kingdom. 170 00:09:42,300 --> 00:09:45,740 Archaeologists believe that the oldest surviving throne 171 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:47,860 in the world can be found. 172 00:09:47,860 --> 00:09:49,500 It is the throne of Knossos, 173 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:54,500 which was built on the island of Crete, Greece, 174 00:09:54,780 --> 00:09:56,660 around 1400 BC. 175 00:09:56,660 --> 00:09:58,820 This is considered by archaeologists 176 00:09:58,820 --> 00:10:02,780 the oldest surviving throne in the world. 177 00:10:02,780 --> 00:10:04,780 And it's definitely an ancient throne 178 00:10:04,780 --> 00:10:07,540 if it's been around since 1400 BC. 179 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:09,740 But I wanna tell you that the throne of God 180 00:10:09,740 --> 00:10:10,820 is older than that. 181 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,300 The throne of God is older than that. 182 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:17,700 The psalmist declared these words in Psalm 93 in verse two, 183 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:22,700 your throne is established from old. 184 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:25,620 You are from everlasting. 185 00:10:25,620 --> 00:10:28,140 Thrones symbolizes government. 186 00:10:28,140 --> 00:10:31,660 And there is no throne that is older, that is higher, 187 00:10:31,660 --> 00:10:36,100 that is greater than the throne of Jesus Christ today. 188 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:37,940 Amen, somebody. 189 00:10:37,940 --> 00:10:39,340 Oh, there's lots of thrones 190 00:10:39,340 --> 00:10:41,020 that you can visit throughout the world. 191 00:10:41,020 --> 00:10:42,740 In fact, you can go to different countries 192 00:10:42,740 --> 00:10:46,420 and perhaps capture a picture of the various thrones 193 00:10:46,420 --> 00:10:49,380 that have existed throughout the centuries. 194 00:10:49,380 --> 00:10:51,940 Some that are still around today 195 00:10:51,940 --> 00:10:53,740 where maybe some kings may sit, 196 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:56,740 but there is no throne that is greater than the throne 197 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:59,940 upon which our Lord and Savior sits upon today. 198 00:10:59,940 --> 00:11:01,900 His throne is higher. 199 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:04,180 I'm reminded of the vision that Isaiah had 200 00:11:04,180 --> 00:11:07,260 when he saw him high and lifted up. 201 00:11:07,260 --> 00:11:08,180 Oh, hallelujah. 202 00:11:08,180 --> 00:11:10,500 And his train filled the temple. 203 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:14,660 His glorious vision of God was so great and so grander 204 00:11:14,660 --> 00:11:18,180 and so splendid and so marvelous and wonderful. 205 00:11:18,180 --> 00:11:21,500 He had never seen anything like it in all of his life. 206 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:24,100 And that was just but a flash, 207 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:27,260 but a glimpse of the glory and the throne of God. 208 00:11:27,260 --> 00:11:30,020 How much greater is that throne today 209 00:11:30,020 --> 00:11:34,460 where there are seraphim that are circling around that throne 210 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:38,060 that are angelic beings that are crying unto him 211 00:11:38,060 --> 00:11:41,820 day and night, holy, holy, holy. 212 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:44,260 How much greater is that throne? 213 00:11:44,260 --> 00:11:47,580 Oh, that sits high and lifted up. 214 00:11:47,580 --> 00:11:49,700 This throne is above every government 215 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:51,500 and above every politician 216 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:55,260 and above every system of rule all throughout the world. 217 00:11:55,260 --> 00:11:57,540 You can travel all the four corners 218 00:11:57,540 --> 00:12:01,340 and you will not find a greater throne in this world 219 00:12:01,340 --> 00:12:04,020 than the throne upon which our Lord and Savior 220 00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:05,460 sits upon today. 221 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:09,740 Isaiah prophesied this in his word, Isaiah 9, 6, 222 00:12:09,740 --> 00:12:14,740 for unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given 223 00:12:15,380 --> 00:12:18,020 and the government will be upon his shoulder, 224 00:12:18,020 --> 00:12:19,660 the governments of the world 225 00:12:19,660 --> 00:12:23,460 and his name will be called wonderful, counselor, 226 00:12:23,460 --> 00:12:28,020 mighty God, everlasting father, prince of peace. 227 00:12:28,020 --> 00:12:30,820 I've got news for somebody here today. 228 00:12:30,820 --> 00:12:34,820 God is still sitting upon his throne 229 00:12:34,820 --> 00:12:37,780 and he has not surrendered it to anybody. 230 00:12:37,780 --> 00:12:40,660 How many of you know that he's still on the throne today? 231 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:42,460 Can you clap your hands? 232 00:12:42,460 --> 00:12:45,820 Can you shout hallelujah for him? 233 00:12:45,820 --> 00:12:50,460 Oh, John the Revelator said in the book of Revelation, 234 00:12:50,460 --> 00:12:53,180 he saw the elders crying out to him, 235 00:12:53,180 --> 00:12:58,180 to him who sits on the throne and unto the lamb. 236 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:03,020 He is God Almighty and he has a throne today. 237 00:13:03,020 --> 00:13:04,260 And I've got news for you today, 238 00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:05,420 no matter what you're going through, 239 00:13:05,420 --> 00:13:07,540 no matter what happens in our world, 240 00:13:07,540 --> 00:13:10,500 no matter how times and seasons may change, 241 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:13,940 as long as God is still sitting on his throne, 242 00:13:13,940 --> 00:13:16,420 everything is gonna be all right. 243 00:13:17,580 --> 00:13:20,060 Oh, I wish I had a witness today. 244 00:13:20,060 --> 00:13:23,260 I said everything is gonna be all right 245 00:13:23,260 --> 00:13:26,020 as long as he comes on the throne. 246 00:13:28,060 --> 00:13:30,300 People were wondering if their favorite politician 247 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:31,580 was gonna get elected. 248 00:13:31,580 --> 00:13:33,820 And I'm here to tell you that even if he didn't 249 00:13:33,820 --> 00:13:38,100 and even if she didn't, he's still on the throne. 250 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:41,860 I don't worship man, I worship God. 251 00:13:41,860 --> 00:13:46,340 He's on the throne and when men rise and when men fall 252 00:13:46,340 --> 00:13:49,100 and when governments rise and when governments fall, 253 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:52,060 he'll still be seated on his throne. 254 00:13:52,060 --> 00:13:56,660 And there will be a church that'll be saying unto the lamb 255 00:13:56,660 --> 00:13:58,820 who sits on the throne. 256 00:13:58,820 --> 00:14:01,460 And he is worthy of our praise today. 257 00:14:01,460 --> 00:14:02,300 Amen. 258 00:14:03,220 --> 00:14:05,380 And this is why the men, 259 00:14:05,380 --> 00:14:07,540 I'm telling you the Christmas story if you didn't know, 260 00:14:07,540 --> 00:14:10,900 hallelujah, because this is why the Magi 261 00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:15,900 and the wise men came from the far east, 262 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:18,940 he came from near, from far and wide. 263 00:14:18,940 --> 00:14:21,540 They were not just looking for another man, 264 00:14:21,540 --> 00:14:24,900 for another world figure, for another political figure, 265 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:28,500 they came seeking a king, oh hallelujah. 266 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,620 And I've come to tell you today that wise men 267 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:34,460 will still seek him in this hour. 268 00:14:34,460 --> 00:14:37,460 But what else does a king need? 269 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:39,980 Well, he has to have a royal bloodline 270 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:42,020 and he has to have a throne. 271 00:14:42,020 --> 00:14:46,100 But can a king be a king unless he also has a kingdom? 272 00:14:47,180 --> 00:14:48,420 Someone say kingdom. 273 00:14:49,980 --> 00:14:51,700 To be a king, you have to have, 274 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:54,500 you can't call yourself a king if you don't have a kingdom. 275 00:14:55,540 --> 00:14:57,500 You gotta have a kingdom. 276 00:14:57,500 --> 00:14:59,660 You know, you gotta have a kingdom. 277 00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:00,740 What is a kingdom? 278 00:15:00,740 --> 00:15:02,300 What is a king without a kingdom? 279 00:15:02,300 --> 00:15:06,860 A king must have a realm to rule over. 280 00:15:06,860 --> 00:15:08,820 That's what makes him a king. 281 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:12,820 The king with the largest kingdom in history, 282 00:15:12,820 --> 00:15:17,820 human history, was King George V, 283 00:15:18,020 --> 00:15:21,980 whose British empire at one point spanned 284 00:15:21,980 --> 00:15:25,740 more than 13 million square miles. 285 00:15:25,740 --> 00:15:28,900 That's almost a quarter of the world's land mass 286 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:30,060 at one point. 287 00:15:31,020 --> 00:15:34,460 And this is regarded in human terms 288 00:15:34,460 --> 00:15:38,340 as being the greatest earthly kingdom at one point. 289 00:15:38,340 --> 00:15:42,900 That's a lot of territory that King George ruled over. 290 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:46,420 That was the size of the British monarchy. 291 00:15:46,420 --> 00:15:48,220 That's pretty impressive, I think. 292 00:15:48,220 --> 00:15:51,460 But that doesn't compare though 293 00:15:51,460 --> 00:15:56,460 to Jesus' spiritual kingdom, not even at all. 294 00:15:58,020 --> 00:16:00,220 It doesn't even come close. 295 00:16:00,220 --> 00:16:04,500 I'm sorry, King George, I'm sorry, George. 296 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:08,260 Hate to break it to you, but that doesn't even come close 297 00:16:09,180 --> 00:16:13,860 to the rule and the reign of God's kingdom. 298 00:16:13,860 --> 00:16:18,340 When you consider Isaiah 9 and verse 12, he says, 299 00:16:18,340 --> 00:16:23,340 of the increase, of the increase of his government 300 00:16:24,020 --> 00:16:29,020 and peace, watch what he says, there will be no end. 301 00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:34,920 Upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, 302 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,260 doesn't matter where you go in this world, 303 00:16:38,260 --> 00:16:41,420 above it or beneath it, doesn't matter where you go 304 00:16:41,420 --> 00:16:44,260 in outer space, you can reach other cosmos 305 00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:45,420 that are light years away. 306 00:16:45,420 --> 00:16:50,260 And still, the kingdom of God is constantly expanding. 307 00:16:50,260 --> 00:16:52,900 You'll never get to the end of it. 308 00:16:54,620 --> 00:16:56,100 There is no place you can go. 309 00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:57,500 This is why the Psalmist said, 310 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,140 if I make my bed in hell, you are there. 311 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:03,420 Hallelujah. 312 00:17:03,420 --> 00:17:06,020 Anywhere I go, God is there. 313 00:17:06,020 --> 00:17:10,020 He's omnipresent, he's everywhere at the same time. 314 00:17:10,020 --> 00:17:13,220 And there is no place that God does not rule. 315 00:17:13,220 --> 00:17:15,860 There is no area, there is no territory, 316 00:17:15,860 --> 00:17:19,340 be it earthly or spiritual, where God does not rule. 317 00:17:19,340 --> 00:17:22,380 His kingdom is without an end. 318 00:17:22,380 --> 00:17:25,460 And the biggest difference between Jesus's kingdom 319 00:17:25,460 --> 00:17:29,500 and man's kingdom is that his kingdom is not limited 320 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:34,500 to geographical borders, but it encompasses all of creation 321 00:17:34,540 --> 00:17:37,220 and the heart of his people. 322 00:17:37,220 --> 00:17:39,860 What makes the kingdom of God so awesome 323 00:17:39,860 --> 00:17:43,980 is that it doesn't just cover a span of territory. 324 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:48,620 The kingdom of God is living on the inside of our heart. 325 00:17:48,620 --> 00:17:51,060 When you accept the King of Kings 326 00:17:51,060 --> 00:17:54,140 and you make him your personal Lord and Savior, 327 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:56,820 and you are born again into that kingdom, 328 00:17:56,820 --> 00:18:00,220 now the kingdom of God has expanded into you. 329 00:18:00,220 --> 00:18:02,780 Oh God, if there is one place 330 00:18:02,780 --> 00:18:06,660 where the kingdom wants to expand, it's in your life. 331 00:18:06,660 --> 00:18:08,460 It's in your heart. 332 00:18:08,460 --> 00:18:12,740 Oh, that the kingdoms of my heart, oh, hallelujah, 333 00:18:12,740 --> 00:18:16,500 those things in my heart would bow down and give way. 334 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:19,620 And I would remove the crown that is upon my head. 335 00:18:19,620 --> 00:18:21,700 And I would die to my own kingdom. 336 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:24,380 And I would seek first the kingdom of God 337 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:26,380 and all of his righteousness. 338 00:18:26,380 --> 00:18:28,580 Is there somebody here today who has come 339 00:18:28,580 --> 00:18:30,300 to seek his kingdom? 340 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:32,900 I have come for the kingdom of God. 341 00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:36,100 I have come to adore him. 342 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:37,900 Come on, why don't we clap our hands today 343 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:40,580 and give God a hand of praise. 344 00:18:40,580 --> 00:18:43,140 Hallelujah, hallelujah, Jesus. 345 00:18:43,140 --> 00:18:44,180 How many of you love him? 346 00:18:44,180 --> 00:18:45,140 Hallelujah. 347 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:47,020 Somebody shout hallelujah. 348 00:18:47,020 --> 00:18:48,020 Hallelujah. 349 00:18:49,660 --> 00:18:51,540 You gotta have a kingdom. 350 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:53,500 Can't be a king, can't have a kingdom. 351 00:18:54,540 --> 00:18:55,380 Gotta rule. 352 00:18:57,420 --> 00:19:00,340 What else does a king need to be a king? 353 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:03,500 Gotta have a bloodline, he's gotta have a throne. 354 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:05,900 He's gotta have a, if I'm applying to be a kingdom, 355 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:07,540 I mean, these are things you gotta have 356 00:19:07,540 --> 00:19:10,020 to be a king, you gotta have a kingdom. 357 00:19:10,020 --> 00:19:13,980 But you also, you also have to have worshipers. 358 00:19:15,380 --> 00:19:17,980 Adherents in your kingdom. 359 00:19:17,980 --> 00:19:20,740 You can't just have a big old land of territory 360 00:19:20,740 --> 00:19:24,220 and not have a group of adherents within there 361 00:19:24,220 --> 00:19:25,340 that worship you. 362 00:19:26,380 --> 00:19:29,220 A king's greatness is often reflected 363 00:19:29,220 --> 00:19:32,380 in those who honor and worship him. 364 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,900 Throughout history, there have been many kings 365 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:37,020 who were deified by their people 366 00:19:37,020 --> 00:19:38,620 and they were worshiped such as, 367 00:19:38,620 --> 00:19:40,740 we see it in scripture, we see it in scripture. 368 00:19:40,740 --> 00:19:43,820 Did not Nebuchadnezzar have an image made of him 369 00:19:43,820 --> 00:19:47,500 and demanded that everyone bow down to that image? 370 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:50,540 To worship him, he wanted to be a god to them. 371 00:19:50,540 --> 00:19:52,460 And the same happens in the New Testament 372 00:19:52,460 --> 00:19:55,060 with King Herod, King Herod Agrippa, 373 00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:57,540 the first we read in the book of Acts chapter 12, 374 00:19:57,540 --> 00:19:58,660 don't have the verse right now, 375 00:19:58,660 --> 00:20:01,860 but the Bible says that the people came together. 376 00:20:01,860 --> 00:20:03,460 These were Jewish people, they came together 377 00:20:03,460 --> 00:20:06,180 and they were saying, oh, the voice of a god 378 00:20:06,180 --> 00:20:07,420 and not of man. 379 00:20:08,620 --> 00:20:12,020 They were just hailing this King Herod Agrippa saying, 380 00:20:12,020 --> 00:20:14,700 oh, he's god and they begin to worship him. 381 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:17,060 And you know what happened in that very moment? 382 00:20:17,060 --> 00:20:19,420 An angel come and struck him dead. 383 00:20:20,860 --> 00:20:22,940 And it's a pretty graphic what happened. 384 00:20:22,940 --> 00:20:24,740 The Bible says that worms ate him up. 385 00:20:24,740 --> 00:20:25,740 Oh my God. 386 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:29,300 It worms and ate him up and they consumed him. 387 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:31,620 Right then that angel came and struck him down. 388 00:20:31,620 --> 00:20:32,440 Why? 389 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,620 Because he didn't give glory to God. 390 00:20:34,620 --> 00:20:38,580 He let them worship him. 391 00:20:38,580 --> 00:20:39,980 Hmm, my Lord. 392 00:20:39,980 --> 00:20:41,620 He let them worship him. 393 00:20:41,620 --> 00:20:45,500 He let them glorify him and God judged him 394 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,940 because all the glory and all the worship 395 00:20:47,940 --> 00:20:49,620 belongs to the Lord. 396 00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:53,580 Why would God strike down Herod? 397 00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:56,460 Because Christ alone is king 398 00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:59,820 and he alone is deserving of our worship. 399 00:20:59,820 --> 00:21:02,620 The Bible says at the name of Jesus, 400 00:21:02,620 --> 00:21:05,980 every knee should bow of those in heaven 401 00:21:05,980 --> 00:21:09,420 and of those on earth and those that are under the earth 402 00:21:09,420 --> 00:21:13,780 and that we should confess that Jesus is Lord. 403 00:21:13,780 --> 00:21:15,740 If we want to, oh, hallelujah. 404 00:21:15,740 --> 00:21:17,580 I feel this in my heart today. 405 00:21:17,580 --> 00:21:19,380 If Christ is our King, 406 00:21:19,380 --> 00:21:21,940 then we are not to hold back our worship 407 00:21:21,940 --> 00:21:23,940 and our praise to him today 408 00:21:23,940 --> 00:21:26,420 because he is deserving of it all. 409 00:21:26,420 --> 00:21:30,500 He is, how many of you know he's worthy of it all. 410 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:33,700 Oh, like the wise men have followed the star 411 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:36,060 to Bethlehem in order to worship him, 412 00:21:36,060 --> 00:21:39,340 the newborn King, so have we today. 413 00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:41,220 We have gathered. 414 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:45,500 We have come to worship and adore him. 415 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:50,060 I wonder for a few moments if we can adore the King of Kings, 416 00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:52,020 if we can adore him. 417 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:54,900 Did anybody come to adore him today? 418 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:56,580 Hallelujah. 419 00:21:56,580 --> 00:21:59,300 Why don't we take a moment and adore him? 420 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:01,860 Did anybody come with a gift of praise? 421 00:22:01,860 --> 00:22:04,340 Did anybody come with a gift of worship? 422 00:22:04,340 --> 00:22:06,220 Did anybody come, hallelujah? 423 00:22:06,220 --> 00:22:08,820 Come on, why don't we take about 30 seconds 424 00:22:08,820 --> 00:22:13,500 and just give God the glory that is due his name. 425 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:14,940 Hallelujah. 426 00:22:14,940 --> 00:22:16,980 Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah. 427 00:22:16,980 --> 00:22:19,180 I'm about to hear a piano player to come on up, 428 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:21,380 but why don't we just worship him? 429 00:22:21,380 --> 00:22:23,820 Oh, blessed be your name. 430 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:26,260 This is what the Magi did. 431 00:22:26,260 --> 00:22:29,020 They came all those thousands of miles 432 00:22:29,020 --> 00:22:32,140 and when they got to that young baby Jesus, 433 00:22:32,140 --> 00:22:34,220 they knelt down before him. 434 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:36,580 They put their glory aside. 435 00:22:36,580 --> 00:22:38,620 They put their name aside. 436 00:22:38,620 --> 00:22:40,780 They put their grievances aside. 437 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:42,500 They put this aside. 438 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:45,500 They didn't even understand everything that was going on. 439 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:47,500 They didn't even understand all the mysteries 440 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,900 of what was happening, but all they knew 441 00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:51,900 is that they were in the presence of someone 442 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:53,580 that was greater than they. 443 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:57,220 They understood that this was a King indeed. 444 00:22:57,220 --> 00:22:59,780 And so they knelt down before him 445 00:22:59,780 --> 00:23:02,180 and they offered up their gifts to God. 446 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:06,260 I wonder if somebody today came with a gift of praise 447 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:08,180 to offer unto the Lord. 448 00:23:08,180 --> 00:23:11,540 I wonder if somebody today came with a gift of worship 449 00:23:11,540 --> 00:23:12,860 to give unto God. 450 00:23:17,820 --> 00:23:20,700 Oh, come let us adore him. 451 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,460 This is what we're singing. 452 00:23:22,460 --> 00:23:25,620 Come let us adore him. 453 00:23:25,620 --> 00:23:30,620 Come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. 454 00:23:32,860 --> 00:23:34,340 This is what we've come to do. 455 00:23:35,220 --> 00:23:36,740 We've come to adore him. 456 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:39,700 Come to worship. 457 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:45,260 I put on a suit today. 458 00:23:45,260 --> 00:23:46,540 You didn't come to see me. 459 00:23:46,540 --> 00:23:47,620 I hope you didn't. 460 00:23:49,620 --> 00:23:50,900 Praise team did wonderful. 461 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:52,460 They sang beautifully, 462 00:23:52,460 --> 00:23:55,460 but we didn't come to be entertained by that either. 463 00:23:55,460 --> 00:23:57,700 We came to entertain him. 464 00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:02,900 Come let us adore him. 465 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:06,900 Oh, come let us adore him. 466 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:10,380 Come let us open our eyes. 467 00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:14,260 Is it your Lord today? 468 00:24:15,540 --> 00:24:17,580 Is it your Lord? 469 00:24:17,580 --> 00:24:18,620 Oh, shan'na laman. 470 00:24:18,620 --> 00:24:20,260 I feel the Holy Ghost. 471 00:24:20,260 --> 00:24:22,260 I feel the Holy Ghost. 472 00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:23,740 Is that all right? 473 00:24:23,740 --> 00:24:24,580 Can I feel the Holy Ghost? 474 00:24:24,580 --> 00:24:25,420 Is that okay with you? 475 00:24:25,420 --> 00:24:26,740 I feel the Holy Ghost. 476 00:24:26,740 --> 00:24:28,180 You know what I feel? 477 00:24:28,180 --> 00:24:30,620 The King of Kings is in this house right now. 478 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:33,940 And what the King of Kings placed in my heart 479 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:35,140 to tell somebody today, 480 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:36,900 as we have come today to gather, 481 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:38,140 celebrate Christmas, 482 00:24:38,140 --> 00:24:40,100 celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. 483 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:43,860 Wonderful, but let's not come and just celebrate 484 00:24:43,860 --> 00:24:47,900 and not let the King rule in our hearts. 485 00:24:50,220 --> 00:24:52,180 He's not just a baby. 486 00:24:52,180 --> 00:24:53,020 He's a King. 487 00:24:53,020 --> 00:24:53,860 He's a King. 488 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:54,700 He's a King. 489 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:55,540 He's a King. 490 00:24:55,540 --> 00:24:56,380 I've got one more. 491 00:24:56,380 --> 00:24:57,860 How many of you want one more? 492 00:24:57,860 --> 00:25:00,060 Give me what else makes a King? 493 00:25:02,740 --> 00:25:03,580 A crown. 494 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:07,620 A crown. 495 00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:08,460 You can't be, 496 00:25:08,460 --> 00:25:10,940 but you can't be a King without a crown. 497 00:25:13,780 --> 00:25:15,740 I'm not gonna show any more pictures of a King. 498 00:25:15,740 --> 00:25:16,580 What's his name? 499 00:25:16,580 --> 00:25:17,420 We're done with that. 500 00:25:17,420 --> 00:25:19,500 But you know, they put a big crown on him. 501 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:22,300 They coronated him. 502 00:25:23,740 --> 00:25:25,860 Look, can I tell you about the crown 503 00:25:25,860 --> 00:25:27,420 that our Lord and Savior wore? 504 00:25:29,540 --> 00:25:31,380 It was a crown of thorns. 505 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:36,540 And they crowned him with thorns. 506 00:25:36,540 --> 00:25:39,860 And on the cross, it said, 507 00:25:39,860 --> 00:25:42,220 King of the Jews. 508 00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:46,620 But I'm so glad that he, 509 00:25:46,620 --> 00:25:49,620 how many of you today are glad he wore the crown? 510 00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:50,460 Yeah. 511 00:25:50,460 --> 00:25:51,300 Yeah. 512 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:52,140 Yeah. 513 00:25:52,140 --> 00:25:56,140 Would you be so kind to stand with me today? 514 00:25:56,140 --> 00:25:57,300 He wore the crown. 515 00:25:58,380 --> 00:25:59,540 He wore the crown. 516 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:02,140 You know why he wore the crown? 517 00:26:03,380 --> 00:26:05,500 So that we could be here today. 518 00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:07,580 He said, why was Jesus born? 519 00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:10,780 He was born to die. 520 00:26:10,780 --> 00:26:14,100 Friend, I wanna tell you today 521 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:19,100 that if we just worship him and celebrate his birth, 522 00:26:19,100 --> 00:26:22,420 but don't go all the way to the cross, 523 00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:26,540 we may have missed the greatest gift to humanity, 524 00:26:26,540 --> 00:26:30,540 which is that he shed his blood for our sins. 525 00:26:31,940 --> 00:26:33,540 Would you close your eyes there? 526 00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:34,740 We're gonna pray right now. 527 00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:38,340 And I just feel God working in someone's life today. 528 00:26:38,340 --> 00:26:43,340 I, this is just what the Lord gave me to speak. 529 00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:47,420 I just, I know there was somebody here today. 530 00:26:47,420 --> 00:26:50,300 I want to invite, oh, hallelujah. 531 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:55,460 I want to invite someone to join me today in, 532 00:26:57,020 --> 00:27:02,020 in coming before him and adoring him in worship. 533 00:27:04,180 --> 00:27:06,660 And you gotta open up your heart to do that. 534 00:27:06,660 --> 00:27:09,740 You can't give God some mechanical praise. 535 00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:13,100 You can't give God some, some, some washed up worship. 536 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,260 You can't give him whatever was left over. 537 00:27:15,260 --> 00:27:18,060 You can't give him, you know, just some, you know, 538 00:27:18,060 --> 00:27:21,300 just some go through the motions kind of praise. 539 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:22,700 If you're gonna adore him today, 540 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:25,340 then you gotta open up your heart to him. 541 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:29,460 And you really gotta pour out your love upon him. 542 00:27:29,460 --> 00:27:32,060 And if you do that, this is what's gonna happen. 543 00:27:32,060 --> 00:27:34,580 The crown of thorns that he wore for you, 544 00:27:34,580 --> 00:27:39,580 oh my Lord, what God wants to do is crown you with life. 545 00:27:39,580 --> 00:27:41,500 He wants to crown your life. 546 00:27:41,500 --> 00:27:44,260 Shandala, my kandala, oh, your shandala. 547 00:27:44,260 --> 00:27:47,300 Now God's not gonna share his glory with no man. 548 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,380 And this is not about sharing his glory, 549 00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:50,820 but you know what the Bible teaches us? 550 00:27:50,820 --> 00:27:55,820 That we are seated with him in heavenly places. 551 00:27:56,140 --> 00:27:58,540 God is saying, now I'm the king of kings, 552 00:27:58,540 --> 00:28:00,980 but because I love you and I died for you, 553 00:28:00,980 --> 00:28:03,780 I came for you, I'ma let you see me. 554 00:28:03,780 --> 00:28:06,420 I'ma let you sit up here on my lap. 555 00:28:06,420 --> 00:28:10,540 I'ma let you sit with me in heavenly places. 556 00:28:10,540 --> 00:28:13,860 I'm gonna bring you up to where I am 557 00:28:13,860 --> 00:28:18,860 so that I can bless you, so that I can heal your heart today. 558 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:22,580 Somebody needs their heart to be healed right now. 559 00:28:22,580 --> 00:28:26,060 Somebody needs their soul to be mended today. 560 00:28:26,060 --> 00:28:28,220 Somebody needs their, oh, hallelujah, 561 00:28:28,220 --> 00:28:31,820 you need your mind to be restored today, 562 00:28:31,820 --> 00:28:32,980 right there where you're at. 563 00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:35,740 Come and invite us to just worship and praise him today. 564 00:28:35,740 --> 00:29:03,380 As the praise team, hallelujah, as they begin this.