JESUS CHRIST-KING
So secure is (King) Jesus in
who He is – the Father’s beloved Son – that He is free to serve rather than
tyrannize His subjects, and to deal gently rather than harshly with the lowest
and the weakest of them (Mt. 12:20; 11:25-30).
Astonishingly, it is by the very means of His lowly service that all
earthly tyrants will be subdued, and all nations made His possession (Zech.
9:9-10).
To Fulfill All Righteousness, Tabletalk, April 2004, p. 19,
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The only monarch who ever
deserved that man should fall down before him was a child of poverty, whose
life was spent in teaching, and who died an ignominious death.
Martin Luther
Quoted in: John Broadus, Matthew, Judson Press, 1886, p. 21.