We are all sons and daughters of the King of kings and Lord of lords since we were all created by our Creator in His image. This alone makes us royalty. God then gave to our original parents Adam and Eve rulership over the earth. In essence, this was their kingdom that God had given to them.
Psalm 8 possibly alludes to humanity’s inauguration ceremony in verses 5 and 6. It reads;
You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:(NIV)
God is infinitely great and God is infinitely good. He created us according to His infinite love, with the freedom of choice, the freedom of will. Adam and Eve chose not follow and obey God, they had the choice. As a result they lost their kingdom, their crowns, God’s glory and were ashamed of their nakedness.
Today we still have the same freedom of choice and freedom of will. We can pledge our allegiance to Jesus Christ, the King of kings, and have the privileged title of Christian. Our public inauguration ceremony is baptism.
We can choose daily to renew our pledge through prayer or we can choose not to do this. We can choose to lead Christ-centered lives or we can choose to lead self-centered lives. One choice leads to eternal life and happiness. The other choice leads to death.
I am preparing for the soon return of my conquering, victorious King. The One that will free me from the prison of His enemy, the slavery to sin and my justly deserved grave of death. How about you? What are you preparing for?
Have a great Sabbath and…
praise our Lord,
Dennis
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