No King but King Jesus

Luke 4:16-21

And he (Jesus) came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

The spirit of God bears witness as to who Jesus is. Anointed, Jesus is God's son which is also a term referring to one as Israel's King. The gospel is the story telling the fulfillment of God's promises and those promises are declared by all Jesus does and says. Who Jesus is cannot be separated from what He does. His birth is good news, His life is good news, His ministry is good news, His death is good news and His resurrection is good news.

Liberty here is no platitude. It is something no government or politician can give you. It is not some vague idea we tote out on the fourth of July. The founders understood that God bestows Liberty on us. It is his free gift, given trough his slain and resurrected son; Jesus, the Christ. We must restore, take back, these words. Words have power. In the name of The Word, we bare in battle against the world the word of God, The sword of the Spirit. And by its fruits we must separate these words from their secular and dead meaning. Liberty as been declared to the captives, and we must be good stewards of that liberty.

Psalm 2:1-3 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

Worldly liberty is nothing but bondage to every vain and lustful desire of the heart, unfettered and filthy. The Christian is slave to none and servant to all. God frees you from yourself to seek His glory, His will; the will of Him who works all things out for your good. Modern secular governments seek to remove the "fetters" of Christendom to replace them with "freedom" and to ensure that "freedom" all they require is total and complete submission in every area of your life; your children's minds, your health, your womb, your first fruits. Real civic liberty is based on spiritual liberty; Liberty from the bondage of sin and death. To have Liberty in our civics we must strive for Christendom, which is the kingdom of Jesus Christ and looks to him for all comfort and peace. Jerusalem above is free and she is our mother.

The spiritually blind sees nothing that does not lead to discontent and despair. Spiritual eyes see even the coming sword stroke as a sweet and kindred friend, a blessing from God.

Look with eyes of faith, healed eyes, and see the Liberty that is given to you from Jesus, by his sacrifice and glorification. This is the way to understand our roles as Citizens and the role of our government. It is an office, exercised under the authority of the Triune God. They will answer for it, yet, so will we. Pray that God will give you obedience and fear before him that you may seek His will. Pray earnestly that God will show mercy to us and convert our Civil institutions to the faith of their Fathers. The faith of Christendom. Faith in the one Lord.

His authority astounded them. It is still astounding. Let us represent the Gospel in our public square in a way that is still astounding. In a way that is True and Beautiful and honoring to our Lord.