The Three Circles Crowning Jesus as King

 

Hello everybody, my name is Dean Davis, and this is “Multiply,” the podcast that provides a word of encouragement for Village Church Planters.

When I was first trying to understand the Good News of Jesus, I kept hearing preachers and teachers say that we “must believe in Jesus.” I could tell from their enthusiasm and their repetition of this phrase that it must be really important to “believe in Jesus.” But I didn’t know what they meant when they said it.  Did they mean we must believe that a man named Jesus lived 2,000 years ago? I believed that and really liked the things that he did and the things that he taught. Did they mean that we must believe that Jesus rose from the dead? I struggled to believe that. Did they mean when they said we must believe in Jesus that we must follow his teachings?  I liked his teachings, but I wasn’t ready to follow all of them.

So, I was perplexed. My teachers were telling me I should believe in Jesus. And they were telling him that I must make him the Lord of my life. I knew that what they were telling me was important. But I didn’t know what to do.

Then one day, through prayer and reading the New Testament, I realized that Jesus did rise from the dead. I realized that I could trust Him. I could trust and obey Jesus because he is good, he is full of love, and he is alive. So, I prayed a prayer like this:

“Dear Jesus, I am sorry for the way I have been living my life. Please forgive me. Make me a new person. I receive you as my Lord and Savior. Amen.”  My prayer was simple, but it changed everything. Now I knew that I believed in Jesus. I not only believed that he lived and died and rose again, I also trusted him. I was born again!

When we share the Three Circles Gospel Presentation, we invite people to “turn from their rebellion and crown Jesus as the King of their lives.” Of course, Jesus is already King. On the day of Pentecost, Peter said, “This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear. For David did not ascend into the heavens; but he himself says, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies a stool for your feet.’ Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

Jesus is Lord; Jesus is King! But his people are in rebellion. When we ask people to crown Jesus as King of their lives, we are asking them to stop rebelling against God and instead trust and obey Jesus.

Would you take a moment right now to tell Jesus that he is your king? Would you tell him again that you love him, you trust him, and you want to follow Him?  Allow the Holy Spirit to minister to you as you do so.

Then, with great love and much joy, invite others to crown Jesus as King of their lives.

This has been “Multiply,” and I’m Dean Davis asking, who will you share this encouraging word with today?

 

 

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