{"id":25231,"date":"2015-04-05T00:15:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T04:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25231"},"modified":"2015-04-05T00:49:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T04:49:42","slug":"s-m-lockridge-thats-my-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/05\/s-m-lockridge-thats-my-king\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s My King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My King was born King.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Bible says He\u2019s a seven way King.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the King of the Jews \u2013 that\u2019s a racial King.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the King of Israel \u2013 that\u2019s a National King.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the King of righteousness.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the King of the ages.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the King of Heaven.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the King of glory.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the King of kings and He is the Lord of lords.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now <strong><em>that\u2019s my King<\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well, well, He\u2019s enduringly strong.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s entirely sincere.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s eternally steadfast.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s immortally graceful.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s imperially powerful.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s impartially merciful.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>That\u2019s my King<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well, I wonder if you know Him. \u00a0Do you know Him?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Don\u2019t try to mislead me. \u00a0Do you know my King?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">David said the Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">My King is the only One whom there are no means of measure that can define His limitless love.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">No far seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of His shore of supplies.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">No barriers can hinder Him from pouring out His blessing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s God\u2019s Son.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the sinner\u2019s Savior.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the centerpiece of civilization.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He stands alone in Himself.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s honest.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s unique.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s unparalleled.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s unprecedented.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s supreme.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s pre-eminent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well, He\u2019s the loftiest idea in literature.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the highest personality in philosophy.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the supreme problem in high criticism.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the fundamental doctrine of proved theology.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the carnal necessity of spiritual religion.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>That\u2019s my King! \u00a0That\u2019s my King!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He supplies strength for the weak.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s available for the tempted and the tried.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He sympathizes and He saves.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s God and He guides.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He heals the sick.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He cleanses the lepers.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He forgives sinners.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He discharges debtors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He delivers the captives.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He defends the feeble.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He blesses the young.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He serves the unfortunate.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He regards the aged.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He rewards the diligent and He beautifies the meek.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well, my King is a King of knowledge.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Wellspring of wisdom.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Doorway of deliverance.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Pathway of peace.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Roadway of righteousness.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Highway of holiness.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Gateway of glory.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Master of the mighty.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Captain of the conquerors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Head of the heroes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Leader of the legislatures.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Overseer of the overcomers.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Governor of governors.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the Prince of princes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s the King of kings and He\u2019s the Lord of lords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>That\u2019s my King!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">His office is manifold.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His promise is sure.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His light is matchless.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His goodness is limitless.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His mercy is everlasting.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His love never changes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His Word is enough.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His grace is sufficient.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His reign is righteous.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">His yoke is easy and His burden is light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well. I wish I could describe Him to you\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">but He\u2019s indescribable. He\u2019s indescribable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Yes. He\u2019s incomprehensible.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s invincible.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s irresistible.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u2019ve come to tell you, the heavens of heavens cannot contain Him,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">let alone a man explain Him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You can\u2019t get Him out of your mind.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You can\u2019t get Him off of your hands.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You can\u2019t outlive Him and you can\u2019t live without Him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well, Pharisees couldn\u2019t stand Him,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">but they found out they couldn\u2019t stop Him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Pilot couldn\u2019t find any fault in Him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The witnesses couldn\u2019t get their testimonies to agree.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Herod couldn\u2019t kill Him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Death couldn\u2019t handle Him and the grave couldn\u2019t hold Him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>That\u2019s my King!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He always has been and He always will be.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u2019m talking about He had no predecessor and He\u2019ll have no successor.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">There was nobody before Him and there\u2019ll be nobody after Him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You can\u2019t impeach Him and He\u2019s not going to resign.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>That\u2019s my King!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Well, all the power belongs to my King.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The glory is all His.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Yes. Thine is the Kingdom and the power and glory,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">forever and ever and ever. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">How long is that? And ever and ever and ever and ever.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And when you get through with all of the evers&#8230;then&#8230;Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0iRCvDwF26Q?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nDr. S. M. Lockridge<\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That\u2019s my King<\/span>!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Throughout the Scriptures\u2026not only in many Old Testament prophecies but from His conception to His death\u2026Jesus is spoken of as the King.<\/p>\n<p>When the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she was going to conceive and bear a son, Jesus, he told her of Jesus\u2019 Kingship.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=luke+1%3A32-33&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 1:32-33<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the Magi came to Herod, they were looking for the newborn King of the Jews.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=matthew+2%3A1-2&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 2:1-2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Jesus made his final entry into Jerusalem, the crowds hailed Him as a King.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john+12%3A12-15&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\">John 12:12-15<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Jesus was arrested, it was for saying &lt;supposedly&gt; that He was a king.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=luke+23%3A1-2&amp;version=HCSB\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 23:1-2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Pilate confronted Jesus, he asked Him, \u201cAre you the King of the Jews?\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john+18%3A33-39&amp;version=AMP\" target=\"_blank\">John 18:33-39<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Pilate was dealing with the crowd, he asked \u201cWhat shall I do with the Man you call the King of the Jews?\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=mark+15%3A9-14&amp;version=AMP\" target=\"_blank\">Mark 15:9-14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the soldiers were torturing Him, they mocked Him as a king.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=mark+15%3A16-20&amp;version=AMP\" target=\"_blank\">Mark 15:16-20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Pilate had a sign fastened to the Cross reading: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john%2019%3A19-22&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\">John 19:19-22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And when He returns to the earth, He will come in power and glory!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him,<br \/>\nthen He will sit on His glorious throne.<br \/>\nBefore Him will be gathered all the nations, and He will separate people<br \/>\none from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.<br \/>\nAnd He will place the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left.<br \/>\nThen the King will say to those on His right, \u2018Come, you who are blessed by my Father,<br \/>\ninherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.<br \/>\nMatthew 25:31-34<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That\u2019s my King<\/span>!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Is He yours, too?<\/h3>\n<p>I deeply yearn and endeavor to live in submission and obedience to my King so that I can be gathered with His sheep and inherit life in His Kingdom. \u00a0You, too?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My King was born King. 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