Jesus is the most important king in history.
(Luke 1:26-38) In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel came to her and said, “Rejoice favored woman! The Lord is with you.” But she was deeply troubled by this statement, wondering what kind of greeting this could be. Then the angel told her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will call His name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?” The angel replied to her: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.”
1. Jesus Had a Kingly Entrance
A. The greatest of all kings should have a unique entrance.
(Genesis 3:15) “I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed.”
(Isaiah 7:14) “The Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.”
(Luke 1:35) “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the Holy
One to be born will be called the Son of God.” (37) “Nothing will be impossible with God.”
B. Our King was born to a virgin.
2. Jesus Has a Kingly Purpose
(Luke 1:31) “You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will call His name JESUS.”
(Matthew 1:21) “You are to name Him JESUS, because He will save His people from their sins.”
A. Jesus’ purpose is to rescue people from SIN.
B. Rescuing people from their sins is HUGE.
3. Jesus Has an Eternal Kingdom
(Luke 1:33) “He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom WILL HAVE NO END.”
A. Jesus will reign forever over an eternal kingdom.
B. “Am I in His eternal kingdom?”
Jesus brought with Him all that our souls long for.
Isaiah 9:6
