Week 4: The Faithful King

As we come to the end of the church year and the season of End Times, we celebrate Christ the King Sunday. There are many pictures in the Bible of Jesus as our King. And the picture of Christ our King that’s the most difficult for us to really look at closely—seeing our King suffer at the hands of the Roman authorities—is also the most precious to us. Because that’s where we see that everything Jesus has done and everything he endured was for us and for our salvation.

Week 3: Faithful While We Watch

Jesus encourages all of us to keep our eye on the ball—to be prepared for his return at all times. Like the wise wedding attendants, the time to be vigilant is now. And the same Jesus who calls on us to be watchful and ready is the one who makes us ready through his Word of grace—so we can welcome him when he returns, and join him in the eternal celebration of heaven.

Week 2: Faithful to the Lord

As we look ahead to Judgment Day, it’s something that could make us fearful. But as God’s people, we know that the Last Day isn’t something we have to be afraid of. For all of us who know our Savior by faith, Judgment Day is something we can look forward to with joy and confidence. Because we know that our best day is still to come.

Week 1: Faithful to the Word

God’s given us his eternal Word. That Word which is Christ possesses the power to drive back darkness, reverse death, and make life. Yet in the face of opposition it’s so easy for us to hide the Word, to think that we need to equivocate or hold it with shame.

As we look at Daniel who was faithful to the Word in the face of lions and consider the example of Martin Luther who clung to the Word in the face of princes and the papacy, may we find encouragement to stay faithful to the Word as well. For both those men, their faithfulness lay only in the work God was doing in their hearts through that Word. The Word to which we cling is the Word that empowers us to cling.