I am a Jesus pusher!!! “You have heard that it was said to those of old, . . . But I say to you” (Matthew 5:21-22). Since all we have said about Jesus is true, no wonder the Father made Him King of this new Kingdom! You might say, “If this is true, He deserves it!” Jesus is not King because He earned or merited it. The Kingdom was given to Him! Jesus established an appointment with His disciples before His crucifixion (Matthew 26:32). He wanted to meet with them at the mountain’s base in Galilee after His resurrection. He commissioned them to win the world. He told them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:18-19).
Jesus is a helpless Man filled with the Spirit of God. This helpless Man submitted Himself to the nature of God, the Scriptures, which shaped His existence and formed His living. I can trust what He says. He speaks not as God but as a Man filled with God. His life and words are based on the Scriptures. He is a prototype of who we are to be, Kingdom people. If our surrender matches His, our lives will be like His! This likeness is the essence of the Kingdom of God, a new creature! I am a Jesus pusher!!!