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What Is a King? — Will You Bow Now? 6 of 6
Five sections of preparation, one question. We are between the two stages right now. The cross is past. The conquering King is future. The position you take now is the position you keep.
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What Is a King? — The Witness and the Unveiling 5 of 6
You are responsible for the witness. You are not responsible for the unveiling. The weight modern American Christianity transfers onto the witness was never Scripture’s to give.
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What Is a King? — The Counterfeit King 4 of 6
The serpent does not need to convince you the gospel is false. That is too obvious. What he can do is fake the recognition just well enough that you bow to something that looks almost right.
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What Is a King? — The Return of the King 3 of 6
The *imago Dei* still knows what kingship looks like, even after the world has stripped every reference for it from daily life. There is one scene in cinema that proves it every time.
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What Is a King? — Slave to Christ 2 of 6
Paul opens Romans with a self-description 2026 American ears cannot hear correctly. *Doulos Christou* — slave of Christ. The softening costs more than translators know.
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ABBA — Father
You have probably heard a sermon claim that Abba means “Daddy.” That idea traces back largely to Joachim Jeremias in the mid-twentieth century, and it has stuck in popular preaching ever since. But the case does not hold up — and what the word actually means is something heavier.