Christ Is King Ministries

Raging Nations

Raging Nations -- Psalm 2, Romans 1, and the Church's Mission Psalm 2 opens with the nations raging against the Lord and His Anointed, refusing His rule, demanding their chains be broken. Heaven's response isn't alarm, it's laughter, the laughter of one who knows exactly where that refusal leads. In this teaching, we trace that path straight into Romans 1. The coalition is the same on both ends: "let us break off his bands" in Psalm 2 is the same demand as not retaining God in collective knowledge, teaching, law, and the public square in Romans 1. The nations want the bands broken, so God answers, He gives them over, and the bands come off exactly as asked. But that's not the end of the story. Paul opens Romans declaring himself indebted to Greeks and barbarians, the wise and the unlearned, the very nations under judgment, and unashamed of the one gospel strong enough to reach them. We'll trace this all the way through Acts 4, where the early church prays Psalm 2 under persecution, and into Revelation, where Psalm 2's rod-of-iron rule is finally and fully revealed. And here's what that means for us, right now. What an honor it is to be alive in this fallen world at this moment, surrounded by the enemies of God, with the opportunity to put on His armor (Ephesians 6:10-18) and wield His sword (Ephesians 6:17). This is a privilege. Today, we can store up treasures in heaven that will never decay and that no one can steal. Raging nations. A God who answers the demand for freedom from His rule by releasing it, and a church sent with a gospel that can still turn raging nations to "kiss the Son... and be blessed." Our generation isn't fully grasping this yet. But it's waking up. And when it does, it will change the world. This is what time it is, and this is our mission in it. Christ Is King -- Live Like It. #ChristIsKingLiveLikeIt #CiKM #PsalmTwo #Romans1

Christendom: Christ or Chaos

Christendom:  Christ or Chaos What we now call "Western civilization" was once known by its true name, Christendom.  When those who despised the inheritance of Christ were handed control of education, curriculum, and the training of the next generation, the first thing they did was erase that name.  Not by accident. By design.  Sever a generation from the root, and you sever them from the life it produced. In this teaching, we open Romans 1:18 through the end of the chapter -- Paul's unflinching account of what happens to any culture, society, or nation that will not retain God in their knowledge.  But before Paul gets to the downfall, he sets the stage. He declares that he is a debtor -- to the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the learned and to the unlearned.  He is not talking about individuals only.  He is talking about cultures.  Whole peoples.  Whole civilizations.  And the only thing he has to offer any of them is the gospel, which is why he is not ashamed of it. It is the power of God. And it is the only thing that can stop a people from walking the road to destruction he is about to describe. Then he describes it. The phrase is deliberate: they would not retain God in their knowledge, the collective knowledge of a people.  What they put into their laws.  Their schools.  Their public square.  Paul keeps saying they and them -- the plural is not accidental.  This is a nation. A society.  A culture making a choice.  And when God is removed from that foundation, He does not beg to stay.  He releases them to themselves. And Paul lists exactly what follows.  Read the list. Then look around. This is not a history lesson.  This is a diagnosis -- and a warning to those who refuse to learn from it. But we do not end in the ruins. We end with the Church.  Because the Church is waking up.  The Spirit of God is moving.  What we are witnessing is not the final decline -- it is the shaking that precedes revival.   The Church is rediscovering the gospel of the Kingdom -- not the gospel of compromise, not the gospel of retreat, but the full, conquering message that Jesus said would disciple nations. The foundations can be rebuilt. But first we have to tell the truth about how they were torn down. Christ Is King -- Live Like It. #ChristIsKingLiveLikeIt #CiKM #Christendom #ChristOrChaos #KingdomOfGod #Romans1 #GospelOfTheKingdom #ChristianHistory #Revival #DefeatTheDefeatism

The Missing Link

The Missing Link. Most believers skip straight from faith to knowledge — and wonder why the chain breaks down. The Apostle Peter, writing by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, identified something that much of the church has overlooked. And Peter was not casual about it.  He opened with this: that God's divine power has given us "all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him" — and that through his exceeding great and precious promises, we are made "partakers of the divine nature." That is the inheritance on the table. Then he said: "giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue." All diligence. This is where your effort is to be aimed. He then declared that if these things are in you and abound, "they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." And he closed with this promise: "if ye do these things, ye shall never fall."  This generation needs to hear that. A generation desperate for stability, for fruit, for a faith that holds — and the answer has been in the text the whole time. The problem is the missing link. In 2 Peter 1:5, Peter gives a specific sequence: Add to your faith — virtue.  Not knowledge first. Virtue first. The Greek word for virtue (arete) is not a soft word. It is the character of a warrior who does not break under pressure. It is strong moral fiber forged before the battle begins. When a believer adds virtue to their faith, knowledge finally has something solid to stand on.  From there, the entire chain comes to life — self-control, godliness, brotherly kindness, love. Everything Peter lists finds its footing. We live in a time when knowledge abounds. Good teaching is everywhere. But knowledge without virtue produces instability — believers who are educated but not anchored, informed but not transformed. There are churches on every corner. But virtue on every corner? That is a different question entirely. This teaching was delivered to active Bible college students and graduates. It is a message for those who are serious about building something that lasts. Christ Is King — Live Like It. #ChristIsKingLiveLikeIt #CiKM #2Peter1 #KingdomVirtue #BibleTeaching #ChristIsKing

Kingdom Awakening

Kingdom Awakening Jesus preached the Kingdom. From the moment He opened His mouth in public ministry, the message was clear: the Kingdom of God is available- at hand. It was not a side theme. It was the theme. And when the apostles wrote to the churches, they did not change the subject. The epistles are Kingdom documents. They are instructions for Kingdom living and a blueprint for Kingdom advancement. Paul tells the Colossians that the Father has delivered them out of the kingdom of darkness and transferred them into the Kingdom of His dear Son. Peter declares that they are a royal priesthood, a holy nation — Kingdom people with a Kingdom purpose. The entire New Testament is saturated with a single governing reality — the King has come, the Kingdom is here, and His people have an assignment. In Matthew 12, Jesus casts a demon out of a man who is blind and mute. He tells the crowd plainly: this happened by the Holy Spirit, and it means the Kingdom of God has come upon him. That moment sets the stage for everything that follows. We are living in a generation that has been asleep. Not dead. Asleep. Many have known the name of Jesus but have not known His Kingdom. Many have carried the life of God inside them without ever understanding what that life was meant to produce. On that same day, Jesus sat down and delivered one of the largest recorded teaching sessions of His entire ministry. Seven parables. All of them about the Kingdom. Matthew 13 is the Kingdom Chapter, and it is not an accident that it follows directly from what happened in chapter 12. Jesus describes the value of the Kingdom. He describes how the Kingdom advances. He describes what it looks like when it takes root — and what it looks like when it doesn't. This is not coincidence. This is curriculum. Jesus was not just healing a man. He was announcing the arrival of a governing reality that changes everything it touches. The Kingdom Awakening is not only about salvation. It is about mission. People are waking up to who they are in Christ and to what they were placed on this earth to do. The Kingdom of God is not a destination you wait for. It is a commission you carry now. Many have been deceived into thinking the Kingdom is inward only. But the life placed inside of you was always meant to work its way outward. The Kingdom within you was never meant to stay there. It was planted in you to be expressed through you — in your home, your community, your city, your nation. This awakening is producing people who know their King and know their assignment. They are not content to simply attend. They are advancing. They are not waiting for the world to change around them. They are the change agents the King has deployed into the world. We are living in a glorious moment. The church is not retreating. It is rising. And the people of God are discovering that the Gospel of the Kingdom is not just good news for the soul — it is the governing reality of history itself. It is an honor to live in this time. Surrounded by a fallen world. Surrounded by God's enemies. But awakened to a Kingdom that cannot be stopped. Christ is King. Live like it. #ChristIsKingLiveLikeIt #CiKM #KingdomAwakening

Deliverance Power

DELIVERANCE POWER For too long, the enemy has run a masterful deception -- not just convincing people to walk away from God, but convincing believers that God cannot change them or their situation. That He is sovereign, so we are spectators. That losing ground and generations is just the way things are. That is not theology. That is a spirit of defeat. And it has kept millions from walking in the fullness of life in Christ, because they could not see who they actually are. But that power -- the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead -- is not sitting idle. If you are a Christian, it is working in you, and it must work through you. Right now. Deliverance is not a relic of another era. It is the present-tense activity of a living King who is still setting captives free. The deliverance of Jesus Christ is not small. It is for individuals. For families. For cultures. For nations. Believers all across America and Europe are waking up -- beginning to see that Jesus Christ is the Head. We, the Church, are His Body, and everything -- every rule, every authority, every name -- has been placed under His feet. The Head does not lead a passive Body. He leads a delivering one. You turn on the light. You drive out the darkness. You hold the line. The Kingdom is advancing, and we are honored to be here in this fallen world, declaring the Kingdom of God in the name of Jesus Christ. Christ Is King. Live Like It. #DeliverancePower #HoldTheLine #ChristIsKingLiveLikeIt #CiKM