No matter who is president, Jesus is King.

Pastor Robert L. Taylor
Sep 15
2 min read

Updated: Sep 16

Christ’s Kingship turns earthly forms of rule upside down. This is why when the Lord stands before Pilate, He utters these famous words: “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world” (John 18:36). Any earthly ruler, when arrested and put on trial, would fight to save their image. They would call their followers to revolt, to commit insurrection to save them. They would slander their opponents. But Jesus? Jesus asserted His supremacy even over Rome, the world’s superpower at the time. His Kingdom is not threatened by Rome, nor is it threatened by any plot of man today. I believe the richness of what it means that Jesus is King is many times lost on American hearts. The American Church has long been socialized into correlating being Christian with connection to a political party. Though, I must qualify this, as many forget to do. The American evangelical church rather than American Christians in general has, for many decades, aligned itself with the Conservative Party in a blind sighted and unbiblical way. The argument of this teaching is not that these brothers and sisters don’t believe that Jesus is King at all. Rather, the point is that they have lost the meaning of Kingship. Jesus is Lord of the Universe, eternal and undefeatable. His power is unmatched, and His Kingdom lasts forever and ever. In the face of this sheer power, this servant-king, this God-in-flesh shows us that culture war flashpoints and criminals running for office are not the promises that we Christians hope for. The Lord’s Kingship is more than just partisan domination. This confusion of who Jesus is and how He is King is exactly the sentiment that makes so many Christians susceptible to movements which tell them that lost elections are rigged, or a felon is the hope of the Church. The Church is to never look to the world to endorse it’s way of living! The heart of the matter lies in how one’s prioritization of one’s party eclipses one’s adoration of Jesus. It is not whether one votes Left or Right, but whether the Left or Right detract the believer from living out their hope that they’ve been given from above. His name is Jesus! He is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Be encouraged!