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NASB | Job 21:15 'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 21:15 'Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what would we gain if we plead with Him?' [Ex 5:2] |
Subject: Pragmatism is of the World |
Bible Note: Hello, Ray. From the concluding words of your post: "I think they were wanting to make Him king. But it remains the truth, that He is the King." My point exactly. The kind of king and kingdom the Jews envisaged for Jesus was earthly and political, quite different from what Jesus had in mind when he said, "My kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). No man can "make" Christ King any more than they can "make" Him God. In Mark 15:2 Pilate questions Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?" and Jesus answers, "It is as you say." The Jews who had wanted to "make" Jesus King by force now wanted to crucify Him. But Jesus remained King still. Whether the Jews wanted to "make" Him King or crucify him made no difference at all in His kingship. Nor does it now. The world may reject Him, curse Him, deny Him, or treat Him as a charlatan and imposter -- or they may acknowledge Him as Savior and King. Whether He is rejected by man or acknowledge and confessed as (not "made") King does not alter the fact of who He is. God did not send His one and only Son into the world in the hope that man would "make" him a king. He is King. He is Lord. The time will come when every man, regardless of what he thinks of Christ, will bow his knee and confess with his tongue that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (cf. Philippians 2:10,11). --Hank |