How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
A. Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies. In order to understand how Jesus is Lord–how Christ is King–let us seek to understand the kingship of Christ both in his humiliation and in his exaltation. First we need to look at how Christ is king even in his humiliation. Luke makes it clear in his first three chapters that he is recording the birth of a king. From the birth announcement in chapter 1, to the emphasis on the Davidic lineage of Joseph in 2:1-5, and 3:23-38, Even to the announcement to the shepherds of the birth of “Christ the Lord,” Luke wants to make it clear that he is telling of the birth of the king. The basic message of Jesus is that the kingdom of God is coming. Indeed, Jesus proclaims that in him, the kingdom of God has come. It comes in his preaching of the good news. As Jesus says in Luke 4:43, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the ot
