Evening, April 27
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Psalms 10:16
"The Lord is King forever and ever."
Psalm 10:16
Jesus Christ is no despotic claimant of divine right, but he is really
and truly the Lord's anointed! "It hath pleased the Father that in him
should all fulness dwell." God hath given to him all power and all
authority. As the Son of man, he is now head over all things to his
church, and he reigns over heaven, and earth, and hell, with the keys
of life and death at his girdle. Certain princes have delighted to call
themselves kings by the popular will, and certainly our Lord Jesus
Christ is such in his church. If it could be put to the vote whether he
should be King in the church, every believing heart would crown him. O
that we could crown him more gloriously than we do! We would count no
expense to be wasted that could glorify Christ. Suffering would be
pleasure, and loss would be gain, if thereby we could surround his brow
with brighter crowns, and make him more glorious in the eyes of men and
angels. Yes, he shall reign. Long live the King! All hail to thee, King
Jesus! Go forth, ye virgin souls who love your Lord, bow at his feet,
strew his way with the lilies of your love, and the roses of your
gratitude: "Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all."
Moreover, our Lord Jesus is King in Zion by right of conquest: he has
taken and carried by storm the hearts of his people, and has slain
their enemies who held them in cruel bondage. In the Red Sea of his own
blood, our Redeemer has drowned the Pharaoh of our sins: shall he not
be King in Jeshurun? He has delivered us from the iron yoke and heavy
curse of the law: shall not the Liberator be crowned? We are his
portion, whom he has taken out of the hand of the Amorite with his
sword and with his bow: who shall snatch his conquest from his hand?
All hail, King Jesus! we gladly own thy gentle sway! Rule in our hearts
forever, thou lovely Prince of Peace.