"At this table. At this moment," we wrote in response. When someone writes that comment out of the blue, you expect a lively discussion to follow -- and we quickly steered it in a moral direction.
LoSerUr2: i am king
LoSerUr2: bow to ur king
Me: No. Jesus is my King.
LoSerUr2: drop roses at me feet as i walk by
LoSerUr2: well im your king then
We live in the U.S., so we admittedly didn't even pay that much attention to the royal wedding in London earlier this year. (We learned while writing this the phrase "We have no king but Jesus" apparently was NOT a creation of the American Revolution.) But to be fair, it's not wrong to honor royalty in countries which have it....
Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. - I Peter 2:17
But as you do, keep in mind who the Ultimate King really is.
....the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. - Revelation 15:3
Our opponent didn't stop there - firing back as some poker players naturally would, during this Sunday afternoon tournament.
LoSerUr2: if jesus is ur king
LoSerUr2: how come ur not at church
LoSerUr2: shame shame shame
Dealer: phasma wins Main Pot ($1525) with Two pair, tens and eights
LoSerUr2: you playing poker for money instead
LoSerUr2: your king will be so proud of u
LoSerUr2: muhahahaha
Me: I attend church on the Seventh-Day Sabbath.
Me: As in Saturday.
This has been our practice for many years - in part because the Bible indicates that's what Jesus practiced.
He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. - Luke 4:16
Why would this be Christ's custom? Because He was Jewish (John 4:9) -- and He went to a place where God traditionally was worshiped. (Jesus probably would say the people there didn't really worship God, or they would have accepted Him as Messiah.)
There's more to this discussion; you'll see it in our next post.
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