Christ the King 23 November 2025 Uniqueness of Christ
Today, Christ the King, a feast of Jesus Christ who is uniquely and in every sense the Creator and Saviour of the world, the whole operation. Save us, Saviour of the world.
There are many shining lights, only one which ultimately leads home.
It is the uniqueness of Christ that we must grasp. We have to make a choice, but there really is no choice. It is either Him or no one.
We should honour Him, obey, even worship. We don’t worship the prime minster and premier! With God it is a different matter. We ‘worship’ when we express His worth.
He is the source of all perfections, all beauty, all truth, justice, mercy, and all that is good.
He is King by virtue of being God, and therefore in charge of everything.
He is King by virtue of His perfect humanity, whereby He has overcome every obstacle and established a new humanity in Himself.
There is a solution and He is it! He is not popular with everyone. Some want to deny Him out of hatred (coming from the devil); others out of neglect; they know what is right but cannot raise the commitment necessary.
Humans have conferences to work out what to do. There is a place for meeting and talking, but often God is excluded from the equation. It is as though He has no place in His own universe!
Affirm He is there, and even pray to Him, and we will see a lot of problems solved.
Acknowledge His greatness and imitate Him where we can such as humility.
It is not like an earthly king to die for his people.
The biggest difference between Jesus and other kings - charity and humility, and the power to make their subjects into sources of power.
This feast was established 100 years ago in the hope that it would draw the world back to its origins and to restore all things in Christ.
We worry about things like peace on earth, justice for all, everyone living in dignity, with enough income and resources to do that.
Particularly earthly leaders must acknowledge His superiority, which they are not good at, if we look at history.
Denial of Christ poisons everything. Restore him to His true place, and when enough people recognize His authority there is no more war or other disorders. The streets will be safe; the lamb and the wolf will lie down together (Is 11,6)
We can still have the structures of our society such as business and industry and all the things which go to make up normal life; it is just that everything must be compatible with Christ and His values.
Jesus is not just a concept or a set of ethics, but a real person - just much better and stronger than usual. If we attach ourselves to Him we cannot fail.
He will give us the grace to cope and flourish, even in a negative environment.
It is up to us to imitate the King; to be good and do good. Each day we renew our commitment to Him. With new insight we say often, Thy Kingdom come.
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