Christ the King Sunday

Regent Hall SA

Today we focus our worship on Christ the King. This prepares us for the Advent Season. What a significant title for Jesus as we look toward His coming to earth and ultimately to His gift of salvation and new life. Henri Nouwen in his Sabbatical Journey said "on the last Sunday of the liturgical year, Christ is presented to us as the mocked King on the Cross as well of the King of the universe. The greatest humiliation and the greatest victory are both shown to us today. It is important to look at this humiliated and victorious Christ before we start the celebration of Advent. All through the year we have to stay close to the humiliation as well as to the victory of Christ, because we are called to live both in our own daily lives." We consider these words from 2 Peter 1:3, ‘By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvellous glory and excellence.’ And so we join in worship to consider who Christ is both in our world and most important for us today, who He is in our lives. How do we declare with our living that Christ is King to a world who needs to hear that message of the King of Glory, bringing hope and life? Colonel Evie Diaz