The Baptism of Jesus

June 2nd, 1953, London, England, Westminster Abbey.

Queen Elizabeth II was crowned.

Crowned Queen of England.

She had already was the queen by birthright,

but on that day, she was inaugurated as Queen of England.

And it came to a climax when the Archbishop of Canterbury

brought the four-pound crown of St. Edwards

and placed that upon her brow.

And everybody in Westminster Abbey said,

God save the queen!

Matthew 3, 13-17, the baptism of Jesus

is the inauguration of His kingly reign on earth.

Let's read this together.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John.

John the Baptist.

To be baptized by Him.

John would have prevented Him saying,

I need to be baptized by you, and you come to Me?

But Jesus answered him,

Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us

to fulfill all righteousness.

Then John consented.

And when Jesus was baptized,

immediately He went up from the water,

and behold, the heavens were opened to Him.

And He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove

and coming to rest on Him.

And behold, a voice from heaven said,

This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.

This baptism of Jesus is a big event.

And what we see in this little passage,

really the focus is on what happens

leading up to the baptism,

and then what happens immediately after the baptism.

There's really not much ink on the baptism itself.

And so this morning what we're going to do is

we're going to focus on what happens beforehand

and what immediately follows afterwards.

But in both, there's some identifying going on.

In the first, verses 3-15,

Jesus, the sinless one, identifies

with the sinners He came to save.

And then in the second section,

verses 16-17,

Jesus is revealed.

He's identified for who He is.

So let's walk through Matthew's account

of the baptism of Jesus.

Two major sections.

What happens before, 13-15.

What happens afterwards,

verses 16-17.

Let's take a look.

Verse 13.

The first thing we notice

is that Jesus came from Galilee

to be baptized by John in the Jordan.

Now all four Gospels record the baptism of Jesus.

And it's actually Mark's Gospel

that states specifically

that Jesus was coming from Nazareth in Galilee.

And we've looked at that a little bit before

a couple weeks ago.

Nazareth.

He will be called a Nazarene, 223.

It's a despised place.

A despicable place.

You don't want to be known

for being from Nazareth.

Remember Nathaniel?

John chapter 1.

John 1 · chapter mention

Does anything good come out of Nazareth?

Jesus came out of Nazareth.

So Jesus comes from Galilee,

from Nazareth,

and He is on a mission

to see this John by the Jordan.

Now it was a 60-mile walk

as the crow flies.

And Jesus was purposed

to find John.

You see that little phrase

in verse 13,

then Jesus came from Galilee

to the Jordan,

to John,

to be baptized by Him.

And the original kind of language

of the New Testament,

it's full of purpose.

He is purposefully going

to the Jordan

to be baptized by John.

So it would be like this.

I mean, let's say that you're outside

splitting one in your house

and you see Jesus walking by

on His way down

to be baptized by John.

You're like,

hey Jesus,

you want to split some wood with me?

And Jesus would be like,

you know what?

I've got a place to be.

I'm sorry.

I'm on my way down

to the Jordan right now.

Maybe I'm on the flip trip.

I'll stop by.

But the point is,

Jesus is purposefully

heading to the Jordan

to be baptized by John.

It's very purposeful.

He is going to John

to be baptized by John

in order to fulfill

the will of His Father,

in order to fulfill

all righteousness.

Now, I just want to remind you

of something.

John the Baptist.

The whole point of John's ministry

is to prepare the way

of the Lord.

Look back at Matthew 3,

Matthew 3:3

verse 3.

For this is He

who is spoken of by the prophet,

speaking of John the Baptist,

the voice of the one

crying in the wilderness,

prepare the way of the Lord.

And what Matthew is doing

for us there is saying,

hey, Isaiah 40, verse 3,

Isaiah 40:3

the voice crying out

in the wilderness,

that's John the Baptist.

And what he's also saying is,

John the Baptist

is preparing the way

for God, Yahweh.

That's Jesus.

Emmanuel.

God in the flesh.

And so,

what we see happening here,

even this baptism

is part of John's

preparing the way

for the Lord

in order to fulfill

all righteousness.

So,

Jesus arrives on the scene.

It's the first time

we see the grown Jesus

in the Gospel of Matthew.

I know I've been waiting

for this.

Jesus arrives.

And in verses 14 and 15,

we see a little bit

of a disagreement

between John the Baptist

and Jesus,

God in the flesh.

It's really interesting.

Guess who wins?

John objects to something,

but Jesus prevails.

Now,

just a little background.

There are four Gospels.

Another one of the Gospels

is written by John.

Not John the Baptist.

Another John.

And in the Gospel

according to John,

in John 1.29,

where the baptism of Jesus

is recorded,

Jesus shows up

and when John the Baptist

first sees Jesus

coming to Him,

John the Baptist says,

Behold,

the Lamb of God

who takes away

the sins of the world.

That's how He announced Him.

So,

according to John,

the Gospel writer,

even at this point,

John the Baptist

knew that the mission

of Jesus was to take away

the sins of the world.

And He was going to

take away the sins

of the world

by being a sacrificial Lamb.

Behold,

the Lamb of God.

That plays upon

a rich Old Testament

ritual tradition

of blemishless,

spotless lambs

being offered

for sinful people.

And so,

in John 1,

John the Baptist says,

Hey,

there's the one

who's going to be sacrificed

through the sins

of the world.

Well,

and back in

chapter 3 of Matthew,

verse 11,

remember what

John the Baptist

said of Jesus?

He said,

He who's coming after me

is mightier than I,

whose sandals

I'm not worthy to carry.

John knows

whose presence

he's in.

He might not know

it fully,

but he knows.

He knows

that the one

who's come to him,

the one who's just

arrived from Galilee,

is the one

mightier than he.

This is Emmanuel.

God with us.

This is the one,

the spotless Lamb of God

who will take away

the sins of the world.

Now,

why I tell you this

is to help you understand

why John the Baptist

has a little bit of issue

with baptizing Jesus.

Look at verse 14.

John would have

prevented him.

And the language there

is,

it wasn't just kind of

one like,

no,

I can't do this,

Jesus.

It was like multiple.

Like,

I don't think so.

No,

I don't think this is right.

No,

I don't think so,

Jesus.

And he says,

I need to be baptized.

I need to be baptized

by you,

and you come to me.

John is very aware

of his own sinfulness,

and he's also aware

that the one who

mightier than him

who just came to him

is the sinless one.

I need to be baptized

by you,

and you come to me.

In other words,

it's like John saying,

Jesus,

why are you coming

to be baptized

with my baptism?

John's baptism

was a baptism

of repentance

for sin.

People confessing

their sins

going down

in the water

saying,

no,

I'm not going

to do this.

It's like I'm dead

to this

and being brought up

out of the water

saying,

I'm living for God now.

It's like John

is saying,

Jesus,

you don't have any sin.

You don't need

to be baptized

with my baptism.

It's like John was,

did Jesus forget

that he was sinless?

Throughout the New Testament,

we learn that Jesus

lived a life

without ever sinning.

Not once.

Ever.

He's 30 years old

right here

at the Jordan.

30 years

never sinning.

Not once.

It's just not

not sinning.

It's always pleasing.

Everything he did,

he was pleasing

to God,

his Father.

He lived a perfect life.

A perfect life

of obedience

to God.

A life we could

never live ourselves.

It's like Jesus

is the gold standard.

I'm seriously,

think about it this way.

Could you imagine

being a brother,

half-brother,

or half-sister

of Jesus growing up?

Do you know

what you would hear

daily

from Mary and Joseph?

Mike,

Mike,

why can't you

be more like Jesus?

Mike,

can you just pick up

your room like Jesus?

Mike,

we do the dishes

like Jesus does

the dishes.

Mike,

sinless.

Perfect sin.

Could you imagine

growing up with Jesus

as your brother?

Man.

Jesus is the gold standard.

He never sinned once.

Let me give you

a couple passages

that talk about

Jesus' sinlessness.

2 Corinthians 5.21,

it's one of my favorite.

The Apostle Paul says,

for our sake,

God made Jesus

to be sin

who knew no sin.

Who knew no sin.

Why?

So that in Him,

Jesus,

we might become

the righteousness of God.

You know what's amazing

about the Gospel

of Jesus Christ?

Let me tell you.

It's not just

you're forgiven

of your sin.

When a sinner realizes

what God has done

for them in Jesus

and that God offers

them salvation,

and that a sinner

comes to God by faith

repenting of their sin,

here's what happens.

God takes your sin

and puts it on Jesus.

He considers it on Christ.

His wrath poured out

on Jesus.

And your sin is forgiven.

All of it.

All of it in full.

It's amazing.

But that's not all of it.

In the same moment

that you believe,

not only is your sin

imputed on Jesus,

Christ's righteousness,

His gold standard of living,

is imputed to you.

You're made perfect

in God's eyes

with the righteousness

of Jesus.

That's stinking awesome.

And so not only am I

forgiven of all my sin,

I'm made pleasing

in God's sight

with a righteousness

not my own.

And I can't shake it.

God's declared me

righteous in His sight.

It's a work of God.

And it's because of Him

who knew no sin.

But there's another passage.

Hebrews 14, 15.

For we do not have

a high priest

who is unable

to sympathize

with our weaknesses.

Jesus knows

Jesus knows

our weaknesses.

But one who

in every respect

has been tempted

as we are

yet without sin.

Not only does He

identify with our weaknesses,

He's been tempted

as we've been tempted.

He knows

what it's like

to be tempted.

Yet He's never sinned.

Who knew no sin

yet without sin.

Our Bibles are clear

that Jesus was

the sinless one.

And John knew

that this 30-year-old man,

his cousin,

was the sinless

Lamb of God.

And he didn't need

to be baptized.

He didn't need

to repent.

There was no sin

to confess.

He didn't need

to confess.

So you kind of

get the question.

You kind of get

the reason why

John the Baptist

is like,

I think we've got

the Rolls chair

turned around here.

You should be

baptizing me.

Why are you coming

for me to baptize you?

You get John's point?

So what is Jesus saying?

Look at verse 15.

Jesus answered him,

let it be so now

for thus it is fitting

for us to fulfill

all righteousness.

righteousness.

Then John the Baptist

consented.

Okay.

So John was right.

Jesus didn't need

to be baptized

because of his own

sinfulness.

That's not why

Jesus was being baptized.

Jesus was being baptized

in order to fulfill

all righteousness.

So what is that

all about?

Here's what Jesus

is doing in his baptism.

Remember,

he's the king.

Remember,

he came to represent

a people

whom he would save.

So here's what

he's doing at the baptism.

He is identifying

with the sinners

he came to save.

He's being numbered

with the transgressors.

Though he himself

never transgressed.

He's becoming

our representative.

He's becoming

our representative.

This is why

Jesus was baptized.

In order to fill

all righteousness,

Jesus had to

represent a people.

In order to represent

a sinful people,

he had to identify

with their sinfulness.

And so he's baptized

with the baptism of John.

This is all about

the messianic mission

to save a people

for himself.

To establish

his active reign

on earth

to save sinners.

sinners.

It's why he came.

If baptism

symbolized

dying to one's sin,

Jesus

being baptized

is him saying,

I'm going to die

for your sins.

This is about

his saving work

that he came to do.

I'm your representative

king.

The sinless one

and I'm identifying

you with you,

my sinners.

You know what's

really ironic

about all this?

That the supposed

leaders of

the Jews,

the Pharisees

and Sadducees

in verse 7,

they came to

the water too.

And they were

sinners.

Yet they were

unwilling to be

baptized.

And the irony is

Jesus,

the sinless one,

was more than

willing to be

baptized.

In fact,

he had to convince

the baptizer

to baptize him.

It points to

Jesus being the

rightful leader

of his people.

So as part of

John's role in

preparing the way

of the Lord,

he had to

baptize Jesus

so that the

sinless one

could publicly

identify with the

sinful people

he came to save

in order to

fulfill all

righteousness.

And he

consented.

He baptized

him.

You know,

there's a couple

things we can

walk away from

this section

realizing that

Jesus is the

sinless one.

And his

sinlessness did

not keep him

from identifying

with us sinners.

Isn't that good

news?

He's not surprised

by your sin.

And he's the

representative one.

In his

sinlessness,

he came to

identify with

us in order

to save us.

He would

eventually identify

with our sin

to the point of

taking our sin

onto himself.

So this first

section,

before the

baptism,

Jesus

identifies

himself

with

sinners.

sinners,

the baptism

points to

him saying,

I'm the

sinless one

who have

come to

identify with

you,

sinners.

So now we

move to

after his

baptism,

verses 16

and 17.

I mean,

I just want to

remind you,

we're told like

next to nothing

about the

baptism itself.

In verse 16,

we read this,

and when Jesus

was baptized,

immediately he

went up from

the water.

he was

immersed in

the water,

and he came

out of the

Jordan.

Just on a

side note,

we practice

baptism by

immersion here

at Christ

the King

Church.

And what it

points to is

being placed

into Jesus,

his death,

and being

raised with

Christ to

newness of

life.

What occupies

Matthew's

attention,

and therefore

ours though,

is what

immediately

follows Jesus

coming up

out of the

water.

And there's

some really

interesting

phrases.

So Jesus

comes up

out of the

water,

he's dripping

wet with

the water

of the

Jordan,

and then

there's some

really interesting

things happen.

The heavens

open up,

the Spirit

of God

descends and

rests upon

him,

and then

there's this

voice from

heaven that

says the

most interesting

things.

This is my

beloved son,

with whom

I'm well

pleased.

And so

immediately

following his

baptism,

Jesus is still

dripping wet,

and something

happens on

this kind

of God

scale.

We have a

triune event

going on.

We've got the

Son, the second

person of the

Trinity, we've

got the Spirit,

the third person

of the Trinity,

the Spirit

descending upon

him, and of

course we've

got the first

person of the

Trinity, the

Father.

It's him who's

speaking.

Jesus'

baptism in this

inauguration of

his kingship is

a triune event.

The heavens

open.

This phrase

shows up in

different spots

in your Bible.

Ezekiel 1.1,

Acts 7.56,

that's where

Stephen is being

stoned, and the

heavens open to

him, and he

sees Jesus at

the right hand

of God the

Father.

Revelation 4.1,

Revelation 19.11,

the heavens open.

There's a

revelation that

takes place.

A revealing that

happens, initiated

by God, revealing

something to

others.

What is he

revealing?

What is he

showing?

He's revealing who

this Jesus is.

He's going to

show us, the

triune God's

going to show

us who this

Jesus is.

This is his

inauguration day.

The day that he

publicly begins

his ministry, his

reign on earth.

This one, just

baptized, is the

messianic king.

And he's going to

take the throne of

his descendant

David.

David.

So what we're

going to see

here is this

public announcement

that Jesus is

the king.

His baptism is the

inauguration of his

reign on earth.

It's the start of

his ministry.

So the heavens

open up,

and the Spirit of

God descends like a

dove and rests

upon him.

Like I said, the

Spirit is the second

person of the

Trinity.

He's described

throughout our Bibles,

not as an it, but

as a who.

The Spirit of God

is a he.

He's a person, and

he's fully God.

And he is here

shown as a dove

coming to rest upon

Jesus.

Jesus, it was just

spoken of him, John

the Baptist, as the

one who will baptize

with the Holy Spirit

and with fire.

Same spirit.

And so you read

this, and you see

that the Spirit

descends upon Jesus,

and you may be

thinking, well, this

is the empowering of

Jesus in his humanity

for the work of

ministries about to

undertake.

And you would be

right.

Look at 4.1.

The Spirit leads

him into the

wilderness to be

tempted by the

devil, to

strengthen him.

But that's not all

that's going on here.

Remember, this is

Inauguration Day.

Jesus is Emmanuel,

God with us.

Matthew has taken a

lot of pains to show

us up to this point

that he is

descendant from

David.

He's in the

Messianic line.

It's his right to be

king over the throne

of David.

And this is his

inauguration day.

Remember back in 1

Samuel 16, I

mentioned this a few

weeks ago.

Saul, King Saul, has

proven to be a

doofus.

And God has told him,

I'm taking this

kingdom away from you

and I'm going to give

it to another.

And so he sends

Samuel, the prophet,

to Bethlehem, to

Jesse's house.

It turns out that

Jesse has some stud

boys.

Samuel walks in.

He looks at this one

guy and says, surely

this is the king.

Look at him.

He's good looking.

Look at his veins

popping out of his

arms.

Surely that's the

king.

God says, no.

And so the other

brothers are rolled

by Samuel.

And God every time

is like, no, no,

not that one.

No, no, no.

Nope, not that one.

Nope, nope, nope,

nope, nope.

Eventually there's no

more brothers in the

house.

So Samuel says, are

there any other

brothers?

And Jesse responds

by saying, well,

there's this one

other one out

shepherding the sheep

right now.

Samuel says, go get

them.

David walks in.

God says to Samuel,

this is the one.

Anoint him.

And he anoints them

with oil.

And then in 1633,

we read this.

And the spirit of the

Lord rushed upon David

from that day forward.

The spirit of God

came upon David from

that day forward.

What we see happening

in Matthew chapter 3

Matthew 3 · chapter mention

is the spirit of God

coming upon the

newly inaugurated

king.

God setting apart

Jesus as the

messianic king.

The king who's got

rightful claim to the

throne of David.

Whose kingdom will

expand through the

nations.

So this spirit

descending is not

just an empowering.

It is a declaring.

It is a setting

apart.

This is the king.

He is the

messianic king.

The long awaited

one.

And his rule,

act of reign,

is starting

right now.

The heavens open.

The spirit of God

descends.

Jesus is anointed

as king.

And then there's a

voice from heaven.

In verse 17.

This is my beloved

son with whom I'm

well pleased.

Those are some

really interesting

words.

You might think

that God made

those words up

on the spot

when he spoke

those words.

But did you know

they're actually

alluding to two

passages in the

Old Testament?

That God the

Father chose those

words very

specifically to

speak over this

one on

inauguration day?

this is my

beloved son.

Would sound

familiar to a

Jewish mind

well acquainted

with Psalm 2.

Psalm 2

Psalms 2:7

verse 7 says

you are my

son.

Ask of me

and I'll make

the nations

your heritage

and the ends

of the earth

your possession.

Psalm 2 is a

messianic psalm.

It's about the

coming Messiah

king.

And it's about

the one that

God will entrust

the nations to

for his

rule.

what's interesting

about this is

that God the

Father includes

the word beloved.

This is my

beloved son.

And that word

beloved is so

rich.

It has such

depth.

It's about

affection.

God the

Father is

loving of

his son.

Brother and

sister in

Christ,

because we're

in Christ,

do you know

that we're

beloved the

same way?

This is my

beloved son.

You can't

miss the fact

that the

explicit statement

being made

here.

This one

dripping wet

with the

waters of

the Jordan.

This is

my son.

He's fully

God.

He's my

son.

Colossians,

for in him

all the

fullness of

God was

pleased to

dwell.

Hebrews 1,

he is the

radiance of

the glory of

God, the

exact imprint

of his

nature.

This man

dripping wet

with the

waters of

the Jordan

just come up

from being

baptized,

is being

revealed as

the psalm to

Messiah,

God's

son.

Fully

God,

fully man.

He's

Emmanuel.

Emmanuel.

But the

voice continues,

this is my

beloved son

with whom

I am

well pleased.

It's an

allusion to

Isaiah 42,

1,

speaking of

the suffering

servant.

There are

passages in

Isaiah about

the suffering

servant,

about the

one who

would come

and suffer

for his

people to

liberate

them.

Behold,

my servant

whom I

uphold,

my chosen

one,

in whom my

soul delights.

That's Isaiah

42, 1.

In whom my

soul delights,

with whom I'm

well pleased.

See the

linkage?

God delights

in the

obedience of

his son.

God the

father delights

in this one

who's the

messianic king,

his son.

And he's

saying this is

not just my

son.

This is not

just the

king.

This is the

suffering servant

of Isaiah

who would come

for a

people and

shed his

blood for

them.

This is

inauguration

day.

This is

going public

with who

this man

is.

Anointed

by the

spirit of

God.

He's the

messianic

king.

He's the

beloved son.

He's the

suffering

servant

of Isaiah

53.

by his

stripes.

We are

healed.

He'll be

crushed for

our

iniquities.

So what we

see going on

in verses

16 and

17 is that

Jesus is

revealed for

who he is.

Not only is he

identified with

us through his

baptism, he's

been identified

through the

baptism of who

he is.

He's the

king, the

anointed one,

son of God,

fully God,

fully man,

the suffering

servant of

Isaiah.

And he

identifies with

us.

Let's try to

apply this.

All right.

Get it in

your mind.

This one who's

just come up from

the waters of

the Jordan,

who didn't need

to be baptized

for sin.

He's the

sinless one.

He's the

anointed king,

the son of

God, the

suffering servant.

He's the one

in whom God

the Father

delights.

This is like

no one else.

And he came

to identify

with us

sinners.

He's not

ashamed to

call you

his own.

His kingdom

is made up

of sinners

made righteous.

sinners.

We have an

amazing king.

We have a

king who

chose even

holy and

sinless to

identify with

us sinners.

He didn't

keep himself

separate from

us.

But he made

us righteous

so that we

can be

reconciled to

him.

You see,

this king

came to

deal with

our sin

so that we

can be

welcomed into

his kingdom.

He's the

suffering servant.

He welcomes

us in by

his blood.

Though sinless,

he is our

representative king

and it's all

by his grace.

We did

nothing to

earn this.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Would you

savor that

today?

this week?

Would you

savor the

fact that

your king,

your sinless

king came to

identify with

you?

He came for

you.

Could it be

that when Jesus

went down in the

waters,

he had you in

mind,

identifying with

you and your

sinfulness?

the second

point I want

to make this

morning is

this.

Back to

Queen Elizabeth,

1953.

Crown on

her head.

Westminster

Abbey's

packed and

in unison

you hear,

blah, blah,

blah,

blah, blah.

Blah, blah, blah,

blah.

You don't

quite know what

they're saying

until you kind

of dial in.

It finally

dials in.

God save

the queen.

Right when

the crown

hit her brow.

God save

the queen.

Everyone in

Westminster Abbey's

rejoicing.

God save

the queen.

God save

the queen.

They are

coming under

her reign.

Could you

imagine what

was happening

in heaven

the moment

God said,

this is my

beloved son

with whom I'm

well pleased.

Imagine.

Imagine with me.

Play with me.

Let's say

the angels

are in heaven

and they're

playing ping

ball in

heaven.

Bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing.

And they

hear on

the speaker,

this is my

beloved son.

They're like,

oh yeah,

today's

inauguration day.

That's great.

Bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing,

bing.

Or just

imagine,

you know,

angels in

heaven playing

cribbage.

While God

the Father

is saying,

with him

I'm well

pleased.

And they're

kind of like,

oh that's

great,

we'll play

cribbage.

Or they're

waiting in line

for the

heavenly

latte and

up on the

chalkboard is

it's

inauguration day

and they're

just getting

their lattes

and like,

oh yeah,

that's cool.

What was

going on

with the

myriad of

angels in

heaven on

inauguration day?

They were

rejoicing.

They were

on pins and

needles.

The King,

God's chosen

one,

has begun

His salvific

reign on

earth.

A light

has dawned

this day.

They have

been waiting

for this

day.

where King

Jesus takes

up His reign

publicly.

And do you

know what?

What started

nearly 2,000

years ago

is going

on today.

Jesus reigns

today.

He's the

King today.

And so the

way that we

respond is,

long live our

King.

We come under

His reign.

We gladly

submit to who

He is and

what He's

called us to.

We know

who He is

and we

know He

has identified

with us so

that we can

be saved.

And so this

morning,

can I just

ask you to

renew your

allegiance to

Him,

your King?

To freshly

come under

His reign?

To say

today,

oh Jesus,

yes,

You are my

King.

I will

obey You

in everything

because You

reign over

everything.

You have

claim over

everything.

And I

gladly submit

my everything

to You.

That's going

to mean

turning from

your own

rule,

and turning

to His.

Here's one

question you

can be asking

yourself.

When you're

faced with a

decision of

any sort,

what does

King Jesus

say about

this?

What does

He say I

should do?

Long live

the King.

This morning

we've looked

at the

baptism of

Jesus.

It's His

inauguration day.

He's identified

to us in

our sinfulness

and we

get to see

God identify

Him as

the King,

the beloved

Son,

the suffering

servant.

He is our

King.

And we

gladly submit

to His

reign.

Let's pray.

Jesus,

You are the

King.

We ask that

God,

if today's the

day where

You have

opened eyes

to people

in this

room,

maybe it's

just one

or two

or seven,

that You

are their

King,

God,

would You

move in

them to

bow their

knee and

give themselves

fully to

You.

You are

worthy

because of

who You

are.

You are

our King.

You are

Emmanuel.

You're the

anointed

one.

You're the

suffering

servant and

you reign

today.

In Jesus'

name,

Amen.