He died! The Father gave His Son!
When you say things like, “Jesus died”, shouldn’t you stop for a moment or something?

I mean, He died! He really died! And it was His blood shed on that tree—that’s the only reason the black filth of your sin can be washed away. That blood on that tree; the slaughter of the Son of God!

And that Man, that God, that Man Christ Jesus rose again from the dead and on the 40th day He ascended up to the right hand of His Father, and for the first time in all the history of history, a Man walked up to the doors of Heaven and cried out what we find here in (Psalm 24) verse 7,

“Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may come in.”

And all of heaven behind those doors are in utter shock in silence and wonder. Finally a brave one lifts his head and begins to speak, “Who is this King of Glory? Who dares speak to these doors? No man has ever dare come this far or lay his hand to the latch of this wall! Who is this King of Glory?”

And then all of a sudden, the Lord, the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of God, the Man for us cries out,

“The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! Lift up your heads! Lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may come in.”

And in the first time of all time, those doors opened for man!

He walked through those doors and everything that has ever been made fell on it’s face.

All hail the power of Jesus Name!

Let angels prostrate forth!

Bring forth the royal diadem and crown Him Lord of all!

Crown Him with many crowns, this Lamb upon the throne!

And I could just see Him now, walking up to His Father, bold! It was His right. Climbing the steps of this throne that would make Solomon’s throne look like paper mache, and sits down within it without even asking permission. And looks at His Father, not as a question, but as an affirmation, and says, “Father, it is finished!” And the Father says, “Son, it is finished indeed!”

This Jesus whom you crucified, God has made Him Lord and Christ of all.

Don’t think I will even ask you to make Jesus Lord of your life. That’s the most preposterous I could ever tell you to do. Jesus Christ is Lord of your life. Whether you serve Him or not. Whether you bless Him, curse Him, hate Him or love Him. He is Lord of your life because God has given Him a Name that is above every name so that at the Name of Jesus Christ every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord!

Some of you will bow out of the grace that has been given to you, and others will bow because your knee caps will be broken by the One who rules the nations with a rod of iron!

And I will not apologize for this God of the Bible.

I come from a long line of men, most of them buried, but all of them well received in glory, who thinks not about the opinions of men or the way rest of the evangelical community is going to walk.

I want you to know there is a God in Heaven, and His is worthy of all praise and glory and honor, and He demands such from you!

—The Greatest Words in All of Scripture, a sermon delivered on September 29, 2008, by Paul Washer at the True Discipleship Conference at Manhattan, KS.

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