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Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

The Government Shall Be upon His Shoulder

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Christmas is a day of cosmic political importance, for this day recalls the birth of the King of kings and Lord of lords. Today, R.C. Sproul reminds us that all authority in heaven and on earth belongs to the One who was born in Bethlehem.

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Unto us, a child is born.

0:07.0

Unto us, a son is given.

0:11.0

When we get to the New Testament, we see that son who is given to us is the son of God. The very son of God who is born on Christmas.

0:28.3

And it says, and the government will be upon his shoulder. Ultimately, beloved, this is a political statement because the one who holds the government

0:44.5

of the universe upon his shoulders.

0:48.5

It's not the President of the United States or the king of this place or the president

0:53.7

of that place, but the one who

0:56.0

reigns over the entire universe is the king of kings, the Lord of Lords, and the weight of ruling

1:04.5

the entire universe will be on this son's shoulder, because the father gives to his son all authority on heaven and

1:14.5

earth and puts the weight and the burden of the kingship over the cosmos on the Christ child.

1:26.8

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