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… Paul speaks about this in Romans 8.34 and other places. Peter can speak about it in 1 Peter 3.22. This reign of Jesus, friends, is universal. All things, every nation, every leader, every spiritual being, every person, every planet, under the feet of Jesus. But His reign is especially significant for the church. Apostle Paul in Ephesians 1, 20-23 says, God raised him from the dead, seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. Friends, why is Jesus reigning? For our sake. The blessings of his reign are for us, especially. He is Lord of all. He is the sovereign one for the sake of his people, the sake of his bride. And friends, this is what question 51, question and answer 51, that second question there, highlights for us. How does this glory of Christ our head benefit us? …
… through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking. That's what I want to talk about this morning before you guys head out. Arming ourselves. It's just like you guys putting your pads on, your helmet on, everything else. You don't just run out there, but arming yourselves. But it's an interesting thought, this idea of arming yourselves with the thought of suffering. I was in China just a couple months ago and talking to one of the underground church leaders. I'm blown away by the underground church in China. I mean, here's like a hundred million people who became believers under communism, and they just kept spreading and spreading and spreading, and there's no big-name preachers. There's no amazing worship leaders. It's just people, everyday people sharing the gospel. And it just grew and grew and grew. …
… through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking. That's what I want to talk about this morning before you guys head out. Arming ourselves. It's just like you guys putting your pads on, your helmet on, everything else. You don't just run out there, but arming yourselves. But it's an interesting thought, this idea of arming yourselves with the thought of suffering. I was in China just a couple months ago and talking to one of the underground church leaders. I'm blown away by the underground church in China. I mean, here's like a hundred million people who became believers under communism, and they just kept spreading and spreading and spreading, and there's no big-name preachers. There's no amazing worship leaders. It's just people, everyday people sharing the gospel. And it just grew and grew and grew. …