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No kingdom can long survive without its king. The kingdom of heaven has one that is like no other:

• He was born a king (Matthew 1:6, Matthew 2:1-3)
• He told stories of Himself as a king (Luke 19:12, Matthew 22, Matthew 18:23-35, Matthew 25:31-45)
• But He would not be forced to be an earthly king (John 6:15)
• He entered His royal city as a king (Matthew 5:35, Matthew 21:5, Luke 19:37-38, John 12:13)
• He never denied being a king (Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2, Luke 23:3, John 1:49, John 18:37)
• He was mocked and tortured for claiming to be king (Matthew 27:29, Mark 15:17-19, Luke 23:36-37, John 19:3)
• He died a king (Matthew 27:37, Mark 15:26, Luke 23:38, John 19:18-22)
• But His kingdom was not of this world (John 18:36)
• So His followers respected other kings as kings (Acts 26:2, I Peter 2:13-17)
• Because He is King of Kings (I Timothy 6:13-16, Revelation 17:31, Revelation 19:16)
• And He will reign forever (Isaiah 9:7, Luke 1:33, Revelation 15:31)

Nobody asks the most important question about the kingdom and the king any better than the late Dr. S.M. Lockridge:

Do you know Him?