Over the last few episodes, we’ve been walking through a Christ most churches will not touch.
Not the soft, sentimental mascot.Not the gentle life coach who exists to help you chase your dreams.
We’ve talked about:
* The Jesus who brings a sword into your house.
* The Jesus who will put you at odds with your own family when you actually obey Him.
* The Jesus who sends men into arenas to fight beasts.
* The Jesus who expects fathers to stand between their daughters and the wolves.
* The Jesus who isn’t safe, but is good—and holy.
We’ve been stripping off the fake paint, peeling off the stickers, and letting the sharp edges of the real Christ cut where they’re supposed to cut.
This is the final chapter.
Today, we’re going to end this series by talking about something simple and terrifying:
You will meet this Christ.
Not the one you made up.Not the one your church marketing department invented.The biblical Christ.
The question is not, “Will you meet Him?”The question is: In what condition will you be when you do?
The Christ Who Is Not Done
The way a lot of men talk, you’d think Jesus was retired.
Like He finished His work two thousand years ago, punched out, and now He’s just pacing around in heaven, wringing His hands, hoping somebody accepts Him into their heart.
That is not the Christ of Scripture.
“And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man,clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow;and his eyes were as a flame of fire;And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace;and his voice as the sound of many waters.”— Revelation 1:13–15 (KJV)
That’s not flannelgraph Jesus.That’s not “gentle and lowly” as a brand.That’s a King walking through His churches with eyes like fire.
He is not done.
Right now, as you read this, the biblical Christ:
* Reigns.
* Watches.
* Judges.
* Intercedes.
* Commands all men everywhere to repent.
The Christ we have been talking about in this series is alive, and He is not waiting for your opinion to decide what to do.
The Christ Who Will Judge
We like “Jesus the friend of sinners.”
We like, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden.”
We’re not as fond of this:
“Because he hath appointed a day,in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained;whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.”— Acts 17:31 (KJV)
A day is set.
Not penciled in.Not tentative.Appointed.
And the Judge has a name.“That man whom he hath ordained.”
You will not be judged by your feelings.You will not be judged by your intentions.You will not be judged by your therapy sessions.
You will be judged by a Man—the biblical Christ—who walked in your flesh, knew no sin, died, rose, and now sits waiting until His enemies are made His footstool.
Your biggest problem is not your childhood, your boss, your circumstances, or your mental health.
Your biggest problem is:
Will you stand in front of this Christ covered in His blood, or covered in your excuses?
Every Knee
There’s a passage we memorize but don’t believe.
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,and given him a name which is above every name:That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.”— Philippians 2:9–11 (KJV)
Every knee.Every tongue.
The soft Christian version of this is, “Someday, everyone will realize He loved them.”
That’s not what this says.
It says Lord.
Not mascot.Not accessory.Not co-pilot.
Lord.
You will bow that knee.
You can bow it now in broken repentance, grateful that the One who should damn you instead bled for you.
Or you can bow it then under force, when mercy is off the table and all that’s left is judgment.
Those are the only two options.
The Christ Who Divides and Decides
We’ve already seen in this series that Jesus said He came not to bring peace, but a sword.We’ve heard Him say that a man’s enemies will be those of his own house.
We like to act like that’s a side effect.
It isn’t.
That division is the effect of Christ claiming absolute allegiance.
Your father, your mother, your wife, your children, your job—None of them get to be first.
“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea,and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”— Luke 14:26 (KJV)
Those are not the words of a man trying to build a brand.Those are the terms of a King.
And here’s the truth most men don’t want to admit:
They want just enough of Jesus to feel safe,But not enough of Him to lose anything.
They want Him as an insurance policy, not as Lord.
The biblical Christ doesn’t take that deal.
The Christ in Your House
Let’s drag this out of theology class and into your living room.
What does the biblical Christ look like in your house?
He is the One who walks into your living room and says:
“These screens belong to Me.This schedule belongs to Me.These children belong to Me.This wife belongs to Me.This paycheck belongs to Me.This body and its appetites belong to Me.”
If there is any corner of your life—any habit, any relationship, any secret—where your attitude is, “Jesus, You can have everything but this,”
That is the exact place He is coming for.
The real Christ does not negotiate with your idols.He smashes them.
In you.Or on you.
Why We’ve Done This Series
The reason I’ve spent this much time talking about the biblical Christ instead of the popular one is simple:
Your sons and daughters, your wife, your own soul—They will all be shaped by the version of Jesus you actually serve.
If the Christ in your home is:
* Always agreeable
* Never confrontational
* Fine with your secret porn
* Soft on your passivity
* Silent about hell
* Indifferent to your marriage
* Okay with you being a spiritual coward
…then you’re not following the biblical Christ.
You’ve hired a tame god to bless your sin.
And your children will learn that from you faster than they learn any memory verse.
But if the Christ in your home is:
* The Lion and the Lamb
* Gentle with the broken, fierce with the proud
* Bloody from the cross, crowned in glory
* Demanding of obedience, lavish in mercy
* Willing to split your house to own your heart
…that will preach louder than any podcast I ever record.
So What Now?
We’re at the end of this series, but we are not at the end of Him.
The biblical Christ is not a concept to admire.He is a King to obey.
If this series has been anything, it has been an invitation—and a warning.
An invitation to:
* Drop the fake Jesus you inherited from soft preaching.
* Meet the real Christ in the pages of Scripture.
* Let Him reorder your life, your house, your time, your loyalties.
And a warning that:
* Your feelings about Him will not matter on that appointed day.
* Only your relationship to Him will.
A Few Concrete Steps
Here are some simple, concrete things you can actually do, starting today.
1. Read the Gospels with fresh eyes.
Open your Bible and read the Gospels again with one question in your mind:
“If I had never heard of Jesus before, and this Book was all I had,what kind of Man would I think He is?”
Write down what you see.Not what you’ve been told.What you see.
2. Ask the Lord to show you one place you’ve domesticated Christ.
* One habit you excuse.
* One relationship you won’t surrender.
* One place in your house where He is not welcome.
Repent there.Not in theory. In reality.
3. Let your family see you take Him seriously.
This doesn’t mean dramatic speeches.
It means:
* They see your Bible open.
* They hear you humble yourself.
* They watch you obey when it costs.
If your children only ever see a soft Christ in you, don’t be surprised when they have no interest in Him later.
If This Series Has Helped You
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This is the end of the series.
It is not the end of Him.He will have the last word, not me.
My prayer is that when you meet Him, you won’t be shocked by who He actually is—because you’ve been walking with the biblical Christ all along, not a cheap imitation.
Thank you for listening. Thank you for reading.Stand your post.Guard your garden.Follow the King.
—Adam
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