You Have To Bow The Knee Before Jesus

You need to consider that as well as you think you know yourself, Jesus knows you better. You do not know you as well as Jesus knows you, and these priests and elders thought they knew themselves and Jesus says, no you don’t, in fact if you have the eyes to see, I’m pulling off the mask, you’re like the son who said he would go and then he didn’t. Repent. That’s the one thing they couldn’t do, that’s the one thing that so many people today, though they love Christianity, they love Christian influence, they love western civilization. Look, we live in a complex cultural moment right now. There’s a vibe shift. A lot of it seems good. In the last five years or so you see more and more men and women who will publically call out crazy things, having men in women’s locker rooms, people will call that out, good. We see more and more people speak positively about Christianity, about the effects of Christian religion. We may see conservative politicians and pundits who want to defend the rights of Christians and all of that is to the good, but listen, being anti-woke or pro religion is not the same thing as entering the kingdom, it’s not, you have to bow the knee before Jesus.

This clip is part of the sermon “The Other Two Sons” delivered by Dr. Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC on March 16 2025.