Acts 20:35
“In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

The Scriptures sing a number of melodic lines about Jesus. John Calvin identified three in particular as the munus triplex, the threefold dimension of our Lord’s ministry: Jesus is Prophet, declaring God’s glory; He is Priest, intervening to make atonement for sin; and He is King, ruling over God’s kingdom. The third of these—Jesus as the Divine King who governs His church and exercises “all authority in heaven and on earth” (Matt. 28:18)—is a particular source of encouragement to Christians.

Though troubles assailand dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite,Yet one thing secures us,Whatever betide: The promise assures us, “The Lord will provide.”