2. Christ, my Lord, has won me that I may _live in His kingdom._ Without Christ we are all in Satan's kingdom, living under him. He is our evil master, who rules over us But Christ has delivered us out of the hand of our enemies that we should live in His kingdom.--_Our Lord has a kingdom here on earth._ For the purpose of founding this His kingdom, He came into the world and humbled Himself, and suffered and died for us. Our Lord, truly, is a King. He Himself told us so. When Pontius Pilate asked Him, _"Art Thou a king, then?"_ He answered: _"Thou sayest that I am a King."_ To His kingdom all those belong who believe and trust in Him and accept Him as their Lord and King. For this purpose my Lord redeemed and won me, that I, too, may belong to His kingdom and live under Him. 3. The kingdom of our Lord and King is a _most glorious kingdom._ The Lord Himself reigns and rules in His kingdom with His grace and love. In His kingdom we live _under Him._ He rules and governs my whole life. Under His rule and care I shall not want. I live under Him, under His protection. He protects me from the temptations of sin, the godless world, and the devil. My Lord and King is always with me. Under His care and protection I am _safe;_ for my King is _the almighty God, whom nothing can withstand._ All power is given unto Him in heaven and in earth. Matt. 28,18. _This kingdom of our Lord we call the Kingdom of Grace;_ for with grace and love our King governs all who accept Him as their Lord and King. 4. For this purpose Christ has redeemed and won me, that I may be His own and live under Him in His kingdom and _serve Him,_ who has become my Lord. Before Christ became our Lord, we had other masters. We served our enemies, sin and the devil. We could not but serve them, and we served them willingly, even joyfully. How miserable to be a servant of Satan and sin, to do their will, to obey them! _The wages of sin is death,_ eternal, death and damnation. Our Lord has delivered us from sin and Satan, He has won us as His own. _"That we, delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life."_ Luke 1, 74.75. We live in the kingdom of our Lord under His care; we need not fear our enemies if we do not serve them. We serve Him who has delivered us. In His kingdom our Lord gives us strength to serve Him by living according to His commandments, by doing His good and gracious will. To serve this Lord is a _noble_ service. Can there be a nobler service than to serve God, the highest Lord, to serve the highest King, who has bought and won us out of the hands of our enemies, of sin and Satan? _Gladly_ and _joyfully_ will we serve Him, our Savior and our Lord.