{"id":3679,"date":"2020-12-07T13:27:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclarion.org\/?p=3679"},"modified":"2020-12-07T13:27:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:27:18","slug":"thoughts-from-the-bible-12-09-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/?p=3679","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts from The Bible: – 12\/09\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesus is the Lord – Part Two<\/strong>
\nby Terry Broome<\/em><\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul writes in Colossians 2:6-7 \u2013 \u201cAs ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.\u201d A study of the \u201clordship\u201d of Christ is a most helpful exercise. It not only helps us to focus on a right relation with Him — He is \u201cMy Lord,\u201d but also it helps us to see a very tender and loving side to his personality. One cannot read John Chapter 11 without feeling the warmth that Mary and Martha felt for this man they lovingly referred to as \u201cLord.\u201d Another example of this warm and intimate descriptive term is in John 21:7a \u201cTherefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord.. . .\u201d His name is Jesus, yet with great tenderness of feeling, his disciples called him \u201cLord,\u201d \u201cit is the Lord.\u201d This descriptive term came to be their most often used phrase to each other for Jesus, and to let others know of whom they were speaking.<\/p>\n

This title was given to Jesus at birth, Luke 2:11 \u201cFor unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.\u201d It\u2019s a title He shares with the Father who throughout the Old and New Testament is described as \u201cLord.\u201d Word searches produce some 7836 entries of this title, nearly all referring to Jehovah or Christ. That alone is overwhelming. The \u201clordship\u201d of God the Father and His Son is a matter of great importance for us to recognize. In fact John in the Revelation (17:14) elevates Jesus eternally in our minds as \u201cLord of lords, and King of kings\u201d \u2013 \u201cThese shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019re acknowledging much about Christ when we declare that He is \u201cthe Lord.\u201d We\u2019re indicating that He has authority or power. The word kurios, translated \u201clord,\u201d so signifies this from the Greek. The title was and is used in the common sense of one who is in an elevated position, and is a term used to show respect for that position. Sarah acknowledged Abraham in a very special way according to I Peter 3: 6, \u201cEven as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is the one to whom many of us voluntarily surrender ourselves, and thus some refer to Jesus as \u201cthe Lord of my life.\u201d He must occupy this position for any who are in a rightful relationship with Him. Anything less would be too little. As one of our hymns declares, \u201cJesus must be the Lord of all, Or He\u2019ll not be your Lord at all.\u201d Because of His Majesty and Oneness with God, there will come a time when all others who now resist Him as \u201cLord\u201d will be compelled to surrender: \u201cWherefore 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\u201d (Phil 2:9-11).<\/p>\n

There is so much about Jesus\u2019 personality, His nature, His compassion, His relationship to His body the church that draws us to want to bow and yield to His will. In John 20:28 , Thomas did that which I believe most of us would do in His presence, \u201cAnd Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.\u201d Will you allow Jesus to be the Lord to whom you surrender your life today?<\/p>\n

The author can be reached for comments at 256-574-2489.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jesus is the Lord – Part Two by Terry Broome The Apostle Paul writes in Colossians 2:6-7 \u2013 \u201cAs ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3680,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions\/3680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}