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Is Jesus Lord of Your Life?
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“Why do you call me ‘LORD,
LORD,’ and not do the things which I say?”
Luke 6:46
I. What does it mean?
A.Not just a matter
of WORDS.
B. Acknowledge that God is your
OWNER. (1 Cor. 6:19-20)
Don’t you realize that you body is
the temple of the Holy Spirit,
Who lives in you and was given to
you by God?
You do not belong to
yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your
body.1 Cor. 6:19-20
C. Acknowledge Jesus as your Boss or King, One with
authority who is to be OBEYED. (2 Cor.
4:5)
Receiving Jesus as Lord means
that my constant overriding goal should be to be to obey him. Nothing else
should matter.
D. It is a matter of obedience and
LOYALTY by every disciple. The goal of a disciple is to
become like his/her Lord.
(Lk. 6:46)
II. Why is it important?
A.“Jesus is Lord” was the first confession of
the early CHURCH.
(Rom. 10:9-10)
Gentile believer “Doubting” Thomas
Polycarp Paul
B. “Jesus is Lord” is the
authoritative confession of the
CHRISTIAN (1 Cor. 12:3)
“Therefore I make known to you that …no one can say
that Jesus is LORD except by the Holy
Spirit.” 1 Cor. 12:3
Jesus is described as both Master and Messiah- “LORD Jesus
CHRIST,” in Acts 16:31.
Savior is only found 24 times
in the New Testament; Lord
is found 433 times!
III. No one can willingly and
knowingly take Jesus as Savior
and REJECT Him as Lord.
A.Christianity is not a smorgasbord of
doctrines from which you get to
CHOOSE to believe. It is a comprehensive world-view.
Jude 1:3 “defend the faith that God
has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.”
B. We are not called to make
CONVERTS; we are called to make
DISCIPLES. (Matt. 28:19)
C. It needs to be explained to new
converts that making Jesus Lord of our lives is to be “part and parcel” of our SALVATION
experience.
IV. How do I make Jesus
Lord of my life?
A.You DON’T. He already IS
Lord. (John 13:13)
B. It is your choice and privilege to
acknowledge and PRIVILEGE to the Lordship of Jesus
Christ.
C. We can only obey by relying on the POWER of the
Holy Spirit who lives in us. (John
14:16-17; Eph. 5:18)
Is Jesus Lord of Your Life?
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