I Believe in Jesus as Lord
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
12/2/2018 AM
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Text:
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Romans 14;
Lord's Day 13
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Psalters: |
9, 313, 257, 199 |
- The confession.
- As Lord He has the right to set the standard for what is right, to demand compliance, and to reward and punish.
- Jesus Christ is supreme Lord of the entire universe.
- Also Jesus is Lord in a special way to His people because He bought them with His blood and He rules over us by His grace.
- How does this confession reveal itself?
- After redeeming us, He establishes His throne in our hearts, realizing His Lordship in us. We do not make Him our Lord.
- Christ’s Lordship is made real to us by the work of His Spirit in our hearts, giving us a new, spiritual life ( I Cor. 8:6; 12:3).
- To confess that Jesus is Lord is to say that He has rights to me.
- He is in sovereign and wise control of every circumstance and event in my life: work, economy, cancer, special needs, etc.
- Then He sovereignly moves me surrender myself to Him.
- I see myself as His property: body and soul, heart, mind, will, family, possessions, job, etc.
- And this means that He rules over me by grace and the constraining power of His love, not by force and compulsion.
- Thus we begin to love Him as Lord-Redeemer, to long for Him, to trust Him, and to surrender ourselves to Him.
- The great implications of our confessing Jesus’ Lordship.
- First, all who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved (Rom. 10:13).
- Second, His Lordship brings a great obligation.
- Third, His Lordship gives great comfort.
- To confess His Lordship in this world means we receive the hatred of the world (John 16:33).