Our Lord
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
9/19/2010 AM
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Text:
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Romans 10;
Lord's Day 13
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Psalters: |
9, 342, 257, 194 |
- Beautiful idea.
- When we call Jesus our Lord, we say that He is the only Lord over all - not in a class of lords.
- First, Jesus is Lord by virtue of creation (Colossians 1; John 1:2,3).
- As Creator He has the right to set the standard for what is right, to demand compliance, and to reward and punish.
- When we rebelled against His Creator-Lordship, it adversely affected our relationship to it.
- Jesus is especially Lord by virtue of redemption (I Cor. 3:23; 6:19b,20).
- He bought us as a precious property of love.
- Jesus is Lord because He saved us from the power of sin which He broke by His Spirit
- How can we acknowledge Him as our Lord?
- He establishes His throne in our hearts, and He gives us the Spirit so we can confess Him to be Lord.
- He realizes His Lordship in us; we do not want Him to be our Lord.
- Thus we love Him as Lord-Redeemer, long for Him, trust Him, and surrender ourselves to Him.
- He is Lord as our Possessor and Proprietor.
- We are His; He has absolute right of disposal over us; we are His possession.
- He rules over us by grace and the constraining power of His love, not by force and compulsion.
- To confess His Lordship in this world means receiving the hatred of the world.
- The rich implications of our acknowledging Jesus’ Lordship.
- First, all who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
- Second, His Lordship gives great comfort.
- Third, we call on Him when we are in trouble (Romans 10:13).
- It brings a great obligation.