Matthew 8:2 KJV
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
I will confess to using the title of this visit as more of an eye catcher than something relevant to my thoughts.
We have here the first New Testament time Christ is addressed as Lord. He is addressed this way four times in chapter eight and, I understand 663 times with this title in the New Testament.
• The term is used commonly in the Bible to speak not only of Christ but any master, human or divine.
• It is a fitting title for Christ who is at once both human and divine.
The thought occurred to me that, for many professing Christians Jesus is lord but not LORD. That is why men like our current President can boldly claim to be a Christian but so completely disobey the Bible in principle and philosophy.
Jesus is lord to him, but not LORD to him.
He makes a shallow claim, but he senses no real obligation to honor or obey Him.
And that is the case of the most of people who claim to be believers
They feel comfortable claiming faith in Christ because they see Him on about the same level as a human boss, they do what he says when they have to but have no worries about going against his will when he is not there to force them.
God help us to confess Christ as LORD and not merely Lord.
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
I will confess to using the title of this visit as more of an eye catcher than something relevant to my thoughts.
We have here the first New Testament time Christ is addressed as Lord. He is addressed this way four times in chapter eight and, I understand 663 times with this title in the New Testament.
• The term is used commonly in the Bible to speak not only of Christ but any master, human or divine.
• It is a fitting title for Christ who is at once both human and divine.
The thought occurred to me that, for many professing Christians Jesus is lord but not LORD. That is why men like our current President can boldly claim to be a Christian but so completely disobey the Bible in principle and philosophy.
Jesus is lord to him, but not LORD to him.
He makes a shallow claim, but he senses no real obligation to honor or obey Him.
And that is the case of the most of people who claim to be believers
They feel comfortable claiming faith in Christ because they see Him on about the same level as a human boss, they do what he says when they have to but have no worries about going against his will when he is not there to force them.
God help us to confess Christ as LORD and not merely Lord.
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