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1 | 2nd Why must we call Jesus 'Lord' | Phil 2:11 | kalos | 3590 | ||
Dear dboy: I will do my best to answer your questions. . . . 1) I agree with you that 99 percent of the people you know could tell who you are talking about when you say "Jesus." The same is true of my circle of acquaintances. But I respectfully disagree with you when you say that adding 'Lord' isn't going to change anything. Perhaps not to the people you're talking to. But the title Lord when used with the name Jesus or Jesus Christ is loaded with scriptural meaning. The Jewish religious leaders had no problem recognizing "the carpenter's son" as Jesus. But most of them would rather die and go to hell before they would ever say Jesus is Lord. . . . Rom 10:9 ASV "because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:" Rom 10:13 ASV for, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Philippians 2:11 ASV "and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Note in Phil 2:11 "JESUS CHRIST IS LORD." . . . 2) I agree with you, Jesus is more than "just the Lord", although I wouldn't phrase it that way. Words have meaning and the words we use are important. "Just the Lord?" Properly understood, the word Lord when applied to Jesus Christ carries with it so much meaning, that one can hardly use the phrase "just the Lord." It is almost like referring to Him as "just God." If He is God, He is everything, having all the Deity, glory, splendor, authority and power as the Father does. It's like saying, "Oh, that Texan sitting over there? He's nobody. He's 'just' the President of the United States." . . . To confess that Jesus Christ is Lord or to call Him the Lord Jesus Christ implies that he is all the other things you so correctly say that He is. . . . But Scripture itself lays a heavy emphasis upon the title Lord. The words "Lord Jesus Christ" appear together in 106 verses in the King James Version of the Bible. Whenever anything is repeated once in the Bible, it is significant. But for a thing to be repeated 105 times has to carry a lot of weight, if the words of the Bible mean anything at all. . . . Why do I single out the word Lord? Because the Word of God singles out the word Lord in connection with Jesus Christ. It does so 106 times. I am not criticizing you or your question. But I must say that we cannot go by what everybody else says. Or by what everybody else calls the Lord Jesus Christ. All our teaching and belief is based solely on Scripture, nothing else. I'm not saying you do this, but many people make the mistake of getting their theology (doctrine, teaching) and their terminology from Christian songs and Christmas cards. Be safe. Get your terminology and teaching from the Bible only. Also note that Christ is the Greek word and Messiah is the Hebrew word for "Anointed" or "Anointed One". Both words mean THE SAME THING. To call Him both Christ and Messiah would be redundant. That the Christ is the Son of God as well as Saviour and Redeemer is understood, it's a given among Christians in general. . . . Again, dboy, I care about you as a dear brother in the Lord. I submit my answer to you in all humility and respect. I hope that this helps answer your question. Yours in Christ, JVH0212 |
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2 | Not really sure of your contention... | Phil 2:11 | dboy | 3646 | ||
Firstly, thankyou very much for answering my questions. They were insightful and heartening, and shed new light on the term 'Lord', as used in the new scripture. Thankyou very much :) Secondly, I'm still not very sure what you are saying. Do you mean to say that saying 'Jesus' without the 'Lord' is blasphemy. Because this surely cannot be true. I would concede if by saying 'Jesus', you were renouncing the title of 'Lord' to Jesus, but for myself when I call His name, it is filled with the meaning of all of the previously mentioned descriptives, foremost of all being 'Lord'. If you analyse this 'compulsory title' with a secular mind (which we should do in order to see how the world views us in order to see that our evangelism is not stale), we can see that the 'Lord' part is really just a word. It is the meaning you put behind the name 'Jesus, and what you say about that name, that makes ALL the difference. I guess I'm simply stating that I find it hard to believe that saying 'Jesus' without the 'Lord' suffix is blasphemy, as when I utter the name of Christ I carry that meaning with it regardless. |
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3 | Not really sure of your contention... | Phil 2:11 | kalos | 3648 | ||
Dear dboy: I never meant that "saying 'Jesus' without the 'Lord' is blasphemy." Nor did I mean to imply that addressing Jesus as Lord Jesus Christ was in any way mandatory. I was merely pointing out how He is normally referred to in the NT after the book of Acts and what all the title "Lord" means. Again "Lord" is not "just a word." That word is loaded with meaning in the Scriptures. And we have abundant Scripture references that show how important the title Lord is when applied to the name Jesus. Again, there are 106 times in the NT where the words "Lord Jesus Christ" are used together. Don't you think God is trying to tell us something? . . . But I never in any way meant to criticize or condemn you for choosing to use the name Jesus by itself. And, yes, the use of the name Jesus by itself is very common in the church world today. You obviously love and honor Jesus Christ and His Word. I was merely pointing out some Biblical teaching on the subject. . . . I am glad that my previous answers were insightful and shed new light for you. God bless you in your walk with Him. Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. God richly bless you. Yours in Christ, JVH0212 |
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