“…no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.”
1 Corinthians 12:3
“The question in salvation is not whether Jesus is Lord, but whether we are submissive to His lordship.”
John MacArthur
Christians believe that Jesus is Lord. I suppose this really means that they regard Jesus Christ is be the supreme authority in their lives. They look to Him to be their presiding judge in all they say or do. “You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies”(1 Cor. 6:20).
Sometimes I think that as Americans we can struggle with this “Lord idea.” We don’t understand living under a sovereign king. A king that exercises total authority and lordship over his subjects. Many believers rather think of the Kingdom of God as a democracy.
Yet when we say, Jesus is Lord (as we Christians are prone to say) we really mean that He is a savior, that He has provided His blood in order to obtain our forgiveness. But this is only half of it. If Jesus is Lord it should mean what we are completely under His rule.
“…yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.”
1 Corinthians 8:6
Lordship means sovereign control. It means He has the authority to do what He pleases with over the totality of our lives. We’re in His sphere of control. To relinquish this to Him is life’s biggest challenge.
“The lordship of Jesus is not simply a hope of Christians that someday might be realized; it is a truth that has already taken place.”
R.C. Sproul
This small post can not change anything. That is not the point. All I ask is that you consider anew the implications of what I’m saying here. Is there a daily acknowledgement to His sovereign control over your life? Does saying “Jesus is Lord” have ramifications of a submitted heart?
I can attest that Jesus is not only a worthy savior but a wonderful lord. His governance is one of love. He has never ever done anything that has been detrimental to me, “the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1-2). He is a worthy savior.
Broken Believers 
Hi lynn__,
I’m a ‘speller’ from way back. I was curious about your word ‘dentrimental’ as opposed to the word Bryan used ‘detrimental ‘. I looked up your word & found there was no definition. I was referred to ‘detrimental’ & was a bit disappointed because I thought you were using a nuanced word for detrimental.
Peace!
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Hi Bryan… a good post, difficult for us to submit. (I think you mean “he has never done anything that has been dentrimental to me”)? Thanks :)
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