Pastor Marty Sloan | April 10 & 11, 2021

Jesus Is Lord

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. - Colossians 1:9-18 (NKJV)

Jesus is Lord because:

1. He is the
   Reveal Answer
   of God.
2. He is Lord in
   Reveal Answer
   .
3. He is the
   Reveal Answer
   of the
   Reveal Answer
   .
4. He is our sufficient
   Reveal Answer
   .

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of our people, are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed? Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says,‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’b 12There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” - Acts 4:8-12 (NLT)

DL Moody said his goal was to make Jesus attractive so that men would turn to Him.

The preeminence of Christ is

to the Christian life.

And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men. - Matthew 9:2-8

Does Jesus have authority?

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. - Matthew 28:18 (NKJV)

Salvation is an issue of authority.

If Jesus has the authority to forgive our sins, then that same authority remains and

our lives.

If He has the authority to forgive He has the authority to rule.

Salvation is

(turning).

Lordship is

(doing).

We come to God on

terms, not ours.

But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He rewards those who [earnestly and diligently] seek Him. - Hebrews 11:6 (AMP)

The Bible is not the Word of God to you

you obey what it says.

We don’t interpret the Bible; the Bible interprets us.

The devil starts every argument by

the Word of God. (Genesis 3: “Has God really said…?”)

Lordship is summarized by

.

“A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart. “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.” - Luke 6:43-49 (NLT)

Lordship causes

living.

Lordship creates

that withstand the test of time.

The Four “Ships” for Christian Life

1. Reveal Answer
2. Reveal Answer
3. Reveal Answer
4. Reveal Answer

“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’” - Matthew 7:21-23 (NLT)

Lordship Test

1. Loving
2. Forgiving
3. Giving
4. Serving

Jesus can only be

. If He is just

Reveal Answer

, He becomes

Reveal Answer

.

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” – C.S. Lewis

Next Steps
1. Search your heart, and ensure you respond to Jesus as Lord.
2. Choose obedience where you have been indifferent.
3. Make discipleship a personal commitment.

Recommended Resources
1. https://myfaithroots.com with Pastor Willie George
2. “The Crucified Life” by A.W. Tozer
3. “Emotionally Healthy Discipleship” by Peter Scazzero