Is He Lord As Well As Savior?

Verse of the day: Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?

Is Jesus more than just Savior of our lives? For too many people who call themselves Christians, Jesus is only Savior or “Fire Insurance”. However, for a true, born again, believer, Jesus must be more than just Savior. He must be Lord also. When we see Jesus as Savior alone, then we do not see the need to be obedient to His commands. If He is only Savior, than it is much too easy to justify a life lived in continued sin, and the excuse becoming that it does not matter because “we are saved by grace” and “God is love” so He’ll forgive me. However, the Apostle Paul wrote this in respect to grace, in Romans 6:1-2, What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? If Jesus is Lord, then the mindset is that He is our Master, and we are living a life surrendered to His authority. Romans 6:22 clearly tells us that we are no longer slaves to sin, but are now slaves (or servants) of God. Matthew 21:28-32 uses the parable of the two sons as an example of it means to see Jesus as Lord. The first son is told to go work in the vineyard, and even though he initially refuses, he nonetheless carries out his father’s command. The second son responded in the affirmative to his father, saying that he would go, but then never followed through in obeying his father’s command. Which of these two obediently did the will of his father? The answer given was, “the first”. This still stands true today. We can call Jesus Lord all we want, but if we are not living in submission and obedience to Him, then we really do not see Him, or consider Him, as Lord of our lives. In this same passage in Luke 6, Jesus tells us that if we come to Him, hear His sayings, and do them, we build our lives on a Rock. However, if we do not do them, we build our lives on a foundation of sand. The consequences will be that if we do not live with Jesus as Lord of our lives, when the hard times come, our lives will fall apart; but if we do as He has commanded, then when the storms of life come our way, no matter how battered and bruised we may end up, we will always stand strong, by faith, trusting the Lord and not wavering or compromising our faith and testimony for Christ. Sadly, there will be many who will stand before the Lord, and be utterly disappointed when they try to claim to know Him as Lord. Jesus said in Matthew 7:21-23, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ The bottom line is that we must first be sure that we have a true relationship with Jesus, by faith; and if so, then we must not just see Him as Savior, but also allow Him to be Lord of our lives by surrendering our life to Him, and living in obedience to His commands. Only then can we truly say that Jesus is our Lord and Savior.

Jesus gave His life for us, and at the very least we should be willing to give our lives back to Him. Today, He extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Rom 6:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing their sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive Him and His free gift of salvation today (Rom 10:13).