5. ADONAI – “Lord” – Acknowledging Jesus as Lord means He is your master and you are submitting yourself to Him as a bond slave. Slavery was common in biblical times and the master-slave relationship was well-defined. A master was responsible for all the needs of his slave and, in return, the slave was to be obedient to the commands of his master. It was a two-way relationship that benefited both parties.
Romans 6:16 – Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness.
God has promised to meet all your needs abundantly if you are obedient to His will and commands. Many people in churches today give lip service to Jesus by calling him Lord yet they don’t obey His commands. Then they wonder why God hasn’t prospered them or changed their lives as they had hoped.
Luke 6:46 – Why do you call Me, “Lord, Lord,” and do not do what I say?
Matthew 15:8 – (Jesus speaking) – These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
As Adonai, God has a right to expect us to kneel before Him and submit our lives to Him in obedience. If God is God, then He must be Adonai – He must be master. If Jesus is God, then He, too, must be Jehovah Adonai. Lord. You must first acknowledge God as Lord (Adonai) before you can benefit from any of the other attributes of a loving God.
Philippians 2:10-11 – That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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