~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Acts 2:32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are
witnesses. (33) Therefore having been exalted to the right
hand of God... (36) Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ, this
Jesus whom you have crucified.
Phil 2:11 And every tongue should openly confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~
It is important that we pay adequate attention to the title
Lord. In the Old Testament this was used as a divine title. It
was not a simple matter for the man Jesus to become the Lord.
According to Acts 2, after His resurrection and ascension,
Christ was made Lord of all. This means that a man, even a
Nazarene, has become Lord of all. As applied to the Lord Jesus,
the title Lord implies incarnation, human living, crucifixion,
resurrection, and ascension. It was through such a process
that the man Jesus was made Lord of all.
Before the incarnation, Christ as God was already the Lord.
However, He was the Lord, the Creator. But today, after a
process going from incarnation to ascension, the man Jesus has
been made Lord. As applied to Christ in the New Testament,
this title is rich in meaning.
By His crucifixion Christ accomplished redemption, terminated
the old creation, destroyed Satan and death, and abolished
every separation between God and man and also all the
separations between men. Hallelujah for what the crucifixion
of Christ has accomplished! After His crucifixion terminated
the old creation, Christ's resurrection germinated the new
creation. Now, as the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and
ascended One, Jesus Christ has been made the Lord of all. All
this process and everything related to it is implied in the
title Lord.
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Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible
and Words of Ministry, from Witness Lee, Life- study of
Thessalonians, pp. 55-56. Both are published by Living Stream
Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 6/16/00)
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