Vain Jangling
Make Jesus Lord of your life.
Sometimes we might hear or read such a statement without considering much of the meaning. Perhaps it is in reference to encouraging someone to “Ask Jesus into [their] heart” or to “Put faith in Jesus Christ”.
However, here is the issue with such a statement:
We (i.e. you and I) do not make Jesus Christ Lord of anything.
Jesus Christ is sovereign over our lives whether we accept or reject, serve or rebel his lordship over us. For this same Jesus is “Lord of lords, and King of kings.” (1 Timothy 6:15; Revelation 17:14) He is God and “all things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” (John 1:1-3) For it is written: “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:10-11) Thus the should shall (will) come to pass. (Isaiah 45:23; Romans 14:11)
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