Is Jesus My Lord?

The most important question one could ever ask is, what must I do to be saved? We call the answer to this, The Gospel. Reading in Romans, chapter 10, this morning, the answer to that question is given in a very clear and concise form.

Romans 10:7-9
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);  because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

That is written with complete clarity and needs no interpretation.

Confess with your mouth. Believe in your heart.

But what are we to confess?

Jesus is Lord.

What are we to believe?

God raised Him from the dead.

Last week, churches filled up for one of the two busiest days of the year, Easter Sunday, or as some insist, we call it, Resurrection Sunday. Most of you who attended a church probably heard a sermon about Jesus and His death on the cross which resulted in the opportunity for all of us to be saved and thus spend eternity with God. You must believe that Jesus was resurrected to be saved, as we just read. While that seems crazy to some, it doesn’t require any action other than to believe that the Bible is true when it states Jesus rose from the dead.

But the second part of the answer of how it is we are saved, does involve us in a more active, physical role. It says we must confess Him as Lord.

Do we?  Is He Lord of your life? Do we really understand what Lord means? The Greek word used is Kurios. It speaks of sovereign power and authority. The Strong’s Dictionary defines it as the one who has complete control and mastery over one. It means your lord owns you and is in complete control over you. A lord is the one who is sovereign. That means you do everything He says.

Based on that definition is Jesus really our Lord? Is that the confession we have made with our mouth? Because if it is not, then we are not saved.

I’m not trying to judge anyone’s salvation, that is between you and God. But we ought to read our Bibles and we ought to take seriously, the commitment we are saying we have made by truly seeking to give all control over our lives and how we live to Jesus, if we expect to be saved.

This simply is not preached to us enough. Listen to these Biblical facts.

In the Book of Acts, only two times is Jesus referred to as Savior, but He is called by the title Lord, ninety-two times. Let me say it again. Jesus is referred to as Lord 92 times.

In the entire New Testament, He is called Savior, about ten (10) times. But guess how many times Jesus is referred to as Lord? Around seven-hundred times. 700 times Jesus is spoken of as Lord. 700. Let that sink in.

What must I do to be saved?

Romans 10:7-9
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);  because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Jesus is Lord. That is without question. Is He your Lord? If He is, then think about what that means in terms of how you live, what you think, and how that changes everything.