April 5, 2020 CAC Living Water Devotional :- IS JESUS TRULY YOUR LORD?
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CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Sunday, April 5, 2020
– Palm Sunday
TOPIC: IS JESUS TRULY YOUR LORD?
Read Luke 6:46-49
[46]And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?[47]Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:[48]He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.[49]But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
MEMORISE: But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? (Luke 6:46)
EXPOSITION
A lord is someone with authority, control or power over others. To say that someone is lord, is to consider that person a master or ruler over one’s life. Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth (Matt. 28:18). He is our only sovereign Lord (Jude 1:4). He is the Lord of lords (Rev. 17:14). God has highly exalted Him, giving Him the name that is above every other name as the Lord of all (Phil. 2:9-11). Following the resurrection, the term, “Lord”, being applied to Jesus, became more than an indication of devotion or respect. ‘Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ’ (Acts 2:36).
When a person confesses, ” Jesus is Lord”, he/she is saying that Jesus has power and authority over his/her life. An acknowledgement of Jesus’ lordship is logically accomplished by submission to His authority. If you say, ‘Jesus is Lord’, you commit yourself to obey Him completely. If Jesus is Lord, then He owns us, according to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. In this connection, He has the authority to tell us what to do, and we have the responsibility to obey.
To make Jesus your true Lord, is to be an unreservedly obedient Christian – obedient to Christ. If you are the kind of person who finds it difficult to hearken to the voice of God in His written Word, you are only deceiving yourself, even if you keep calling Jesus your Lord. You cannot enter into the Kingdom of God by merely calling Jesus your Lord without doing His will (Matt. 7:21-23). For Jesus to truly be your Lord, you have to accept and put into practice all His teachings, even the seemingly hard ones to human reasoning (Jn. 6:60-68).
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord, help me to be an uncompromisingly obedient Christian, all the days of my life.
2. I ask for the grace to do Your will, O Lord, as written in Your Word.
3. Lord, help the nominal Christians with capacity and readiness to submit to the Lordship of Christ, totally and wholeheartedly.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Joshua 10 – 11 & Acts 8
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!