Jesus, Either He Is or He Isn't!??

"And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"
(Luke 6:46 KJV)

In light of recent days, the presidential election & so forth, and the comments, conversations, and ideology of the popular perspective of "The Will of God", I have had to take a fresh look at what His word actually says.

I'm going to be blogging my findings and conclusions for any who are interested enough to read, how ever few that may be.

Let me begin today with a brief commentary on the Lordship of Jesus, because any frustration that may be sensed from my writing isn't focused on the lost, but rather the so called "saved", those who call Jesus "Lord". After all, wasn't it the "religious" that Jesus Himself took issue with?

How quick are we to throw around the word "Lord", whether it be a figure of speech, a short simple prayer over meal, or even a sincere declaration?
That term is used so loosely, and often time with little to no real meaning or intention.
In the modern church of Americanized Christianity, we have under-emphasized the importance of the biblical "Lordship" of Jesus Christ. For example:

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." (Romans 10:9 KJV)

This is my absolute favorite of all scripture, I call it "The Roadmap to Heaven". In today's church (more specifically the Baptist Church), we water that first past down to sound as if simply declaring that Jesus is Lord paired with the belief in His resurrection equals "salvation". This is greatly inaccurate, misleading, and dangerous!
The idea here, based on Jesus' time as well as the language of King James 1611, is that of slavery; a willing surrender to life long bondage! Your profession of Jesus as Lord or lack thereof, doesn't change the fact that He is the King of kings and The Lord of lords and according to scripture "the demons believe and tremble". (Js. 2:19)

Jesus said, in Luke 6:46, "why do you call me 'Lord' yet you don't what I've commanded you?"

When we reject the authority of Jesus in any area of our lives (including how we vote), the question must be asked of us; is Jesus truly Lord?

Dr. Bryce Evans once said...

"If Jesus isn't Lord of all, He isn't Lord at all"

And that's the Real Truth!!

A Waiting Walk

"For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Cor. 5:7

Paul spoke of living life in the expectant hope of what is to come for those who trust in Christ. That, by faith, we can sacrifice the riches and treasures of this life in exchange for those much greater. He chose to live in the supernatural, believing that God would "make a way, where there seems to be no way", and that normal logic, what makes sense, and human wisdom are made to be foolishness by God's faithfulness. (1 Cor. 1:20, 3:19) 

 Often times our faith is tried by what we see; when we choose to look at life and its circumstances with our physical eyes, they seem to overshadow who God really is and cause us to doubt Him, to question His calling on our lives, and we begin to "rationalize" our situations and make our own plans for success. But Paul did not say that "I walk by faith", he said "we walk by faith"; as followers of Jesus Christ, we do not focus our attention on what we see, the difficulties that lie before us, or the size of the enemy, we set our gaze on Christ, resurrected, ascended, and returning for His faithful beloved!

 There will be times when God has promised us or called us to something that "reality" will set in and those around us will tell us to "wise up", to "wake up", even to "curse God and die". There will be times where we will get anxious and want to do things on our own, make our own way, and began to question if God cares, if He's able, or if we really heard God speak to us...

"Be still, and know that I am God;" Ps. 46:10

Check out this link to Greg and Janna Long's "In The Waiting"



http://youtu.be/eQD7_pit9xI

What an amazing truth in these lyrics...

 I've been preaching, for better than 3 years now, a message entitled "Reckless Abandonment"; in fact, I've been writing a book with this same title, and I thing the title is self explanatory. The message of willingly surrendering everything to life a of sold out abandonment for the glory of the name of Jesus to the world. The message is a tough one, and to be honest, the majority of those to whom I've preached it and taught it, didn't care much for the idea and rejected to follow my leadership because of it. And now I find myself at a moment of decision, a crossroads of faith and doubt and I've got to decide if this was just something that I was teaching or something that I actually believe...

-has God really called me? And can I really trust Him?-

And that the "Real Truth"!