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Jesus Our Lord

Charles Spurgeon » Wisdom Dead Guys

Jesus Our Lord: Click | View Series Romans 4:24—"Jesus our Lord." It is the part of faith to accept great contrasts, if laid down in the Word, and to make them a part of her daily speech. This name, Lord, is a great contrast to incarnation, and humiliation. In the manger, in poverty, shame, and death, Jesus was still Lord. These strange conditions for "our Lord" to be found in are no difficulties to that faith which is the fruit of the Spirit. It never happens that our faith in Jesus for salvation makes us less reverently behold in him the Lord of all. He is "Jesus" and also "our Lord." "Born a child, and yet a King." "My Beloved," and yet "My Lord and my God." Our simple trust in him, our familiar love to him, our bold approaches to him in prayer, our near and dear communion with him, and, most of all, our marriage union with him, still leave him "our Lord."

JESUS' HUMILITY GIVES VALUE TO HIS TITLE

"Jesus our Lord" is a very sweet name to a believer's heart.

  1. We claim to render it to him especially as man, "who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification" (verse 25). As Jesus of Nazareth, he is Lord.
  2. We acknowledge him as Lord the more fully and unreservedly, because he loved us, and gave himself for us.
  3. In all the privileges accorded to us in him he is Lord:
    • In our salvation, we have "received Christ Jesus the Lord" (Col. 2:6)
    • In entering the church we find him the head of the body, to whom all are subject (Eph. 5:23)
    • In our lifework he is Lord. "We live to the Lord" (Rom. 14:8). We glorify God in his name (Eph. 5:20).
    • In resurrection he is the firstborn from the dead (Col. 1:18).
    • At the Advent his appearing will be the chief glory (Titus 2:13).
    • In eternal glory he is worshipped forever (Rev. 5:12-13)
  4. In our dearest fellowship at the table he is "Jesus our Lord."

It is the Lord's Table, the Lord's Supper, the cup of the Lord, the body and blood of the Lord; and our object is to show the Lord's death (1 Cor. 11:20, 26-27, 29). Adapted from Charles Spurgeon's sermon notes.


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