2. The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. AMEN.
3. GOD’S ONLY SON, OUR LORD
Philippians 2:5-11 was also
5Have this attitude in yourselves which in
Christ Jesus, 6who, although He existed in the
form of God, did not regard equality with God a
thing to be grasped, 7but emptied Himself, taking
the form of a bond-servant, and being made in
the likeness of men. 8Being found in appearance
as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming
obedient to the point of death, even death on a
cross. 9For this reason also, God highly exalted
Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is
above every name, 10so that at the name of
Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who
are in heaven and on earth and under the
earth, 11and that every tongue will confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
4. What does it mean to call Jesus
Lord?
• Copernicus...
– Faith in the Lordship of Jesus involves the
same kind of shift.
–I am not the center of things; God is.
5. To say “Christ is Lord” is to...
• Live according to the Truth, not the
culture, not our own ideas, not simply
according to tradition.
• Jesus came not just so that we could feel
different, but so that we could be
different.
6. To say “Christ is Lord” is to...
• Endeavor to be like Christ...to have the
mind or attitude of Christ
• 5Have this attitude in yourselves
which was also in Christ Jesus,
– To think his thoughts
– To value His values
– To be offended by what offends Him
– To pursue His pursuits
7. To say “Christ is Lord” is to...
• Reject others who claim authority over us
• No one can serve two masters. Either he
will hate the one and love the other, or he
will be devoted to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve both God and
Money. Matthew 6
– Those who seduce us away from the Way of
Jesus
• Desires of our flesh
• Unbiblical thoughts (lies about ourselves, others)
• Anything addictive (which is a lot of things!!)
• Worldly leaders (adults and peers)
8. To say “Christ is Lord” is to...
• Make a radical statement
– For us, calling Jesus Lord has become almost
commonplace.
– For early Christ-followers it would have been a
radical statement.
• Lord (Kyrios) was reserved for the Emperor
• To call Jesus Lord was to say there was another
who was equal to or even greater than the
emperor.
• Many were and are tortured or killed for this.
– Martyr = Witness
9. Acts 17:5-7
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,
they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the
Jews. 2 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for
three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the
Scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had
to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus
whom I preach to you is the Christ.” 4 And some of them were
persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not
a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.
5 But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming
envious,[a] took some of the evil men from the marketplace,
and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked
the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the
people. 6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason
and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These
who have turned the world upside down have come here
too. 7 Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting
10. PELAGIUS
• CORDOVA, SPAIN 925 A.D.
• 12 Do not let anyone treat you as if
you are unimportant because you are
young. Instead, be an example to the
believers with your words, your
actions, your love, your faith, and
your pure life. 1 Timothy 4:12
11. To say “Christ is Lord” is to...
• Say that our ultimate commitment is
not family, not to our nation, not to
church, not to anything or anyone
except CHRIST.
• I am not the center of things;
God is.
12. Review
• Jesus came not just so that we could feel
different, but so that we could ____ different.
be
• What does it mean to call Jesus Lord?
– I am not the ________of things; God is.
center
– Have the ______of Christ
mind
– ______ others who claim authority over us
Reject
• Our ultimate ____________ is not family, not to our
commitment
nation, not to church, not to anything or anyone
except CHRIST.
