When you meet someone new what is the 1st thing you learn about that one?
Since introductions often start with “This is…….,” I’d say the 1st thing we learn usually is the name of the person.
So, it is with GOD and in the Bible, names often tell us something about the person. GOD is called by many names and even addresses HIMSELF by different names. You will find that if you examine the context wherein a certain name is used for the ALMIGHTY it speaks of how GOD is relating to people at that time. This is spectacularly obvious in the 1st 3 chapters of Revelation where JESUS refers to HIMSELF using a enormous rage of names showing how HE is relating to a person because of how that person is acting.
One name to refer to GOD the FATHER and the LORD JESUS CHRIST is LORD. LORD is not just another name for GOD it means Master= the One who has the right to tell you what to do.
We are promised: “ 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.” (Romans 10:9 ESV).
For “whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved” (Romans 10:13).
When we confess that JESUS is LORD we are saying, ‘JESUS YOU are my Master,‘ and with that we convey the concept “I will look to YOU for direction”.
Do you, do I look to JESUS for direction in what to do, where to go, and what to say? Hmmm
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Sharon
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