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I want to begin this morning with a question before we get to our scripture reading.
The question is, who is your Lord?
To who or what have you formally, as far as a demonstration of commitment,
or practically in just the way that you live your life and the way that you allow your mind to be influenced,
to whom or to what have you sworn your allegiance?
Who's your Lord?
We all have one.
It's the person or thing or idea by which we govern our thoughts and actions.
It's the instruction by which we have developed and created our worldview and our outlook on life.
It's the thing ultimately that we have determined to obey and to follow above every other thing.
It may not always be at the forefront of our minds, but its influence has permeated our hearts
and it's permeated our beliefs and our behavior.
And there's a number of different answers that we could give to this question depending on the person
and what they have chosen to do as far as their life is concerned.
For some, this answer may be science.
When they consider who is their God, who is their Lord, who have they sworn their allegiance to,
science for many people could be that answer.
They base their worldview solely on what they see in the physical world
and they disregard notions of the supernatural
or things that are unexplainable according to their scientific process.
And so when it comes to determining who is it ultimately that they have given authority in their life,
they would say, well, honestly, my Lord would be science.
If I can see it and understand it in the physical world with human reason and rationale,
then I would choose to follow that thing.
For many people, it's religion.
And it's the religion that they've chosen to ascribe to.
For instance, a Muslim would say perhaps that Muhammad is their Lord.
And the instruction by which they would follow in governing their life
and governing their belief system would be the Koran.
For a Mormon, perhaps they would say that their Lord would be Joseph Smith.
And the instruction by which they're going to develop their worldview
would come through the Book of Mormon.
Obviously, for Christians, we would say our Lord is Jesus Christ.
And the instruction by which we pattern our lives and our behavior.
We submit ourselves to the authority of the Bible.
So for some people, it would be science.
Some people, it would be the particular religion that they have ascribed to.
And those who have ascribed to a specific religion would basically say,
the leader of my religion is my Lord.
I follow that individual or that philosophy.
I think for most people, the answer to this question is actually self.
Even though they may be influenced by religion to an extent,
and even though they may have the influence of the physical realm
and of scientific process to an extent,
ultimately, many people have decided that they are the purveyor of truth.
They are fundamentally relativist.
That they may take a little bit from here and a little bit from there
and a little bit from this religion,
and they have developed this amalgamation of truth
that they have determined,
this is the truth that I'm going to live by.
This is what is truth to me.
And that may be different for another person,
but for me, this is what truth is.
And therefore, the main authority in my life,
the Lord in my life is myself.
I determine what's true for me,
and I will follow my truth.
You determine what's true for you,
and you follow your truth.
We all have a singular Lord.
In fact, it's impossible to have more than one.
There are no double agents when it comes to lordship in our lives.
In fact, Jesus taught this specifically.
In Matthew chapter 6, he said,
No man can serve two masters,
for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.
And the people that would attempt to follow more than one Lord
really are just following the Lord of self.
They have determined what would be truth for their life.
Now, all of this may seem trivial and non-essential,
but it's really not.
The truth is,
to who or what you have determined to follow
as the Lord of your life has eternal consequences.
And the ramification of it goes much further
than just your physical life on this earth.
It actually reaches into the realm of the life
that comes beyond this life.
As a Christian,
I believe that Jesus Christ is the true Lord of all,
and that eternal blessings come in God's presence
for all that will follow him in faith.
But the immediate question to that becomes,
how can you know for sure that Jesus is the one?
How can you be so confident
that he's the one that we must follow
and not Muhammad or Buddha or science
or my own kind of version
of what all of those things could possibly point to?
How is it that you can actually know for sure
that Jesus is the one?
And that is an absolutely valid
and important question to ask.
It's one that we all must ask.
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we ascribe to Christianity?
Is it just because this is the way that we have been raised
and this is just the climate of the culture
in which we live in the southern United States?
Or has there come a point
where we have truly understand that Jesus is Lord
and we have chosen willingly to follow him as Lord?
I wanna take a few moments this morning
and explain how we can know that Jesus is the one
and how that should affect our thoughts
and our behavior as Christians.
Let's read this passage together in Philippians chapter two.
We're gonna focus in on verses nine through 11,
but to keep it all together in our study
from the last few weeks, let's start at verse one.
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ,
if any comfort of love,
if any fellowship of the spirit,
any bowels and mercies,
fulfill ye my joy that you be like-minded,
having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory,
but in lowliness of mind,
let each esteem others better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things,
but every man also on the things of others.
And then he says,
let this mind, this humble mind,
this mutual submissive mind,
this unifying mind,
let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus,
who being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
but made himself of no reputation
and took upon him the form of a servant
and was made in the likeness of men.
And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him
and given him a name,
which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus,
every knee should bow of things in heaven
and things in earth
and things under the earth,
and that every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord
to the glory of God the Father.
In verses one through four,
Paul has given an instruction
to the believers in Philippi
to live in humility
and to pursue unity within the church.
And his primary intention
in verses five through eight
that we just read
was to present Jesus Christ
as the supreme example of that humility.
That same humble mind
that will lead us to unify together
underneath the gospel as a church
is the same mind,
humble mind that was demonstrated
in Christ Jesus
as he left the throne of heaven
to become a man
in order to provide salvation.
And in the process
of demonstrating Jesus
as the supreme example
of the humble spirit
that we should have,
he ends up writing for us
through the power of the Holy Spirit
one of the most helpful
and concise doctrines
of the person and work of Jesus Christ
that you'll find anywhere in the Bible.
This passage of scripture
is so significant even
as we mentioned last Sunday
that some believe
that the early church
actually sung these verses together
as a hymn
in their worship services.
It was so helpful
to understand
who Jesus is
in these terms
and these verses
all center
on the fact of his identity,
who Jesus is.
And last week
we talked about
three of four facets
of Jesus' identity
that Paul gives us
here in these verses.
In verse number six
we saw that Jesus
is the sovereign God.
He's the sovereign God.
Look at it with me again.
Verse six,
Jesus who
being in the form of God
thought it not robbery
to be equal with God.
Now that word form
is important
for our understanding here.
It is a reference
to the very essence
of a person's nature.
It is what makes you you.
When Paul says in verse six
that Jesus was
in the form of God,
he's saying that Jesus
in his very essence
in the very nature
of who he is
is God.
He is deity.
He is divine.
That's who he is.
It's rigid.
It's inflexible.
It's who he's always been
from eternity past
and who he always will be
in eternity future.
Jesus is God.
So the first thing
that we see
in this identity of Jesus
is we see that
he is the sovereign God.
Verse number seven
we see then
that Jesus is the humble servant.
Look with me again there.
He made himself
of no reputation,
humility,
and took upon him
the form of a servant
and was made
in the likeness of men.
There's that word again,
form.
And again,
it's important for us.
Paul uses the same word
for Jesus' nature
as a human being
in verse seven
as he uses
for Jesus' nature
as God
in verse six.
At the same time,
simultaneously,
Jesus Christ
is God
and man
to the fullest extent.
That is who he is
in his very essence
of his nature.
Jesus is the God-man.
He is God
that has become a man
for a specific purpose.
And in that,
we see the demonstration
of his humility.
For God
to do anything
that would be different
than his eternal nature
would mean
that he would have
to descend.
And so,
for God
to take on human flesh,
even though he was perfect,
to take on human flesh
meant that he condescended
to mankind.
It was the demonstration
of his humility.
He's the humble servant.
And then in verse eight,
we see
that Jesus
is the sufficient savior.
Look with me there.
Being found in fashion
as a man,
he humbled himself.
That was his initiative.
No one humbled him.
He humbled himself
and became obedient
unto death,
even the death
of the cross.
Well,
what was the purpose
of that?
We talked about
this word
that the Bible uses
last week,
propitiation.
It's an important word.
It means to satisfy
or to appease.
Because of our sin,
our sinful nature,
what we deserve,
what we are up against
as humans
is the wrath of God.
And the Bible says
that the only way
for that wrath
to be appeased
on our part
is through an eternity
separated from him
in a physical,
real place
called hell.
So God takes on
human flesh
and he becomes
a man
in perfection
because he is not sinful
and he cannot sin.
And he goes
to the cross
and suffers
a criminal's death
on our behalf.
that word propitiation
is important
because as we sung
about just a moment ago,
when God looks
at his son,
Jesus Christ,
his wrath
is appeased
through his sacrifice
for all that will
come to him
in faith.
What a glorious truth
that is for us.
Without that truth,
we actually have no hope.
Our hope
and our destiny
is death
and it's hell.
But because of
Jesus' willingness
to leave the throne
of heaven,
to condescend to man
for the specific purpose
of dying our death,
the wrath of God
has been satisfied.
It has been appeased
so that when Satan
does tempt us
to despair
and he is bringing up
as our judge
or as our accuser
is what the Bible
calls him.
He accuses us
to the Father.
We don't know
what they've done
and here's the list
of sins
that they've committed
against you.
For those of us
that believe Christ,
when God hears
that accusation,
it's not our sin
that he looks at,
it's the satisfaction
in Jesus' Christ,
a crucifixion
that he sees
and he then looks
at us
and sees a complete
pardon for that.
It's a glorious truth
but it's incomplete
because Paul has
one more facet
of this identity
that he needs
to deal with
and he does it
in verses 9-11.
When he does this,
he basically leaves
off now
the illustration
of humility
and he's just
solely focused
on the person
of Jesus Christ.
These verses
essentially burst
into a moment
of praise
and bring a perfect
conclusion
to Paul's teaching
of who Jesus is.
In these verses
we see that Jesus
is the exalted Lord.
He's the exalted Lord
and there's four notes
about this exaltation
of Jesus' Lordship
that I want us
to make today.
If you're keeping notes
in your scripture journals
or otherwise,
you can write this one
down first.
Write down the revelation
of his exaltation.
The revelation
of his exaltation.
Look with me again
at verse 9.
Paul writes,
Wherefore God
also hath highly
exalted him.
Hath highly
exalted him.
Now verses 6-8
effectively introduce
us to the gospel
of Jesus.
That word gospel
literally means
good news.
It's a biblical term.
It's used over and over
in the New Testament
in reference to what
Jesus has done for us.
That's its literal
translation
is good news.
Now in this day and age
or in that day and age
as far as when the Bible
was written,
this term carried
a picture with it.
It pictured a herald
going from city to city
and proclaiming victory
for his particular nation
or his king
in some battle.
And you can picture
in your mind
the custom of the day.
They didn't have
social media
where when they won
a particular battle
somewhere they could
just post it on Facebook
or Instagram
and everybody would know
and they could just
rejoice in their house.
There was no TV
to demonstrate
and to show us
exactly what has happened
on this battlefield.
There would be a herald
that after the battle
was won would go
from city to city
and they would go
into the town center
and they would cry out
the good news
that we won the battle
or this is what has happened.
And so it's a celebratory term.
As this would happen
there would be celebration
and rejoicing
in these towns
and in these cities
as they rejoiced
in the victory
that had been won.
So when we talk
about the gospel
of Jesus
we're celebrating
the good news
that Jesus
has conquered
sin and death
on our behalf.
The gospel
is our celebration
of the good news
that Jesus
has conquered
sin and death
on our behalf.
The term comes
from the same word
that we get
the word evangelize.
And again
that's a reminder
of what we're to do
as Christians.
We're to tell others
this good news
that they can be saved
from God's wrath
through the work
of Jesus Christ.
But the gospel
is not good news
if it ends
with the death
of Jesus.
If the gospel
is just summarized
in Jesus
living a perfect life
and then dying
a criminal's death
the gospel
is not good news.
In fact
if that's all
that there was
to the gospel
there'd be no reason
for us to know it.
There'd be no
particular reason
for us to regard
Jesus at all.
In fact
most of us
probably would have
never even heard
of Jesus.
There's no telling
how many people
through time
had lived good lives
and were considered
by their constituents
to be good
moral teachers even.
Maybe even prophets
who went through
a process
of being falsely accused
and even maybe
imprisoned
and then executed
and we actually
have never even
heard about it.
there's a reason
we've heard
of Jesus's
and the reason
is because of
these other
two crucial
components
to the gospel
message.
That is
that Jesus
rose from the dead
and he ascended
back to heaven.
These two components
are not
explicitly stated
in this text
that we're studying
today
but they are
implicit
to Paul's
statement
of Jesus's
exaltation.
Without the
resurrection
there would be
no gospel
and we would
have no hope.
In fact
it was the death
and resurrection
of Jesus
that the apostles
in the book of Acts
were tasked
with being witnesses
of.
That's what an
apostle is.
It means a sent
one.
There's not
apostles today.
There was only
a limited amount
of apostles.
It was people
that were
specific witnesses
to the life
the death
and the
resurrection
of Jesus
Christ
was his
disciples
plus the
apostle Paul.
What they
were to be
witnesses of
was the
identity
of who
Jesus
really was
because they
saw it.
They witnessed
it.
They witnessed
his life.
They witnessed
his death.
They witnessed
his resurrection.
They witnessed
the living
Christ beyond
his death.
In fact
in Acts chapter 2
Peter was preaching
and here's what
he preached
to the Jews.
He said
ye men of
Israel
hear these
words.
Jesus of
Nazareth
a man
approved of
God among
you by
miracles and
wonders and
signs which
God did by
him in the
midst of you
as ye
yourselves also
know.
He being
delivered by
the determinate
counsel and
foreknowledge of
God ye have
taken and by
wicked hands
have crucified
and slain.
And then he
says whom
God hath
raised up
having
loosed the
pains of
death because
it was not
possible that
he should be
holden to
it.
This Jesus
hath God
raised up
Peter said
whereof we
all are
witnesses.
That is he
and the other
apostles and the
others who had
witnessed the
resurrection.
Therefore let
all the house
of Israel know
assuredly that
God hath made
this same
Jesus whom
you crucified
both Lord
and Christ.
What makes
Jesus significant
to the apostles
and to the
New Testament?
What makes
his death
any different
than anybody
else's death?
What makes
his life
any different
than anybody
else's life?
It comes
down to the
fact that he
didn't stay
dead.
He did
something that
no other
person in all
of history has
ever done.
He rose from
the dead.
Of his own
power he rose
from the dead.
And these
apostles then became
witnesses of
that.
And Peter as
he preaches he
says you
crucified him.
You saw the
power that he
had.
You put him
to death.
You witnessed
his death and
we have
witnessed his
life.
And all those
who follow him
will be saved
becomes the
message.
But then Peter
says something
interesting.
This God
that God had
made this same
Jesus who you
crucified what?
Lord.
He's made him
Lord.
God.
The gospel
itself is
defined as the
death and
resurrection of
Christ.
In 1 Corinthians
chapter 15
Paul writes
I have
declared unto
you the
gospel how
that Christ
died for
our sins
according to
the scriptures
and that he
was buried
and that he
rose again
the third
day according
to the
scriptures.
And then
Paul says
and then he
was seen
of Peter
then of the
twelve
apostles
and after
that he
was seen
of above
500 people
at one
time
of whom
the greater
part at least
at the time
that he wrote
this letter to
the Corinthian
church the
greater part of
those people
were still
living and
could testify
of this.
After that
Paul says he
was seen of
James then of
the apostles
and last of
all he was
seen of me
Paul then
became a
witness of the
resurrected
Christ.
the truth
is if
Jesus
didn't
rise
from the
dead
all of
this
would be
absolutely
pointless.
Our
purpose
in gathering
today
would be
absolutely
pointless.
The
unique bond
that we
have in
the gospel
though we
are all
very different
in who
we are
would not
exist.
It's the
resurrection
that brings
it all
together.
Paul in
1 Corinthians
15
reemphasizes
that.
He says
if Christ
be not
risen then
our preaching
is vain
and your
faith is
vain.
And if
Christ be
not raised
your faith
is vain
and ye
are yet
in your
sins.
And they
all which
are dead
in Christ
are perished.
And he
says if
this life
only we
have hope
in Christ
we are
of all
men
most
miserable.
So how
then can
we stay
and know
that Jesus
is the
true
Savior
and the
Lord
of all?
And the
fundamental
answer is
found in
his victorious
resurrection
from the
dead.
How do we
know that
Jesus is
the one?
Why do we
follow him
in faith?
Why do we
worship on
Sunday
morning?
Why do we
say that
we're
Christians?
Not because
this is the
way that
we're raised
but because
we have
come to a
point to
acknowledge
that Jesus
is the
Christ and
that not
only did he
die for
my sins
but he
was risen
from the
dead.
His
resurrection
is what
makes all
the difference.
The Bible
is not a
collection of
fairy tales
that some
people would
believe it
to be.
They're real
historical
letters,
real historical
books,
real people
wrote them
and they
didn't write
them to be
mythological.
They recorded
real events
that really
happened.
So a
Christian comes
to Christ
believing that
Jesus Christ
is actually
who he said
he was,
that he is
God,
that he is
the Savior
and that he
really did
rise from
the dead.
That's what
makes all
the difference
for us.
The
resurrection.
That's why
we know
he's the
one.
But we
can't forget
about his
ascension.
Jack read
about it
just a minute
ago in
Acts chapter
one.
After
Christ's
resurrection
in the
span of
40 days
he appeared
to many
many people
and then
he visibly
ascended back
into heaven.
Acts chapter
one.
When he
had spoken
these
things
while they
beheld
he was
taken up
and a
cloud
received
them
out of
their
sight.
And while
they looked
steadfastly
toward heaven
as he
went up
behold two
men stood
by them
which also
said ye
men of
Galilee
why stand
ye gazing
into heaven?
This
same
Jesus
which is
taken up
from you
shall
so come
in like
manner.
There's a
promise
there.
What
does that
matter?
He
was
ascended
back to
his
place
of
lordship
of glory.
This
condescension
that he
made in
verses five
through eight
has now
been put
back right
and he's
ascended
back to
heaven
after
accomplishing
the task.
It's what
makes him
lord.
It's the
demonstration
of his
exaltation.
The revelation
of it.
It's been
revealed.
And how
has God
revealed
that Jesus
is lord?
Through his
resurrection
and his
ascension.
It's the
manifestation
of it.
So we
see the
revelation
of it.
It's
implicit
in this
text.
His
resurrection
and
ascension.
Number
two,
we see
the
designation
of his
exaltation.
The
designation
of his
exaltation.
Look with
me at
verse nine.
Wherefore
God also
hath highly
exalted
him and
given him
a name
which is
above
every
name.
Not
only has
God
revealed
Jesus'
exaltation
through the
resurrection
and ascension,
but he's
expressed
this
exaltation
by giving
him a
name
that's
above
every
other
name.
Now
this
designation
is not
the name
Jesus.
That's
just his
earthly
name.
It's
the name
that he
was given
by Mary
and Joseph.
It's
the name
by which
he was
known
as he
walked
the
earth.
The
designation
that is
above
every
other
name
is in
verse 11.
Look at
it at
the beginning.
Every
tongue
should
confess
that
Jesus
Christ
is
what?
Lord.
The
designation
of his
lordship
is not
in the
term
Jesus.
Lots
of people
have been
named
Jesus.
The
designation
of his
lordship
is in
Lord.
That's
how God
has
chosen
to name
him.
Every
knee
doesn't
bow
before
the
term
Jesus.
Every
knee
bows
before
the
term
Lord.
There's
no
significance
to
confessing
the
term
Jesus
but
there
is
great
significance
in
confessing
someone
as
Lord.
The
term
itself
means
supreme
in
authority.
So
when
Paul
says
that
God
has
exalted
him
and
given
him
a
name
which
is
above
every
name
that
name
is
Lord.
He
says
Jesus
Christ
is
the
supreme
authority.
So
we
go
back
to
our
question
at
the
beginning
of
the
message.
Who's
your
Lord?
Who's
your
supreme
authority?
The
one
that
you
have
chosen
to
follow
in
your
way
of
belief
and
behavior.
If
it's
not
Jesus
Christ
he's
the
true
Lord.
If
that's
not
the
answer
for
your
life
then
you
cannot
be
saved.
That's
the
point
of
the
scriptures.
The
revelation
through
the
resurrection
and
ascension
is
God
saying
this
is
Lord.
This
man
is
the
supreme
authority.
This
is
God.
Follow
him.
Obey
him.
Now
God
did
not
bestow
upon
Jesus
a name
that
he
did
not
already
possess.
His
lordship
wasn't
given
to
him
after
his
resurrection
and
ascension.
His
lordship
and his
exaltation
has
always
existed.
Look
with me
at
verse
six.
This
is
before
you
ever
get
to
the
exaltation.
Who
being
in
the
form
of
God.
We've
already
talked
about
that.
What
does
that
mean?
Jesus
is
God.
He
existed
from
before
the
foundations
of
the
world.
He
is
God.
He
is
equal
to
God
in
verse
six.
It
gets
no
higher
than
that.
So
it's
not
that
in
verses
nine
through
eleven
God
is
giving
him
something
that
he
did
not
already
possess.
It's
not
that
he
gained
something
that
wasn't
previously
his
but
what
was
already
his
in
essence
God
clearly
demonstrated
to us
in his
resurrection
and ascension.
He's
always
been
Lord
but
when
he
rose
from
the
dead
and
he
ascended
into
heaven
it
was
God's
way
of
saying
here's
how
you
can
know
this
is
him.
It
wasn't
that he
then
became
Lord
it's
that
God
said
let
me
show
you
why
he's
Lord
raised
from
the
dead
ascended
to
heaven
he
is
Lord
remember
what
Jesus
prayed
in
John
17
he
prayed
to
the
father
he
said
now
father
glorify
me
in
your
own
presence
with
the
glory
that
I
had
with
you
before
the
world
existed
he
has
always
been
the
glorious
Lord
now
verse
10
is
a
quotation
of
Isaiah
chapter
45
and
verse
23
let me
read it
to you
I'm
going to
start
reading
it
verse
22
actually
write
down
that
reference
so you
can
refer
to it
make
sure
I'm
not
lying
to
you
Isaiah
chapter
45
verses
22
and
23
here's
what
Isaiah
prophesied
hundreds
of years
before
Jesus
ever
came
he
says
turn
to
me
and
be
saved
all
the
ends
of
the
earth
for
I
am
God
and
there
is
no
other
by
myself
I
have
shall
not
return
verse
23
to
me
God
says
every
knee
shall
bow
and
every
tongue
shall
swear
allegiance
to
God
he
says
that
through
the
prophet
Isaiah
Paul
quotes
this
verse
now
in
verse
number
10
he
quotes
Isaiah
45
23
except
he
applies
it
to
Jesus
the
designation
of
Jesus
as
Lord
is
really
just
the
affirmation
once
again
that
Jesus
is
actually
God
he
is
the
Yahweh
!
that
was
spoken
of
in
Isaiah
45
23
he
is
the
same
God
that
said
through
Isaiah
every
knee
will
bow
to
me
every
tongue
will
swear
allegiance
and
then
in
the
New
Testament
in
Philippians
2
Paul
now
says
this
same
quotation
this
same
God
this
is
Jesus
at
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
will
bow
and
every
tongue
will
confess
!
He
is
Lord
every
tongue
!
will
confess
allegiance
to
him
that's
the
designation
of
his
exaltation
we see
the
revelation
the
designation
thirdly
we see
the
scope
of
his
exaltation
the
scope
of
his
exaltation
or
of
his
lordship
let's
look at
verse
10
more
closely
that
at
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
should
bow
of
things
in
heaven
of
things
in
earth
and
of
things
under
the
earth
if
Jesus
is
Lord
then
over
whom
does
he
rule
what
is
the
extent
of
his
reign
does
it
only
extend
to
those
who
believe
him
and
actually
follow
him
or
is
there
something
more
to
this
rule
and
the
answer
is
according
to
the
Bible
he
is
the
ruler
of
all
he
rules
over
everything
not
everyone
follows
his
lordship
not
everyone
obeys
him
as
Lord
but
there
is
coming
a
day
the
Bible
says
that
every
single
person
will
bow
before
Jesus
and
will
confess
him
as
Lord
there's
three
areas
in
verse
10
that
Paul
says
are
included
in
the
scope
of
Christ
rule
the
first
term
that
he
says
is
of
things
in
heaven
those
are
heavenly
beings
those
are
the
angels
those
in
heaven
now
that
worship
the
Lord
he
is
the
Lord
of
heaven
the
ruler
of
heaven
the
second
realm
is
of
things
in
earth
in
verse
10
that's
humankind
!
he's
the
ruler
of
all
then
there's
a
third
scope
things
under
the
earth
we
believe
this
to be
the
demonic
presence
of
things
in
hell
Jesus
is
not
just
the
Lord
of
heaven
and
the
Lord
of
earth
he's
the
Lord
of
hell
they
will
bow
before
him
too
no
one
will
be
excluded
from
his
reign
no
one
will
ultimately
be
excluded
from
bowing
before
him
and
confessing
him
as
Lord
those
who
have
followed
Christ
in
faith
during
their
life
will
joyfully
make
this
confession
in
heaven
those
who
reject
Christ's
lordship
during
this
life
will
ultimately
make
this
confession
in
hell
I love
how
Kent
Hughes
wrote
about
this
here's
what
he
said
soon
every
tongue
and
every
rational
being
in
all
creation
will
confess
that
Jesus
Messiah
is
Yahweh
every
believing
heart
will
cry it
at the
top
of
its
lungs
in
voice
and
song
and
we
with
the
angels
will
do
it
over
and
over
for
all
of
eternity
every
unbelieving
heart
he
says
will
confess
it
too
in
dismal
submission
and
despair
even
Satan
will
do
it
his
knee
and
his
tongue
will
not
be
excluded
every
fallen
spirit
will
do
it
legion
upon
legion
will
do
it
Caiaphas
who
was
the
high
priest
who
condemned
Jesus
to
Jesus
to
be
crucified
will
confess
that
Jesus
Messiah
is
Yahweh
Herod
will
do
it
Pilate
will
do
it
Nero
will
confess
that
Jesus
Christ
is
Lord
Hitler
will
do
it
Stalin
will
do
it
every
soul
from
every
age
will
confess
that
Jesus
Messiah
is
Yahweh
no
person
no
being
will
be
excluded
from
the
reign
of
Christ
he
is
Lord
of
all
he
has
all
power
and
he
rules
all
and
one
day
every
being
will
bow
before
him
as
Lord
how
can
you
ensure
that
your
confession
on
that
day
will
be
met
with
joy
instead
of
despair
every
knee
bowing
and
every
tongue
confessing
is
not
just
a
prophecy
of
what
will
come
one
day
it's
actually
the
means
through
which
a
person
receives
salvation
you
bow
before
Christ
confess
him
as
Lord
let me
explain
Romans
chapter
10
if
you
confess
with
your
mouth
that
Jesus
is
Lord
the
Lord
Jesus
and
believe
in
your
heart
that
God
has
raised
him
from
the
dead
you
will
be
saved
not
if
you
will
just
hang
in
there
do
as
good
as
you
can
be
the
best
person
you
can
that's
not
what
gets
you
salvation
it's
not
if
you
give
enough
money
it's
not
if
you
go
to
church
enough
times
it's
not
if
you
live
this
type
of
moral
life
it's
not
if
you
help
enough
people
it's
not
any
of
that
it's
if
you
confess
!
that
Jesus
is
Lord
believe
in
your
heart
that
God
has
raised
him
from
the
dead
you
will
be
saved
for
with
the
heart
Paul
goes
on
to
say
one
believes
and
is
justified
proclaimed
as
a
pure
and
sinless
forgiven
and
with
the
mouth
one
confesses
and
is
saved
for
the
scripture
says
everyone
who
believes
in
him
will
not
be
put
to
shame
for
there
is
no
distinction
between
Jew
and
Greek
for
the
same
Lord
is
Lord
of
all
bestowing
his
riches
on
all
who
call
on
him
for
everyone
who
calls
on
the
name
of
the
Lord
will
be
saved
every
knee
bowing
every
tongue
confessing
is
not
just
a
prophecy
of
what's
going
to
happen
one
day
it's
actually
the
means
through
which
you
demonstrate
saving
faith
now
you
bow
before
Christ
and
confess
him
as
Lord
that's
salvation
remember
it's
impossible
to have
two
Lords
in your
life
a
foundational
element
to
confessing
Christ
as
Lord
is
denying
everything
else
as
Lord
we
call
this
repentance
and
it
was
at
the
heart
of
Jesus
teaching
in
the
gospel
to
follow
him
means
that
you
stop
following
everything
and
everyone
else
it
means
that
you
now
align
your
beliefs
and
behavior
under
the
scope
of
his
authority
and
not
your
own
he's
either
Lord
of
all
or
he's
not
Lord
at
all
in
your
life
God
this
doesn't
mean
that
we
live
in
sinless
perfection
once
we're
saved
the
Bible
clearly
teaches
that
that's
not
the
case
what
it
means
is
that
the
posture
of
our
heart
is
one
that
continually
repents
of
our
own
way
and
seeks
to
please
our
Lord
and
Savior
the
one
that
we
have
confessed
!
as
Lord
a
person
that
professes
to be
a
Christian
willingly
rejects
the
teaching
of
Christ
and
his
word
is
no
Christian
at
all
they
may
identify
with
Christianity
in a
religious
sense
but
unless
they've
repented
of their
sin
trusted
Christ
in
faith
and
followed
him
they
are
not
a
true
Christian
you
can't
be a
true
follower
of
Christ
and
vehemently
deny
the
Lordship
of
Christ
in
your
life
and
of
his
word
it's
a
reminder
to us
as
believers
even
that
after
salvation
it's
our
duty
to
continually
submit
to
the
Lordship
of
Christ
and
to
the
will
of
God
following
Christ
means
that
we
submit
to
his
desires
even
when
we
prefer
to
have
it
another
way
and
there's
a
huge
scope
to
that
we
had
a
conversation
earlier
this
week
about
celebrities
that
will
present
themselves
in
one
way
as
believers
and
identify
with
Christianity
but
make
a
statement
that
says
I'm
a
Christian
but
I
don't
agree
with
the
Bible
on
this
thing
whatever
that
thing
is
Lordship
is
being
willing
to
notice
that
I
wish
this
was
different
in
my
flesh
but
Jesus
is
Lord
and
I
will
follow
him
as
Lord
despite
whatever
it
is
that
I
want
to
be
different
about
him
and
his
church
or
anything
else
we
think
about
this
in the
scope
of
grief
how
many
times
have
you
and
I
or
someone
we
know
gone
through
a
period
of
mourning
and
grief
maybe
through
illness
or
through
death
and
the
response
to
Christ
has
been
one
of
anger
and
it's
been
one
of
frustration
why
would
you
do
this
to
me
God
why
would
you
take
this
person
from
me
why
would
you
give
me
this
thing
lordship
is
coming
to
a
moment
like
that
saying
I
wish
this
was
different
I
don't
want
to
lose
this
person
I
don't
want
to
have
this
cancer
I
don't
want
to
lose
my
job
but
I
will
submit
to
what
it
is
that
God
has
for
me
he
is
my
Lord
and
I
will
trust
him
even
in
this
moment
I
will
trust
him
so
even
beyond
our
confession
at
salvation
this
is
a
daily
struggle
for
us
because
we
must
continually
rely
on
and
confess
and
repent
of
our
own
way
and
trust
Christ
trust
him
he's
Lord
he's
Lord
trust
him
don't
capitulate
to
our
culture
that
wants
to
hold
Jesus
hand
on
one
side
but
not
let
go
of
their
sin
on
the
other
side
and
by
the
way
there
is
a
way
that
we
can
love
people
and
stand
firm
on
God's
truth
it
is
possible
you
can
do
it
Jesus
was
the
example
of
it
Jesus
didn't
tell
the
woman
at
the
well
that
her
sin
was
okay
he
condemned
the
sin
but
he
loved
her
and
she
understood
that
love
the
woman
caught
in
adultery
that
the
men
threw
before
Jesus
and
demanded
that
he
condemn
he
didn't
say
that
her
adultery
was
okay
but
he
loves
her
we
can
do
that
too
Christian
you
don't
have
to
capitulate
to
the
beliefs
of
this
world
in
order
to
love
them
you
don't
have
to
do
that
the
distinguishing
difference
between
a
Christian
and
a
non
Christian
is
their
willingness
to
submit
to
the
lordship
of
Christ
and
his
word
even
when
they
personally
wish
it
was
different
fourthly
we see
the purpose
of his
exaltation
the purpose
of it
look at
verse 11
again
every
tongue
should
confess
that
Jesus
is
lord
to
what
purpose
the
glory
of
god
the
father
why
is
all
of
this
important
why
do
we
care
for
god's
glory
that's
why
each
one
of
us
exists
today
because
of
the
will
of
god
he
created
each
of
you
and
he
created
you
with
a
specific
purpose
and
that
purpose
is
his
glory
that's
why
you
were
created
that's
why
you
exist
to
bring
god
glory
revelation
chapter
4
and
verse
11
says
thou
art
worthy
oh
lord
to
receive
glory
and
honor
and
power
for
thou
has
created
all
things
and
for
thy
pleasure
they
are
and
were
created
that's
our
purpose
to
bring
him
glory
problem
is
it's
impossible
for us
to
do
that
we
cannot
bring
god
the
glory
that
he
created
us
to
give
him
and
the
reason
is
our
own
sin
Adam
and
Eve
brought
god
glory
until
they
sinned
and
then it
wasn't
possible
anymore
why
did
god
condescend
in
verse
six
and
seven
to
become
a
man
why
in
that
humiliation
was
he
willing
to
go
to
the
lengths
of
death
even
a
criminal's
death
on
the
cross
why
did
he
raise
from
the
dead
and
ascend
into
heaven
and
then
go
to
such
great
lengths
to
provide
us
with
the
scriptures
that
actually
tells
us
about
it
why
glory
for
his
glory
and
his
glory
is
achieved
when
the
people
that
he
has
created
follow
him
as
lord
you
can't
be
good
enough
to
give
him
glory
he
gets
glory
through
his
righteousness
and
when
we
come
to
him
in
faith
we
then
have
the
possibility
of
declaring
the
glory
of
God
not
through
our
doing
but
through
what
Christ
has
done
for
us
so
in
this
moment
of
praise
at
the
end
of
this
passage
Paul
says
all
of
this
is
for
God's
glory
everyone
has
a
lord
and
the
bible
teaches
that
Jesus
is
the
true
lord
and
it's
proven
in
the
fact
of
his
resurrection
and his
ascension
into
heaven
that's
what
makes
him
different
and
it's
what
makes
him
eternally
significant
and
I want
to ask
this
morning
because
I'd
be
foolish
not
to
what's
keeping
you
from
confessing
him
as
lord
what
is
it
that
you're
holding
on
to
either
in
unbelief
or
in
willful
rejection
that's
worth
turning
away
so
great
a
salvation
after
all
he has
done
for
you
and
he
says
if
you
will
just
follow
me
believe
me
turn
from
the
other
things
and
follow
me
as
lord
you
will
be
saved
what
is it
that's
worth
giving
up
that
salvation
in
this
temporary
life
that's
going to
come to
an
end
for
every
one
of
us
Christian
what a
glorious
truth
we can
rejoice
in
in this
passage
church
when we
consider
what
god
has
done
for
us
and
we're
reminded
that
even
beyond
salvation
we
must
follow
him
as
lord
the
way
we
live
we
go to
church
because
we
follow
him
as
lord
we
deny
sinful
habits
in
our
life
as
christians
because
we
follow
him
as
lord
we
tell
others
about
the
gospel
because
we
follow
him
as
lord
we
give
because
we
follow
him
as
lord
we
do
everything
we
do
it
because
we
follow
him
as
lord
so
are
you
following
him
is
your
life
a
proper
representation
of the
rule
of
christ
in
your
heart
thank you
for
listening
to
this
sermon
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available
by
lakeside
bible
church
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lakeside
bible
church
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or
lake
norman
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you
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attend
one
of
our
worship
services
we
meet
every
Sunday
morning
at
10
a.m.
in the
gym
at
cornelius
elementary
school
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