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Why Jesus called the Lord? |
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This is very important question to non-believers. Sometimes they ask why we Christians call Jesus the Lord? Rev. Hamran Ambrie answered this question in his book named, "God has chosen for me everlasting life." God incarnated into man means that God has manifested Himself, His full being into a man and that He was revealed His will, power and love in the personality of that unique man Jesus Christ. Six hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ prophet Isaiah said "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulder. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9;6). This prophecy fulfilled six hundred years later when Jesus born. Now we can understand the statement of Jesus; "The Father is in Me and I in the Father." (John 10;38). "I and the Father are One." (John 10;30). "Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father." (John 14;9). "I am the way and the truth and life. No-one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14;6). The Apostle Paul said, "For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the Head over every power and authority." (Colossians 2;9). The second verse telling us that Jesus is really God can be read in Matthew 28;18, where Jesus says, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me." It is clear to us that Jesus is the Almighty, the Controller of everything. The Apostle Paul says on the letter to Colossians chapter 2 verse 10 that Jesus is the Head over every power and authority. God Himself is Lord as we read in the Koran, "God is the Lord of the Universe." In the Gospel, we read that God the Almighty has made Jesus "Lord" (Acts 2;36). Here we can distinguish the difference between God and Lord. God means "Theos" in Greek and "Allah" in Arabic but Lord means "Kyrios" in Greek and "Rabb" in Arabic. The meaning of these two latter is always "Authority" with the legislative and executive aspect of it. The authority of God reveals itself in Jesus Christ in many ways; such as Creating, Lawgiving and Commanding, Guiding, Forgiving and Saving, Renewing by His Spirit, Judging and Glory. The authority of God to command, to guide and to save is found in the personality of Jesus. For that reason Jesus is called "The Living Word of God" and "Our only Saviour." As the Living Word, Jesus performs the divinity of God by preaching and forgiving. That is why Jesus became "Lord" by God (Acts 2;36, Colossians 2;10). Jesus is Lord in a sense that He has the authority to save completely. Jesus is the Saviour of us all, the Living Word. Jesus reminds us; “I am the way, the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14;6). It should be remember that the obstacle that had made me unable to say that Jesus is Lord was the Islamic testimony. I was taught and had been teaching others; “There is no God, except Allah.” By that time, I understood that this Islamic confession does not have to contradict the Holy Bible. In Exodus 20;3 it is written “Worship no god but Me.” For this reason I see that the divinity of Jesus is even suggested in the words of Mohammad which confess that Jesus Christ is the Spirit of God and His Word, the acting authority of God; “Jesus truly is the Spirit of God and His Word.” Christ is an amazing person; He is God and Man in One. He filled the vision of the prophets throughout the generations before His incarnation. Prophet Isaiah pointed to His coming in the flesh as the greatest of God’s wonders and signs, when he says, “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (God with us).” (Isaiah 7;14) and Matthew 1;22-23 tells us about it also in Matthew 3; 11-12. |
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