No Room for Rival Thrones - Love Worth Finding - December 10
December 10, 2025 – No Room for Rival Thrones
Sermon: 1946 Lordship of Christ, part 2
Pray Over This
“ . . . that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Ponder This
You have no right to call yourself a Christian if Jesus Christ is not Lord over your life. As a Christian, you’re saved by believing that Jesus Christ is Lord and yielding to His lordship. This is more than just saying Jesus is Lord; anyone can say those words. When Paul wrote the Book of Romans to the early Christians, he knew that to say, “Jesus Christ is Lord,” could cost you your life. Why? Because the people of the Roman Empire had to say, “Caesar is Lord.” Now they could also say, “Zeus is Lord.” They could say that Aphrodite is Lord, but they also had to say that Caesar is Lord. They had to put Caesar in with the other gods. Christians would not do that.
They would threaten these Christians by saying, “Do you want to get along in the empire? You must say what everybody else will say. Say, ‘Kaiser Curios.’” They would respond, “No, I can’t say that. Christos Curios.” They would draw the sword and say, “Say it! Kaiser Curious!” “I cannot say that. Jesus Christ is Lord.” And these Christians were thrown into dungeons; they were burned at the stake; their blood reddened the mouths of lions because they said Jesus Christ is Lord. They could have been saved by simply offering a pinch of salt to Caesar and saying, “Yes, Jesus is Lord, but so also is Caesar.” It’s not Christ and, it is Christ only, not Christ and this or that. Jesus Christ is Lord. That is the fundamental confession of the New Testament Church. In every area of your life, He is to be Lord.
- When did you first recognize Jesus as Lord? What has changed since then?
- Why is it important that Jesus alone is Lord over our lives? What are some other things we might allow as lord over us?
Practice This
Share your testimony of how Jesus became Lord of your life.
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