Salvation Without Lordship..??? To Find The Answer To The Question Posed By The Title Of This Bible Note.... We Must Look Into Gods Word....The Christian Holy Book.... And Explore The Nature Of What Sin Really Is.... And How It Originated.... And How It Came Into This World Of Humans..... And How God Went About Dealing With It..... These Are The Most Fundamental and Essential Questions We Must Answer In Our Lives...No Other Doctrine or Truth Is More Important Than This....Our Eternal Destiny Hinges Upon The Answer We Discover To These Eternal Spiritual Questions....!!! Notice What God Says Thru The Prophet Ezekiel In Chapter 28..... As He Opens Our Eyes Into The Spirit Realm To See Lucifer The Son Of The Morning…Who Became “The Devil”….”Satan”…. “The Serpent In Eden”….. And The Source Of All Sin….. The Prophet Here Is Not Talking About A Natural Human King In Verses 12-17…. ((The Earthly King Tyrus Never Was In The Garden Of Eden With Adam and Eve))…. But In Verses 12 Thru 17 God Is Revealing To Us Truths About Lucifer/Satan.... Ezekiel 28:12–17 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee…. Notice That In Verse 15 God Says That Lucifer Was PERFECT From The Day God CREATED HIM….. Till Iniquity Was Found In Him……The Anointed Cherub That Covererth….. God Says That Lucifer…. The Chief Arch Angel In All Of Heaven…. Was Lifted Up In His Heart (Verse 17)…. Because Of His Beauty and Brightness…. ((In All Of God’s Creation There Was NO SIN Or Rebellion Till Lucifer Noticed His Own Greatness and Glory and Began To Think That He Could Actually Become LIKE GOD and Rule In Heaven….. We See This In The Writings Of The Prophet Isaiah…..)) Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, Son Of The Morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13. For thou hast said In Thine Heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.”” ((Notice That The Very First Sin In All Of God’s Creation Began In The Heart Of The Chief Arch Angel LUCIFER…. and Then Manifested In 5 Declarations From The Intent Of His Heart… As He Said 5 Times… I Will…”” ))…. And Not Just Any I Will…”” But A Declaration Of “I Will” Which Instigated REBELLION”” In Heaven….. (And Later In The Garden Of Eden…. Rebellion In The Heart Of Adam and Eve..!!) Scripture Shows Us That SIN IS REBELLION AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD…. AGAINST THE LORDSHIP OF GOD””….. LUCIFER DECLARED THAT HE WOULD DO WHAT HE WANTED TO DO AND NOT WHAT GOD ORDAINED HIM TO DO….. LUCIFER REBELLED AGAINST THE LORDSHIP OF GOD AND SAID I will exalt my throne above….. I will ascend above…… I will be like the most High….”” Lucifer Wanted To Be God….. Lucifer Wanted To Be Lord Over His Own Destiny….. ((Sound Familiar..?? It Is The Very SPIRIT Of This 21st Century Age We Live In Today..!!)) This Is The Exact Language and Strategy Lucifer/Satan/The Serpent Used Against Eve In Her Very First Encounter With The Deceiver….. Notice The Conversation She Had With The Serpent In The Garden Of Eden….. Genesis 3:2 – 5 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be As Gods, knowing good and evil…..”” Notice That Satan/The Serpent Offered To Eve The Prospect Of Being Like God…. A God Herself Who Would Have Knowledge and Ability That Only God Himself Had….. ((Isn’t This The Message Satan Offers Us Today….. LORDSHIP OVER OUR OWN LIVES…. CHOOSING OUR OWN DESTINY….. GAINING KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY THAT ONLY GOD HIMSELF IS TO HAVE..!! MAKING US “’GODS UNTO OURSELVES””…!!)) It Is Interesting That The Notice Nailed To The Cross Of Jesus Had The Accusation That He Claimed To Be King Of The Jews””….. It Was Jesus’ Kingship Authority Over The Jews That Was Posted There..!! Lordship Is At The Heart Of God’s Real Kingdom….. The Question Of Who Will Rule and Who Will Serve..!! We Have Noticed From Reading The Christian Holy Book Today….. That The Heart Of Sin Is Rooted In Rebellion Against The Authority/Lordship Of God”” ….. Sin Originates In The Heart…. Even So In The Same Way...…. The New Birth Into God’s Kingdom MUST INVOLVE DECISIONS WE MAKE In Our Heart..…. DEALING WITH THIS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION…..!!!!! Who Will Be Lord and King and Sovereign In Your Heart and Life…?? THE NEW BIRTH IS NOT SIMPLY A DECISION THAT YOU DON’T WANT TO GO TO HELL….. NOR EVEN SIMPLY ACKNOWLEGING THAT YOU ARE A SINNER…… Even Lost Sinners Will Tell You… In Their Most Open and Transparent State Of Mind….. That They Know They Are A Sinners and That They Have Done Wrong Things…….. That Does Not Make Them A Christian…!!! Christianity Is A Kingdom…. Christianity Is Based Upon The Claims Of Jesus Christ That He Is God and Lord and King..... As Well As Saviour….!!! Sin At It’s Basic Foundation Is REBELLION AGAINST GOD…. AND THE NEW BIRTH AT IT’S FOUNDATION INVOLVES GIVING UP OUR REBELLION …. AND THE SURRENDER OF OUR LIFE TO A NEW KING… A NEW LORD…. JESUS CHRIST””….. ALONG WITH TRUSTING THAT WHAT JESUS DID IN HIS WORK OF REDEMPTION IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE CLAIMS OF GOD AGAINST US AND RECONCILE US BACK TO OUR LORD AND GOD…. The Following Two Verses Reveal The Heart Of God’s Message Of Redemption and What It Means To Be Born Again….. In The Book Of Philippians We See The One Attribute Of Jesus Christ Which Allowed Him To Complete His Mission From God…. The Redemption Of A Lost…. Sinful…. and Rebellious Humanity….. Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”” ((The Scripture Calls Jesus Christ The Last Adam””….. Jesus Christ Faced The Exact Test That The First Adam Failed In…… But Jesus Of Nazareth Did Not Fail The Test Of Surrender and Obedience To The Will and Command Of God…. Jesus Humbled Himself and Obeyed””…!!! Jesus Surrendered To The Will and Lordship Of The Father…. And Obeyed..!!!)) Then We See The Disciple Thomas… Who Was Not Among Those Who First Saw Jesus In His Resurrected State… and Who Said He Would Not Believe In The Resurrection Unless He Could See Jesus In Person and Touch Him and Then Know It Was All Real….. So Jesus Arranged A Meeting With Thomas…. Please Notice Closely The Response Of Thomas When He Touched The Resurrected Body Of Jesus and Knew It Was Really Jesus….. How Did Thomas Respond To Jesus…?? John 20:27 – 29 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”” ((This Is The Heart Of Belief… Saving Faith”” … To Say To Jesus Christ…. My Lord and My God””..!!)) In Philippians Chapter 2 We See The Ultimate End Of Every Living Creature In Heaven...On The Earth...and In Hell..... Philippians 2:9-11 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:10. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;11. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Declaring That Jesus Christ Is Your LORD... Is The Ultimate Goal Of Redemption.... From That Place Of Surrrender God Can Then Relate To You As His Son... His Daughter.... Bringing You Into The Reality Of All That Jesus Redemption Has Provided For You..!!
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