There is so much depth in the three words, “Jesus is LORD.” How we walk our walk, how we live our Christian life is wrapped around them.
In Romans 10:9 Jesus’ lordship along with His resurrection set the parameters for our salvation. “If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” [HCSB]
Look at that verse again. Look at what is set out as the way to salvation. First, we confess with our mouth that Jesus is LORD/GOD. That flows out of a belief held firm in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead. Then we are saved.
Look at that verse again and think about what we often focus on when we bring a sinner to the altar to be saved. We ask them to accept Jesus as Savior.
Telling people to “accept Jesus as Savior” seems to me to fall far short of what we should be telling them. Should we not be telling them that they must completely and expressly surrender to the LORDship of Christ Jesus over the entirety of their lives?
Maybe I am wrong, I often am. But if I am right that we need to emphasize the LORDship of Christ Jesus, perhaps then we would have fewer lukewarm Christians and less struggling ones when Jesus Himself emphasizes His LORDship.