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Previously we saw how important it was for David to express faith in the name
the Lord of Hosts. Let us look to another Old Testament example as to the
importance of the Name “the Lord” as it pertains to obedience/disobedience.

This time we will examine Pharaoh of Egypt as a negative
example of a person who lacked understanding of the
one whose name is called the Lord:

Pharaoh of Egypt did not obey the voice of the Lord Ex.5:2
and he states clearly the reason why he did not do so:

“WHO IS THE LORD THAT I SHOULD OBEY HIS VOICE?
…I DO NOT KNOW THE LORD…”

I believe Pharaoh’s statement contains the same underlying reason that some of
Jesus’ followers did not obey Him either. They called Him “Lord, Lord” but did not
have a clue what that really implied. They knew Him as their Savior from sin,
but not as Lord of their life in its fullest meaning of the name of the Lord:

LORD (KURIOS)- “SUPREME IN AUTHORITY, LIFE-CONTROLLER, MASTER OF ALL…”

Instead of properly stressing the fact that it is the Lord (“supreme in authority,
life-controller, Master of all”) over the lives of those called to follow
Him, the modern-day version of the gospel is repackaged in a non-confrontational
theme under the more palatable banner “God has a wonderful plan for your life.”
Listen friend: The Almighty’s plan is for Him to become the Lord of your life!
Instead of placing a proper emphasis upon what you need to give up in order for
Christ to become Lord of your life, it is rather camouflaged as a beneficial package of
what God is going to bring into your life once you simply receive Him as Savior.
We are told emphatically that He is going to heal your marriage, heal your diseases,
increase your finances, prosper you, provide for you, protect you, etc.
Friend, that is not what it means to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ!
God may indeed do some of those wonderful healing things for you as you learn to
walk with Him, but that is not the gospel message the Lord Jesus presented.
The Lordship of Jesus Christ demands that the believer embrace the call to forsake
living a self-centered, self-serving way of life. It is this lack of the evidence of a new
life of obedience that Jesus addresses in some of His disciples who tritely continued
to called Him “Lord, Lord” but were not obeying His commands:

"NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME, 'LORD, LORD,'
SHALL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,

BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN…
…I WILL DECLARE TO THEM, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU;

DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS!‘” Matt. 7:21-23

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