Supremacy of God or Lordship of Christ

Notes from Church Sunday Jan 18, 2009 Continuance of belonging to God's Family
Ephesians 5:2

Collossians 1:15-23

15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Lordship of Christ.

It is one thing to Ask Jesus to be our Saviour but it is completely another Thing to ask Jesus to be our Lord as in Driver in our Life as we take the backseat. As in to give HIM complete control over our lives making HIM the controller of our Lives. And yes in the flesh that is a very hard thing to do.

With Jesus though we Can do this. Though we are bound to sometimes mess up and forget Jesus is there helping us gain our footing and get back on track.

With Jesus Christ We can do this and be purely submissive to God. Jesus had no form that we would be at all drawn to when HE came to earth. He was an ordinary man. He may have had a big nose He wasn't black he wasn't white or oriental he was a Jewish man.

HE was the First born and the only Born of the new Covenant and has authority over all. HE is the Creator the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit and was before the universe was ever created. HE Holds all things Together. If it where not for HIM there would be no gravity no atmosphere no nothing HE keeps everything moving and going the way it should be.

Jesus was in absolute fact God come to earth as a man so that we could have a human form to look to instead of an unseen God.
Some do have an image for Jesus but we in actual fact do not know what HE looked like there were no photos in that day to be taken. We just know HE was Jewish. But Because HE came in the Flesh we have an Image to look to which helps us walk with HIM much easier.

HE is the head of the Kingdom of God. He was the Restoration of the Way God created it to be in the Garden of Eden before Sin.

God was pleased to have all HIS fullness Dwell in Jesus Christ.

Reconciliation only comes from the blood Jesus shed on the cross bringing peace in our lives. Lordship is saying I will do all I can to live for you My Holy Father in Heaven. Which we all struggle with but Jesus removes all blemishes and problems from our life everyday even if we mess up again God now sees us as washed clean by Jesus As HIS children it is no longer held against us. That is the power of Sacrifice and that Is Grace.

Now Here's the Catch Pls read on.

The catch is our Share in the wor k of Christ.
WE must receive HIS Salvation and Allow HIM to be Lord of OUR WHOLE LIFE.
Or we will remain unchanged.

The Lordship is to help us everyday to walk and be more like Jesus Christ

2 ways to not be in Lordship are
-first to not receive the salvation
-secondly to not receive the Lordship. Or in other words to not walk with God.

The only sin that keeps anyone from eternity or the only sin that you will have to ask Christ into your heart again is

By grieving the Holy spirit by saying I don't want you Lord I don't need you Lord by turning your face away and abandoning HIM remember God never abandons you only you can abandon HIM. It is Only By stepping away from our HEAVENLY FATHER that you will lose your right to eternity or that you will have to give your life back to Christ again once you realize you have done this almost like the prodigal son or daughter.. GOD IS WAITING FOR YOU TO RETURN TO HIM .

If you give up the hope of the gospel you give up your right to know Jesus Christ and enter into eternity with HIM.

Know this not one person in the judgment days will be left never hearing the gospel everyone will have the chance to hear the Gospel of the Lord.

Lordship associates someone as being over us. WE can't say to God If I want to then I 'm doing it or If I want it I'm getting it no longer because you are not your own boss any more If you've made Jesus Christ Lord of your Life.

We Struggle with this because the World has made desires turned the wrong way. For Ex God made intimate relationships as a gift to us a marriage as being united as one in marriage. But we've twisted it into something it totally was not meant to be.

We Need to say not my will but yours be done in all things and in all areas of our lives.

Even if we don't want it or it f eels like we don't for our Father is in charge we must submit to HIM in Everything.

Remember this God will never let you down. but people as in friends, strangers, teachers, parents, children, siblings, family so on and so forth occasionally will. But once again I repeat GOD WILL NEVER WILL.

HE's the Best one to be in Charge of your Life. HE will NEVER EVER EVER EVER LET YOU DOWN. Even though at times it feels like HE has let you down in the flesh here HE has not you may have to change your perspective on things to understand exactly what HE is doing in your life.

Put your trust completely in God. Submit to God Receive HIM.
HIS plan is the best plan for your Life.

God's Ideas are better then our own and always will be.

To submit means to place ourselves under someone else.
Who else better to submit to then our KING?

IS HE YOUR KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS??

Meaning God's in charge it's how it was always supposed to be. But Remember God gave us free will to choose and make our own decisions even if they are not the right ones sometimes.

The flesh does not like to hear that we must submit to anyone or anything so we must check our attitude every day more then once or twice even more then that sometimes.

Pray to be like minded in the Lord.

Our Attitude should be the same as Jesus' Christ's attitude

Are you willing to give Everything to God?

To Recognize everything belongs to God? ALL OUR Possessions belong to God, money,relationships, Goals, Desires, Things everything belongs to God nothing is ours we are only stewards over what we have on earth even the very voices we have Belong to God.

Please God first Follow God not what you want but always what God wants Don't think about pleasing yourself or anybody else first. Please GOD FIRST.

Our IDEA SHOULD BE THE SAME AS GOD's as in LORD I PUT YOU FIRST IN MY LIFE AND I WILL COME AND GO WHERE YOU TELL ME TO I WILL DO WHAT YOU LEAD ME TO DO I WILL EAT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO EAT. I WILL SAY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SAY.

Jesus Christ Gave HIMSELF so every knee shall bow and every tongue Confess that HE IS LORD.

What Areas in your life do you need to turn over to God that you have not yet turned over or that you have taken back? Once you figure this out Turn them over to God once more and then Leave them in HIS hands to do with them as HE sees the best thing to do.