Unless Jesus is Lord of all, he is not Lord at all.
No human mind can take in all that the lordship of Jesus means—his divine authority and glory. But one thing it certainly means.
- Anyone who accepts Jesus as Savior must acknowledge him as Lord of all he is and has.
- Anyone who accepts Jesus as Savior gratefully takes the status of a bond slave, a person with no claim to a self-directed, selfish existence.
- Anyone who accepts Jesus as Savior agrees to an unconditional surrender to rights, possessions, and services.
- Anyone who accepts Jesus as Savior knows why a young lawyer, when he was drafted, posted a notice that his office furniture was to be sold at auction and added the words, “Everything must go, including me.”
In terms of daily discipleship, that is what the lordship of Jesus means:
All that we are and have he may dispose of as his wisdom and love dictate. For that often-quoted evangelical cliché actually sums up the New Testament demand: Unless Jesus is Lord of all, he is not Lord at all. Obedient discipleship is an unceasing effort to transform that cliché into reality.
