Monday, April 15, 2013

Jesus is Lord

Philippians 2:11

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Reformation Study Bible commentary: "
2:11 Lord. Christ’s humility is His glory (cf. Matt. 23:12). The “name that is above every name” (v. 9) is “Lord.” In the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament), God’s name is represented by the title “Lord” (Greek kyrios). Christ is now acclaimed to be what He has always been, the true God (1 John 5:20). The ascription of praise embraces both the humanity (“Jesus”) and the deity (“Lord”) of Christ; He is worshiped as the God-Man. See “Jesus Christ, God and Man” at John 1:14.
God the Father. Jesus Christ is the Son of the Father. So united are the Persons of the Godhead that the act of worshiping the Son glorifies the Father. Although he does so elsewhere (Rom. 8:3; Gal. 4:4), Paul does not refer to Jesus as the Son of God in Philippians."

1 Corinthians 12:3

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit. From BibleGateway and me.

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