"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." (Luke 2:11, KJV)
The word translated, "Lord," means, "supreme in authority, controller." Our text translates this way-- "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the 'supreme in authority,' Christ, the 'Controller.'"
The angelic proclamation which rang over the hills of Bethlehem still rings throughout the earth today--------- "The Supreme in authority, the Controller has come." In His Birth, His Blood, His Death and Resurrection, the Babe of Bethlehem did, indeed, come as "a Savior" to "seek and to save" this sin sick world. But while theologians have proclaimed, and man has seemingly been willing to embrace Jesus as Savior, the proclamation and acceptance of Jesus as "Supreme in Authority, Controller" is not popular. The Bible tells us, though, that some day the nations of the world will see The "Supreme in Authority," The "Controller" manifest in terrible power. Will you and I "be ready in the day of His power?"
In light of our text, there is a very large question looming over me today. It seems as though I have embraced Jesus as Savior. Have I really embraced Him in the accurate definition of "Christ the Lord," my "supreme in authority," my "controller?" I cannot have "one without the other."
Father, in Jesus' Name, deal with me on the "Supreme in Authority" and "Controller" issue. Amen.
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