There is Only One

There is..."One Lord." Eph. 4:5

Sometimes I hear people say, "My Jesus" does such and such, or "the Jesus I know" is this way or that way, as if there are many different Jesuses. However, there is only one unique Jesus Christ.Other times I hear people say, "I am going to make Jesus Lord". Listen, He is Lord, you and I don't make Him that.

Paul writes here in Eph. 4 that Jesus Christ is unique. Ultimately He is unique in His person. He is 100% God, and He is 100% man; He is the God-man, Christ Jesus. He is God, and in Bethlehem He takes on human flesh being born of the Virgin Mary. Hebrews 1:1-3 tells us that He is the final Word from God. There is no additional revelation of truth.

Jesus Christ is unique in relationship to His work. In order to pay the penaly of all the sins of all the people who would call on Him, it took an eternal person to die. Only God could fit the need. When Isaac asked his father Abraham, "Where is the lamb?" Abraham said, "God will provide Himself."
That is exactly what He did. He gave Himself to die in our place.

Finally, Jesus Christ is unique in His relationship to us. Those who come to Him as Savior also surrender to Him as Lord. He is Lord of all. He owns us because He bought us out of our sin debt. He brought us out of the Kingdom of darkness and qualified us to be citizens in a heavenly Kingdom.

Jesus Christ is unique. He alone is King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Have you surrendered to His Lordship daily in your life?

Walking? Or just Talking.

"walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called..." (Eph.4:1)

Already I have suggested that in this chapter where Paul writes to the church at Ephesus, and thus God to all of us, he is telling us here that our life should match the name we wear. If we are going to take the name of Christian, which is ultimately the name of Jesus Christ, then we are to walk worthy of that name. In other words, we should be living so closely connected to Him that day by day we are growing in Christ-likeness.

Day to day living is often described as a "walk" in the Bible. So the question I want to raise is, are we just talking a good talk without seeking to live what we say, or are we day by day surrendering ourselves to Him and being transformed to live like Jesus. It is not a matter of imitating Christ. It is a matter of being so vitally connected to Him that He reproduces His life in us.

In Ephesians 4 that walk is directed by living in unity within the Body of Christ. As I look around, I see so many Christians out of fellowship with the Body of Christ and I wonder if Jesus is not saddened that we have neglected His bride. Why are we claiming to be part of the Body, and yet acting in isolation as though the members of the body don't need each other? Pray for God to ignite a fresh passion in the hearts of believers to come together in unity.