2000-06-11 - God as Our Lord

Passages about God, Part 6

One definition of "Lord" is simply "the Existing One." It is beyond our human capabilities to grasp, but God has always "been" and always will "be." He has neither a beginning nor an end. We should worship Him every day as our one and only Lord. The Greek word translated "Lord" in Mk. 12:29 means the "one who owns a person" (Strong's Lexicon). May we always remember Who owns us.

Psa. 135:5 I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. (NIV)

Psa. 90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. ² Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. (NIV)

Ex. 20:2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. ³ You shall have no other gods before me." (NIV)

Psa. 11: 4 The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them. ⁵ The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence his soul hates. (NIV)

Psa. 7:1 O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me. (NIV)

Psa 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. (NIV)

Mk. 12:29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. ³⁰ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'" (NIV)

Jan

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