Jesus is LORD

 A professor of theology once asked his students to get a sheet of paper and divide the sheet into three columns. 

In the first column they were to write every passage where Christ is spoken of as God-Man; in the second column they were to write all the passages where Christ is spoken of as God alone; and in the third, all the passages where Christ is spoken of as man alone. The professor told the students that they needed to have this paper finished when they came back to class the following week. 

So the students throughout  the weekend started rifling through the New Testament trying to find these different references for Jesus. The students found that first and second columns filled right up, but as to the third column, the one where Christ was mentioned as man alone, it remained blank. This was true for every single student. No one could find a single passage that even alluded to Christ being man alone. 

So the students were a bit worried as they came into class when one one had the third column filled. The professor came and began his class by asking them to take out there class project. He went one by one asking them how many references they found in each columns. Each student had almost the exact amount in each column. Several for the first two, but nothing for the third. 

Finally the professor asked, did you all not understand the assignment? I told you all that you needed to fill each one of the columns up! 

Then it happened one student stood up and spoke up "Professor, we could not fill that column up because there were no references to be found that said Jesus Christ is man alone" "Well done" exclaimed the professor, "you did exactly what I wanted you to do. It is of the upmost importance for you to remember that to. Jesus Christ is both God and Man, but he is never just a man!" 

 That story really highlights an important truth found in scripture concerning Jesus Christ. That truth is that Jesus is both 100% human and 100% God.  Every Christmas we are reminded of the birth of Jesus Christ, yet we need to remember that that is not where Jesus story begins.  Jesus is God, He has always existed before the beginning of time. 

 “In the beginning was the word and the word was with God, and the word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created. (John 1:1-3)

 This passage tells us several things about Jesus that we would do well  to remember. We see that He was with God in creation and not just with Him but also He is God. We see that everything that was created was created through Him, and that nothing that was created, was created without His involvement. 

This means that Jesus is not just a man, but that Jesus is Lord. It means that Jesus is God Almighty! This truth makes what Jesus did for you and I so much more important. Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins. He paid for the sins you committed against Him, that you might be set free, and restored back into a right relationship with Him. 

That is why the bible says 

"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE (JOHN 3;16) 

Listen to this short clip of  evangelist Billy Graham talk about who Jesus is.