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Elation Church. Today's our last week in our
series that we've entitled, Hello, My Name is
God. This is week number 13. And you might say,
wow, are there 13 names of God? Well, in the
study, I think there's like 15 or 16 names. Just
some of them are very close together, and we
looked at them on the same week. Like today,
we're looking at three names. Out of the Bible,
for God. But they kind of condense into the same
name. And each week we've been talking about
this. What's in a name? What are names all about
anyway? Well, first of all, names can be about
identity. Everybody say identity. Names signify
identity. Now, when I was born, my parents didn't
name me before we left the hospital. And when
I wanted to play... football in the sixth grade.
Actually, it was a seventh grade. Yeah. When
I wanted to play football in the seventh grade,
I had to get a South Carolina birth certificate.
When that South Carolina birth certificate came
in, it had no name Forrest on it because my parents
didn't name me before we left the hospital. And
you might say, no, I'm serious. My birth certificate,
technically for the first 13 years of my existence,
my name. My official name in the state of South
Carolina was No Name Forrest. I mean, you can't
even make this stuff up. I couldn't play the
first two or three games because we had to get
my name changed to the name that I've gone by
my whole year, my whole life. Jeffrey Dean Forrest
is my full name. I just go by Dean most of the
time. I have another identity name, and that
is Christian. It's not just something I do or
something that I practice. It's who I am. It's
my identity because I am in Christ and I'm a
Christ follower. Names also signify relationship.
Everybody say relationship. We all have relationship
names, don't we? Now my mom, her relationship
name to me was baby because I was the youngest
of four. So it didn't matter how old I was. Even
when I was 50 years old, when my mom would introduce
me, she would introduce me as her baby first.
Do we have any other youngest siblings? I was
the youngest of four. My mom always said, this
is my baby. And then sometimes she would say
my name. Sometimes she wouldn't. But I was always
a baby. Dad never called me baby. He called me
son. When I got married to Gayna. I became a
husband. That's a relationship name. She doesn't
call me husband. That's not the way we talk to
each other. Most times she calls me honey. Unless
I've been bad. Unless I've said something to
upset her, then she might not call me honey.
I won't tell you what she calls me then. Really,
she just calls me nothing. When Jeffrey was born,
I became a father. But Jeffrey doesn't say, oh,
father, can I have $20? No, he doesn't. He doesn't
say that. He started out calling me Daddy, and
I forgot what age it was. He just dropped the
D -Y and just started calling me Dad. Those are
all relationship names. I'm also an uncle, a
cousin, all those things. Those are relationship
names. Everybody say relationship. So names also
signify activity. I've gone by some titles during
my life, and I still go by some titles. that
signify what I do, right? I've been a student.
I'm still a student. I don't know if I'll ever
finish out my PhD. I'm just slow writing papers
and reading books. I'm a student. I was a cook
in high school, cooked for Quincy's, cooked steaks
on the grill. I've been a salesman for a lumberyard,
a Nissan dealership. and I sold recording studio
packages. I've been a sound man. I've actually
got paid to run sound at events before. I was
a custodian for a while at Disney when I got
here. I was also a trainer and a coordinator
there. Gannon and I, because we already had two
jobs, we needed a third job when we were newly
married, and we cleaned offices. Three nights
a week, we would go clean offices after we got
off of our other jobs. I actually bought a screen
printing setup, and I was a screen printer. I
was an A &R director, artist and repertoire at
a record company, Southern Gospel Record Company.
I've been the vice president. I actually became
the vice president of Heart Look Records one
day. The boss walked in and gave me a business
card. It said, Dean Forrest, vice president.
I wish I still had those cards. They're probably
somewhere. I probably got a few of them. Here's
the deal. I got a title, but I didn't get a race.
So there was no difference in the normal pay
or the vice president pay. I found that out.
I've been the music director of state and national
organizations. I've been an event planner. I've
actually rented space in 10 different states.
I've been a crusade director. Area -wide crusade,
I directed three of those. I've been the president
of non -profit corporations and the president
of organizations. I've been the worship leader
at some events. One day I was a worship leader
at the Ryman Auditorium. Does anybody know what
the Ryman Auditorium is? It's where the Grand
Ole Opry started. It was in the Ryman Auditorium.
One day I was a worship leader there. I've been
a conference director. We had a youth conference
for over 20 years. I was on the road for over
20 years as an evangelist. I was a chaplain at
Lakewood Camper Resort. I'm also a volunteer
chaplain at Giovanni's right there on the corner.
I'm a preacher. Some people call me preacher.
Some people call me pastor. Some people call
me dean. Somebody wipe your head and say, that's
a lot. But for those of you who are new to this
series, you just found out a lot about me, didn't
you? That you didn't know. You might have thought
I was a preacher my whole life. I've done a lot.
Alright? So, over 29 names I've just shared with
you, but I'm one person. Some people, when you
talk about God having a lot of names, you might
be confused that there's a lot of gods. But God
is one essence in three persons. Okay? Are you
with me? Nod your head or something if you're
with me. God is one. Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
One essence. So, what's in a name? Identity,
relationship, and activity. And that's in God's
names too. And that's what this study's been
about. Because in God's names, we find out who
he is. His eternal name that he wants to be known
by for every generation for all time is Yahweh.
Everybody say Yahweh. That's his eternal name.
But then there's some relationship names. They
signify what kind of relationship he wants to
be in with me and with you. And then there's
some activity names. What he wants to do in our
lives. And you might say, well, if he wants to
do it, let him do it. But we have to receive
who he is by faith. I'll say that again. We have
to receive. It's not just that he is that. We
have to receive him as being that in our lives
by faith. Easiest example. The Bible says it's
not God's will that any should perish, right?
That's what the Bible says. It's not God's will
that any should perish, but that all should come
to repentance and believe in Him. So it's God's
will to save everybody, for Him to be Savior
for everybody. How many of you know that everybody
is not going to be saved by grace through faith?
Are you with me? You have to receive it. You
have to receive him as Savior in order for him
to be your Savior. He is Savior, but just because
he is Savior doesn't mean he's your Savior. Are
you with me? Come on, somebody. Y 'all lighten
up a little bit. I'm not talking about money
anymore. I'm talking about salvation. Right?
So. If we want to see God do the things that
he says he wants to do by telling us who he is,
then we've got to receive it by faith. Here's
our platform verse for this study. Psalm 910.
Those who know your name, everybody say God's
name. Those who know your name will put their
trust in you. For you, Lord, have not forsaken
those who seek you. Another translation of that
Hebrew word that's translated trust in English
is confidence. Everybody say confidence. So when
we know who God is based on His names given to
us in Scripture, then we can put our trust and
our confidence in Him. And we can know. Everybody
say, I can know. I can know who God is, what
He wants to do in my life, what kind of relationship
He wants to be in with me. I can know that. Because
He's not going to forsake me. He's not going
to turn His back on me when I seek Him based
on who He says He is. Today we're looking at
three names. First one is Hebrew. The next two
are going to be in Greek out of the New Testament.
Hello, my name is Adonai. Everybody say Adonai.
Have you heard that word Adonai before? Who has?
Who's heard that word? Adonai. Now, Adonai, I
don't know if this is the next slide or not.
Adonai is in the Old Testament over 450 times.
Look to the person beside you and say, that's
a lot. It's in there over 450 times. I'm going
to give you a way to distinguish. when the word
is Adonai and when the word is Yahweh. Is that
okay? So when you read your Bible, if all four
letters of Lord are all capitalized, I don't
know if you've noticed that in your Bible or
not, but if you read the word Lord and it's all
capital, that means that the Hebrew was Yahweh.
Okay? If it is not, all capitalize the word Lord,
it means that the Hebrew word was Adonai. All
right? So it's used over 450 times. So what does
that mean? What does Adonai mean? Well, it comes
from Adon, and it means to rule. It means sovereign.
Lord, master, ruler is the way it's translated
into English. So we can put it this way. My Lord
and respected authority. Everybody say that with
me. My Lord and respected authority. That means
he's my Lord and I respect his rule. I respect
his authority over my life. You know why I can
say I respect it? Because I've yielded the authority
of my life over to him. Then you can call him
Adonai from your heart. Now, some people take
that word sovereign and they try to make it mean
other things. The Christian doctrine of God's
sovereignty is not saying, listen, it's not saying,
everybody say not saying, it's not saying that
he is in meticulous control over everything that
happens on earth. It's not saying that. Some
people think that's what sovereignty means. God's
in control of everything. He's in meticulous
control of everything. I'm just going to go ahead
and throw it out there. If He is, He's messed
up. If He's in control of all the evil, if He's
in control of all the choices of sin that people
make, It can't be. It can't be. Because if it
is, then he's not good. He's like an evil puppet
master. So he's not in control of every meticulous
thing that happens. Now, he is supreme authority.
Hello? Everybody say, he's supreme authority.
He's supreme authority. I've got a little thing
to help you understand what I'm talking about.
King Charles III. He's known as the sovereign
king of the UK and the 14 commonwealths. Everybody
say sovereign. Just because he is the authority
over the UK and the 14 commonwealths does not
mean that he's responsible for 100 women burning
their scones this morning. Do you agree with
me? You can't hold him responsible. Now, he's
as high as it gets authority -wise in the UK
and the Commonwealth. He is the authority figure,
right? But those women didn't set the timer's
right or something. You can't blame that on the
king. I'm glad some of you smiled. Could you
blame it on him? No. Some people take that doctrine
of sovereignty to the point that God is in control
and responsible for everything that happens in
this earth and in their lives. Several years
ago, I had a pastor friend that posted this.
He said, I hate to even read it, but here's what
he posted. I believe the devil is more a servant
of God today after his fall than he was before
his fall. The devil is simply a tool. In God's
hands. God is trying to teach you something through
everything that happens to you. Now a preacher
posted this. If preachers are posting this, God
help us. Right? What's happening? I don't know.
I don't know what was happening. But I had to
change microphones. Did that one have a devil
in it or something? I don't know. Turn red. Oh,
you saw the battery about to burn out. Thank
you. All right, back to this. A preacher posted
this. Now, a lot of times people say things about
God and they don't think through. Look at the
person beside you and say, you've got to think
it through. Whatever you say about God, you better
think it through. Because what this pastor put
on social media about God, he might as well be
saying this. God runs a mafia organization, and
the mafia organization is of demons, and they
do his dirty work so that he can keep his hands
clean. Hello? If you think it through, that's
what he said. That's what he said. In that case,
if what he posted is true, all spiritual warfare,
all standing in the armor of God, all resisting
the devil would ultimately be fighting against
God. If God's bringing it, we shouldn't be against
it. Hello? I think half of you are with me. I
don't know about the rest of you. Years ago,
some friends told me, they were talking about
their son. They told me that God's plan. Everybody
say God's plan. Now, I know bad things happen,
all right? Bad things happen in relationships,
and bad things happen with addictions. But they
were telling me that this is God's plan. They
told me God's plan for their son, who had been
my pastor for three years. God's plan was for
him to get divorced and to become an alcoholic
so that God could eventually use him in a greater
way. And they told me that that was God's plan.
What are you saying? Think it through. Everybody
say, think it through. In that case, if what
they say was true, then God is the one who leads
us to sin. So repentance and holy living, that
would be going against God's bigger plan. Isn't
that crazy? To think that? Many people say God
made them sick to teach them something. Has anybody
ever heard that? God made me sick. God gave me
cancer because he needed to teach me something.
The Bible said, listen, Jesus said, if a little
kid asks his daddy for some bread, Would he give
him a snake? Is there a parent in this room that
you would want your child to get cancer so that
you could teach them something? So what are we
blaming on God? Come on somebody, help me. People
say that God made them sick to teach them something.
Now listen, God's in the business. of taking
whatever we're dealing with in this fallen world.
God's in the business. If we will look to Him
and trust Him, we can see something good. Even
in the middle of the most terrible situations
that we find ourselves in, we can see something
good. Are you with me? But God didn't bring the
tragedy. He didn't bring it. He's the one who
can bring some good out of it. Because in that
case, if God gave you a disease or if God gave
you cancer, going to the doctor, taking medicine,
praying for healing, we'd be working against
God. Look to the person beside you and remind
them, you've got to think it through. You've
got to think it through. so many people get it
wrong so many people hear a preacher say something
like that and then they go repeat it and nobody
has thought it through listen god is not the
author of evil god is not the author of disease
god is not the author of destruction god is not
the author of death All this, they're products
of rebellion and sin. That might not be a product
of your personal rebellion or sin. It could be
the product of somebody that you're connected
with, their rebellion of sin. But we're all connected
to Adam and Eve. If you go back far enough, we're
all connected. And that's when all of these things,
evil, disease, destruction, death, that's when
they all manifested in the world. It didn't come
from God. Some people say God's in control and
it's all God and God does this, God does that.
He's the one who puts all this evil on me and
all these things that I just talked about. I
call that a no -fault religion. And the reason
why so many people are okay with that is because
they don't want to take any responsibility. Hello?
People don't want to take responsibility. Like
Jeffrey said last week when we were looking at
Yahweh Rapha, the Lord is our healer. People
don't want to look at the responsibility that
they ate at McDonald's two times a day for ten
years and then they got some kind of disease.
We had a lady in Myrtle Beach. I preached her
funeral and she says, you know why I have stomach
cancer? Because I eat hot dogs with nitrates
twice a day every day. She owned up to it. Because
she just loved hot dogs. And she ate hot dogs
until the day she died. Now you can get them
nitrate -free. But she went 60 years of eating
hot dogs every day. And it says on the package,
I mean, you know, you look up nitrates, you can
see that it's not going to be good for you. She
knew. She didn't say God gave me cancer. She
said I gave myself cancer because I ate nitrates
every day. Hello? But some people want to blame
God for their predicament. And sometimes their
words and their actions are responsible for where
they are. Psalm 105. The Lord. Everybody say
Adonai. For the Lord. He's good. Look to the
person beside you and smile real big and say,
God's good. Adonai is good. His unfailing love
continues forever. His faithfulness continues
to each generation. That's who Adonai is. Adonai.
He rules and reigns as my respected authority.
And when we call Him Lord, We're saying that
that's who He is. We're not just saying a word.
Hello? We're not just saying the word Lord, because
you can say the word Lord and Him not be your
Lord. We'll look at that in just a minute. You
can say that He's Lord, but to say that He is
Adonai means that you have given Him authority
over your life. Somebody smile. Hello, my name
is... I'm going to cheat and look at the phonetic
here. Despates. Despates. Hello, my name is Despates.
That means he's absolute ruler. And it comes
from the root word, deo, which means to bind.
To bind. So... when we call Jesus Lord, we're
saying that He is the absolute ruler of our lives.
Here's what it's saying. I have bound myself
to Him. He's bound Himself to me. We're bound
together. So He is my Lord and He is my owner.
If Jesus is Lord, If He really is Lord, you've
got to agree that He owns you. And here's why
He's owned you. Because He bought you with a
price. What was that price? His blood. He bought
us. He bought us. He is my Lord and He is my
owner. 2 Peter 2 .1 But there were also false
prophets. Everybody say false prophets. False
prophets in Israel, just as there were false
teachers, there will be false teachers among
you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies,
listen, and even deny the master. Everybody said
despates, Lord. They will even deny the Lord
who bought them. So it's heresy, it's false doctrine.
unless we recognize that Jesus paid a price for
us and He bought us. See, we're all born being
a slave to sin. Hello? We're all born being a
slave to sin. But when we receive Christ as our
Lord and acknowledge Him as Lord, the Holy Spirit
takes us from being a slave to sin into being
in Christ. We were in sin. He moves us to being...
In Christ. He bought us. And it's a heresy. If
you do not look to Jesus as being your owner,
many believe that God exists. And they think
if they believe that God exists, that they're
good. Many believe that He exists, but... There's
a lot of people who believe that God exists and
they've never surrendered the ownership rights
of their lives to Him. They've never done that.
God exists. Okay, I believe that, so now I've
got a fire insurance policy, so now I can just
go about my life however I want to. Somebody
say false doctrine. It's not true. James 2, 19.
You say you have faith, for you believe that
there's one God. Good for you. Even the demons
believe this. Fallen one -third of the angels,
the demons, they believe that there's a God and
that there's one God. I mean, they've seen it,
right? They believe that, but how many of you
know that's not faith unto salvation? It's different.
Denying or not recognizing that we belong to
God, that we were purchased by the blood of Jesus,
is an indicator of false doctrine and counterfeit
faith. I don't normally preach this hard. I feel
like I'm preaching hard today. Sometimes we need
dogmatic preaching. This is the way it is. And
we need to hear it. We need to receive it. 1
Corinthians 6, 19. Don't you realize that your
body, everybody say my body, if you're in Christ,
this is talking about you, don't you realize
that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
who lives in you and was given to you by God?
Listen to what it says. You do not belong to
yourself. How do we live our lives? Come on,
somebody. How do we live our lives most of the
time? Most of the time we live our lives like
we belong to ourselves. And God is just somebody
who we occasionally come visit on Sunday morning.
And our life is just about me, me, me, me, me,
me, me. Listen, you do not belong to yourself
for God bought you with a high price. You've
been bought. One more. Everybody say one more.
Hello. My name is... I don't know if I'm going
to say it right. Let me look at phonetics again.
Coup. Coup. Got some phlegm in my esophagus.
Coup. Courios. Courios. Kurios. Hello, my name
is Kurios. Here's what that means. Supreme in
authority. My Lord and Master. That's who God
is. Romans 10, 9. You might have heard this verse
before. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus
is Kurios, Lord. And believe in your heart that
God raised him from the dead. You will be saved.
He will become your Savior. Listen. When you
confess with your mouth that Jesus is your Lord
and Master. Do you think he's just using those
words? Or do you think there has to be some understanding
and implication to what this says? Is it just
saying the word Lord? Oh, I said the word Lord
one day, and I believe that he was raised from
the dead, so I'm saved because I've said the
word Lord. Here's what Jesus said. On judgment
day, many, everybody say many, many will say
to me, Kurios, Kurios. We prophesied in your
name, cast out demons in your name, performed
many miracles in your name. So Jesus, I've done
a lot of religious stuff in your name. Done a
lot of religious stuff. So you've got to let
me in because I'm a very religious person. You
know? What did Jesus say? But I will reply, I
never knew you. These are some tough words. But
I'd be wrong if I didn't tell it to you. Right?
I'd be cheating you. Because now nobody in this
room can look at me and say, Dean, why didn't
you tell me the truth? I thought as long as I
was a good religious person that I was going
to get to heaven. And as long as I just said
the word Lord, I was going to heaven. But Jesus
said, no, there's going to be a lot of people
who say, Lord, Lord. And they've even done some
really religious stuff. Even beyond just going
to church, even every Sunday, right? They're
prophesying. They're saying, I'm speaking for
God. This is what God's saying, you know. So
they had enough religion and maybe even enough
word of God to say, well, this is what God says
about what you're doing. But here's the problem.
They missed out on Lord. They missed out. Because
Lord is a relationship name. Remember, I said
some names are identity, some names are relationship,
some names are activity. Lord is full on a relationship
name. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord,
Kurios, will be saved. Everyone who says, Jesus,
I call on you to be, My Lord and my Master, Jesus,
I surrender my life to you. You're my supreme
authority. You own me. You bought me. So I'm
going to live for you and follow you. My life's
just not going to be about me all the time. I'm
going to live for you. Right? Isn't that what
we do if he's our owner and our master? If he's
our authority, if we respect him as our authority,
don't we live for him instead of just living
for ourselves? Everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved. So Adonai, despotis,
kurios, they're more than just identifiers. Because
many will say, Lord, Lord, as an identification.
But Jesus said, you know, you're using the word
Lord, but I've never been your Lord in relationship.
Isn't that what he said? Because he said, sorry,
never knew you. We know God's name. We can put
our faith, we can put our trust, we can put our
confidence in him. For you, Lord, Adonai, have
not forsaken those who seek you. When you call
on the name of the Lord, let me tell you something.
When you say to Jesus, I surrender my life to
you, you know what? You can be confident that
he's going to receive you. That He's going to
forgive you. That His blood on the cross purchased
you. And even in that understanding, guess what?
You become a child of God. You become a joint
heir with Christ. You get adopted into the family
of God. But we still understand who He is and
what He has done for us. And we stay in that
relationship with Him. His name is Adonai. Despotes.
Kurios. Some people call Christianity itself
the great confession. Everybody say the great
confession. Here's the great confession. Jesus
is Lord. Would you say that with me? Jesus is
Lord. Can we put it like this? Jesus is my Lord.
Here's what I want you to get today. He is Lord
and wants to be Lord over everything. Listen.
There's coming a day when He is going to be recognized
as Lord of all. The Bible says there's a day
when every knee will bow. Have any of you ever
met somebody who was a sure enough atheist who...
Didn't just know if God existed or not, but they
were working against God. They were against God.
Their knees are going to bow one day. When they
stand before Jesus on judgment day, their knees
are going to bow. And they're going to confess
this great confession that Jesus is Lord. Because
they're going to see it, but it's going to be
too late. See, we exist on this earth. If you
ever want to know why you're here, you're here
to have the opportunity to come into a relationship
with God. That's why you're still alive today.
That's why we exist. Will you make the choice?
To love God and to accept Jesus as your Savior
and Lord. That's why we exist. If we only saw
our lives that way every day, I believe it would
make a difference in the way we lived our lives.
And I want to tell you today, God will be Lord
over whatever... You surrender to him. I'll say
that again. God will be Lord. Jesus will be Lord
over whatever you surrender to him. Most important
thing is that you surrender yourself to him.
But did you know that you could surrender your
family to him? Did you know that you could surrender
your home to him? Do you know that you could?
Surrender your business to Him? Did you know
that you could confess with me that Jesus is
Lord over four corners? We can stand by faith
in that, that Jesus is Lord over all 172 communities?
See, when you surrender it to Him, when you surrender
your job to Him, when you surrender your business
to Him, when you surrender your family to Him,
then you can see Him at work. But if you don't
surrender to Him as Lord, then it's yours. You're
the Lord over it. How many of you know it's a
whole lot better to let Jesus be Lord over it
than you to be Lord over it? Come on, somebody.
Real quick. If you're here today and you cannot
look back on your life and see a time. Now listen,
I'm not saying a time when you repeated some
words after somebody because you got emotional
during something going on. Can you look back
to a time in your life where you found yourself
and realized because the Holy Spirit was convicting
you, have you realized that you were a sinner
and that your sin separates you from the Holy
God? Has that ever happened in your life? Have
you ever come to the point where you realize
that God is holy and you're not? And when you
came to that point, did you ask God to forgive
you? He's faithful and just, right? If we confess
our sins, He's faithful and just. He'll forgive
us of all unrighteousness. So can you look back
to a time when that happened? And then the Bible
says if you call on the name of the Lord, you'll
be saved. You'll be rescued from your sin when
you call on the name of the Lord. So can you
look back at a time? You didn't have to use these
exact words, but has there been a time where
you said, Jesus, up until today, my life's just
been all about me. But from now on, I want you
to be my Lord. I surrender my life to you. I
want to live for you. Can you look back at a
time in your life and see that that took place?
If you can't, I have some great news. Because
today, the Bible says, is the day of salvation.
Right here, right now, while the Holy Spirit's
tugging at your heart, today's the day of salvation.
If that's what you want to do, I want to ask
you to pray with me. But listen, there's nothing
magic about the words that I'm going to say.
You could write these words down, and you could
just read them off of a page a hundred times
today, and it wouldn't mean anything unless you
take these words and make them yours. All I'm
doing is putting in the words what I believe
the Bible says to confess Jesus as Lord and to
confess your sin to God. I'm just putting it
in words. But it's not about repeating my words,
because listen, we can teach birds to repeat
words after people. But if this is what you want
to say to God from your heart, and you say it
to Him, the great news is this, He'll hear you.
He'll forgive you. He'll welcome you into His
family. He will be your Savior and your Lord.
Because that's who He is, and that's the relationship
that He wants to be in with you. So if that's
what you want, I ask you to pray with me. Let's
pray. Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God.
I believe You died on the cross for me, for my
sin, in my place. I believe You rose again from
the grave, just like the Bible says. I realize
today that I'm a sinner. You're holy and I'm
not, so I ask you to forgive me of my sin. Wash
me clean. Clothe me in your righteousness. Jesus,
today, I realize that up until today, my life's
just been all about me. But from now on, I want
my life to be about you. I surrender myself to
you as my Lord, my honor, my master. I confess
you as my Lord. If you're here today, don't look.
Everybody keep your eyes closed and your heads
down. If you're here today and you say, Dean,
you know what? I couldn't look back in my life
and see a time when I confessed my sin and surrendered
my life to the Lord Jesus, but I just did. If
that's you, nobody's looking around. Only me
and God are looking around right now, but would
you lift up your hand? If you'd say, I just pray
with you. That's what I wanted to say to God.
I ask Him to be my Lord, my Savior. I ask Him
to forgive me. Everybody look up this way. Either
you have done that or you're not ready. I want
you to stand with me. Let's stand together. And
let's say this confession together based on who
He is as our Lord. You ready? Let's read it together.
Don't repeat. Just read it together like we're
in third grade reading together. All right? Here
we go. One, two, three. Lord, I surrender my
life to you. You are my respected authority,
my owner, and my master. You are Lord over my
life. You are Lord over my family. You are Lord
over all, everything. Listen. Saying that Jesus
is your Lord shouldn't be a one -time thing that
you never say again. We need to confess this
every day, that Jesus is our Lord. I believe
it will change the way we live. We need to confess
that Jesus is Lord over our home. Jesus is Lord
over our business. Jesus is Lord over our job.
Jesus is Lord over Four Corners. Hello? Somebody
smile. We need to be confessing that Jesus is
Lord. Every day, that great confession. That's
who he is. That's who he wants to be in relationship
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