Nothing More and Nothing Less?

“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.”
John 13:13

 

 

Very often you will hear someone say “Jesus was a very good teacher.”
Too often that means, at least to the one making that declaration, that is the extent of what Jesus was.
A good teacher nothing more and nothing less.
Certainly there was no better teacher than Jesus.
But Jesus was more than the best teacher who ever walked the earth.
He was – and is – Lord.
Lord.
It is a word and a title that frightens many.
Listen to how Webster’s dictionary defines the word:
“One having power and authority over others”;
“a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due.”
There’s the problem!
Power and authority over others, a ruler…to whom service and obedience are due.
That’s the sticking point.
Our flesh resists others ruling over us.
We would rather serve and obey self, certainly not someone else!
But then you meet the Lord…
and His love captures your heart.
He is not a lord who castigates and condoms.
He loves you and lifts you up.
It is a joyful thing to serve Him.
Do you know the teacher?
More importantly...
Do you know the Lord?