Watch the video below by Steve McVey called Christian Religion Lie #60 “You Must Make Jesus Lord Of Your Life” and my, whacky as always, comments follow…
Ya gotta love it… how egotistical and narcissistic we as Christians are.
Jesus Christ is ALREADY Lord.
King of Kings. Lord of Lords. He is eternal. Omniscent. All Powerful. All Capable. Always accomplishes His will.
You can’t MAKE Him do anything — He’s God — that’s the point!
Paul says it like this in Acts 17:25:
“And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.”
God is complete, in and of Himself, fully capable of EVERYTHING (because He created it and initiated it) and you can’t “make” Him into anything. Scripture already declares that He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings — this is just who He IS.
“Can you have Jesus be your savior but not Lord of your life?”
This sounds like some legalistic teaching that wants you to focus on what YOU are doing to “keep God first in your life” (click the link to find out why that one is a lie too!)
So is it possible to have accepted salvation in Christ and not have Him be Lord over your life because of something you’re doing or not doing?
Not possible, He isn’t even “lord” of our life (ie. “in charge”) He IS our life. Paul says this clearly in Colossians 3:4. He says in Acts 17:28: “For in him we live and move and have our being.”
Christ is our EVERYTHING. And we can’t “make” Him anything!
This is a Lie that keeps you looking at yourself to make sure you’re “doing it” to make sure you’re “keeping Him where he’s supposed to be”.
This is bad because then you won’t be focusing on Christ… God… your relationship with them or when they want to speak to you each day, you’ll be too concerned about what YOU are doing… instead of what Christ wnats to do through you each and every day.
So don’t believe this lie that you have to “make” Christ the Lord of your life. Just believe, by faith, that He already IS your life (and by extension, He is alreadly “Lord” of it) and walk in that each and every day.
With Love 
Caleb
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Paul 07.20.08 at 10:03 pm
This is clear Christian thinking. Keep on shining the torch through the fog.