Present Truth

By James H. Brookes

BIBLE READING - DIVINITY OF CHRIST

Chapter 3

 

Third, He is called Lord in a way that proves His infinite superiority to all creatures.

Matt. xii. 8.—For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

Matt. xx. 30.—And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

Matt. xxii. 43-45.—He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto. my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

Matt. xxiv. 42.—Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Mark v. 19, 20.—Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

Mark ix. 24.—And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Mark xvi. 19, 20.—So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Luke iii. 4.—As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Luke ix. 59-62.—And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Luke x. 17.—And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

Luke xiii. 25.—When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto them, I know you not whence ye are.

Luke xxiii. 42.—And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

John i. 23.—He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

John xi. 21, 22.—Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

John xiii. 13.—Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

Acts i. 24.—And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen.

Acts ii. 36.—Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Acts v. 14.—(And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women).

Acts vii. 59.—And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Acts ix. 6, 13.—And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. * * * * Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem.

Acts x. 36.—The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

Rom. i. 3.—Concerning' his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the Seed of David according to the flesh.

Rom. iv. 24.—But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

Rom. vi. 23.—For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rom. xiv. 8.—For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

I Cor. i. 3.—Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

I Cor. viii. 6.—But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

I Cor xii. 3.—Wherefore I give you to under stand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

II Cor. v. 10, 11.—For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

Gal. vi. 14.—But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Eph. iii. 11.—According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Phil. ii. 11.—And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Col. ii. 6.—As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him.

Col. iii. 24.—Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

I Thess. iii. 13.—To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

I Thess. i. 8,9.—In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.

I Tim. i. 2.—Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.

II Tim. i. 2.—To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Tit. i. 4.—To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Phil. 3.—Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Heb. ii. 3.—How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

James i. 1.—James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

I Pet. i. 3.—Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

II Pet. i. 11.—For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

II John 3.—Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Jude 14.—And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints.

Rev. xix. 16.—And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

The title of Lord is applied to Him more than five hundred times in the New Testament.