CHRIST THE LORD: DR. MENSAH OTABIL – SUNDAY SERVICE, 20TH DECEMBER, 2020

ONLINE SUNDAY SERVICE MESSAGE BY DR. MENSAH OTABIL (GENERAL OVERSEER INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL GOSPEL CHURCH (ICGC) ACCRA, GHANA)

TOPIC: CHRIST THE LORD.

DATE: 20TH DECEMBER, 2020

BIBLE TEXT: LUKE 1:41-43

Amen! – Let us rise together wherever you are (or reading on the Label of DMC) as we make our DECLARATIONS OF EXCELLENCE, in this Year of Excellence.

… Are you READY?

SAY WITH ME: Out of Zion, the Perfection of Beauty, God shines forth. The Lord my God causes the Righteous to shine forth as the Sun.

His Awesome Hands has formed me; His Creative Spirit inspires my mind. He Skillfully guides my hands.

Therefore, I boldly declare: I am Set Apart for Excellence. The Ruler of the Universe has exalted my horn among the Nations. He sets my feet on high! In His Strength, I rise!

By Faith, I Press forward towards the Prize of my Highest Calling.

I believe in my heart, and confess with my mouth: that Jesus is Lord! He is the Vine, I am the Branch; in Him I abide, in Him I Blosom.

As it is written: God, who commanded Light out of darkness, has shone His Light in our hearts.

We have His Treasure in Earthen Vessels. That the Excellence of the Power may be of God, and not of us!

In this Year, I commit to EXCELLENCE, I commit to EXCEPTIONALISM, I commit to do the EXTRAORDINARY.

In Jesus Name – Amen! – Hallelujah!

… Please be seated!

We are centering on CHRIST.

*The last few weeks we have looked at: CHRIST AS OUR LIFE GIVER, CHRIST AS OUR LIGHT, CHRIST AS OUR BREAD;

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https://discoverymediacrew.com/Christ-The-Light-Of-The-World-Dr-Mensah-Otabil

https://discoverymediacrew.com/Christ-Our-Life-Giver-Dr-Mensah-Otabil

And today we end with: “CHRIST THE LORD.”

The Lordship of Jesus Christ is at the core of our Christian Faith and life and it is one of the earliest affirmations that were made about Jesus Christ.

… At the end of my Teaching today, we will spend some little time PRAYING.

So let’s start considering: THE FIRST THREE (3) MENTION OF JESUS AS LORD – in the New Testament.

1. The first (1st) Statement referring to Jesus as LORD (in the New Testament) is in Luke 1:41-43

41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

43 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

“… The mother of my Lord.”

This is the first (1st) time that Jesus Christ is addressed as LORD – And it happened by the declaration of Elizabeth by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

At this time Jesus have not been born, but He is still LORD – even in the mother’s womb.

… The first (1st) statement of Jesus as LORD.

2. The Second (2nd) Statement referring to Jesus Christ as LORD in the New Testament was made by Zacharias – The father of John the Baptist, Elizabeth’s husband.

And it was made at the Circumcision of and Naming Ceremony of John The Baptist.

Luke 1:76 – And this is what Zacharias said:

“And your child, will be called the Prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to Prepare His Ways”

Zacharias notes that his son (John) will “Go before the the face of the Lord to Prepare His Ways”

In his adult life, John referred to this as his Mission.

And the Person he was Preparing the Way for is Jesus Christ.

… So what Zacharias meant was that Jesus is LORD.

This reference to Jesus as Lord also happened before He was born.

3. The third (3rd) Statement referring to Jesus Christ as LORD in the New Testament is by the Angel who announced His Birth to the Shepherds in the fields.

This Statement happened AFTER Jesus was born! The first two (2), BEFORE He was born.

And so, He is LORD BEFORE He is born; He is LORD AFTER He is born.

Luke 2:10-11;

10 Then the Angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you Good tidings of great Joy which will be to all People.

11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the LORD.

So, the Angel called Jesus Christ the LORD; Zacharias called Him the LORD; and Elizabeth called Him the LORD.

In all the three (3) instances where Jesus is called the LORD, the “Greek Root Word” that is used is the same – They are not using different words; it is the same word LORD.

In Greek it is “Kurois”

The word ‘kurois’ is a very interesting word – Ninety Percent (90%) of the times in the New Testament; it is translated as LORD

You can also listen to the audio here: Christ The Lord – Dr Mensa Otabil

A few other times it is translated MASTER, OWNER or SIR.

That means ‘kurois’ is translated in the Sacred Sense – Referring to Jesus as LORD; or some times He is referred to Master of the Home, Master of a Ship or something like that.

… And Jesus is called LORD

SO WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ‘LORD?’

…. I will give you THREE (3) Meanings of the word LORD.

1. It means the PRINCIPAL PERSON.

It means the Top Most Person, the One Who has the Ultimate Authority, the One at the Highest Level. He is Above All in the sphere that He operates in.

The LORD refers to the Principal Person or as we say in our Current Language; “The BOSS” – The Person who is at the Topmost.

2. LORD means the LEGITIMATE OWNER.

The Person who is the “True Owner” of something; the Proper Owner of something.

Where there is no challenge to the Person’s Ownership – that Person is LORD.

… So, LORD is the Principal Person, he is the Legitimate Owner

3. LORD is the One Who has Control.

He says ‘GO’ and you go! He says ‘COME’ and you come! – As the Roman Centurion demonstrated to Jesus Christ.

So, when the Passage says that: “Jesus is LORD!”; It means that He is the Principal Person, He is the Legitimate Owner; and He is the One Who is in Control.

In the Old Testament God is called LORD many times; when the Jews refer to God as LORD – They were EMPHASISING their relationship with Him.

“GOD” means that He is the CREATOR, and LORD means they have a relationship with Him – He is their OWNER, He is their BOSS and He is the One in CONTROL of their lives.

So, when we say that “JESUS IS LORD” – We are establishing a Personal Relationship with Him.

In fact, if you study your Bible a bit closely, you will find that when God revealed Himself to Israel, He gave them Proper Names.

They could not Pronounce His Name, and so He substituted His Name with “LORD” – Which in Hebrew is ADONAI – “God is Lord”.

Alright! – So Jesus is referred to as LORD: He is the PRINCIPAL Person, He is the Legitimate OWNER And He is the One in CONTROL.

So, I just want to talk about a couple of things about: THE LORDSHIP OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

1. The First (1st) one is that JESUS IS LORD AND GOD.

… That’s a very important statement!

He is not just LORD, but He is GOD as well.

How do we know that?

John 20:28-29 – This is Thomas, after he had encountered the Resurrected Body of Christ.

And Thomas answered and said to Him: “MY LORD AND MY GOD!”

Jesus said to him: “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

So Jesus said: Thomas because you have seen Me, you have believed. And that is why you said “MY LORD AND MY GOD”.

Thomas referred to Jesus as both LORD and GOD.

That simply means that Jesus is one with the Father.

Now, you have to understand that Thomas was a very critically minded Jew. He was an empiricist who is always looking for Physical evidence to support what you have said.

And he is the one who said unless I see Him Physically; I will not believe it.

And Jesus Christ said: Thomas you should have believed before seeing.

But Thomas also made us to understand that the Body of Christ that was resurrected was Physical. And Thomas tells us from the Bible that Jesus is one with the Father.

And believing in Jesus is the same as believing in the Father.

When I say I believe in Jesus Christ it means I believe in the Father.

Believing in Jesus is the same as believing in God the Father.

Jesus said: “He that has seen Me has seen the Father.”

Relating to Jesus Christ is relating to God.

Jesus says: “No man comes to the Father except through Me; I and the Father are one.”

He is one with the Father – Believing in Him is the same as believing in the Father.

So that is the first (1st) thing I want to say: Jesus is LORD and GOD.

2. The second (2nd) thing I want to say is that: Jesus’ Lordship doesn’t end: HE IS LORD OF ALL TIME.

Because Lordship sometimes has expiring date. But the Lordship of Jesus Christ has no expiring date.

Revelation 1:8 – This is Jesus Christ speaking to John in the revelation that He gave to Him.

And this is what Jesus said: I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty”.

… “Who IS and who WAS and who is to COME, the Almighty.”

The Lordship of Jesus Christ WAS, IS and WOULD BE COMING.

He is the Lord over Yesterday, He is the Lord over Today, He is the Lord over Tomorrow.

He is the Lord over 2020, He was the Lord over 2019 and He will be the Lord over 2021.

His Lordship is NOT limited to any time frame – There is no expiring date to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

What He did yesterday, He will do today and He will do tomorrow – HIS LORDSHIP NEVER ENDS.

So Jesus is LORD and GOD, His Lordship NEVER ends. And;

3. The third (3rd) important Point I want to make is that: JESUS IS LORD IN ALL DOMAINS.

Now these are very important! – There are People who are lord, but they have expiring date.

There are CEO’s of companies who are given a Contract, and after the Contract is renewed, that’s the end. They are given the Contract, they are voted into Power, and then they also get out of Power.

There are People who become heads of families – They are heads of the family for a while and then they Passed away and then they are no longer head of Family.

But Jesus Christ is Lord AT ALL TIMES – He never dies, never gets voted out, and never vacates His Throne.

He is Lord in the PAST, He is Lord in the PRESENT, He is Lord in the FUTURE; and He is Lord in ALL THE DOMAINS.

Everywhere, He is Lord! – Everywhere He goes He is LORD, He is a Leader who carries His Power wherever He goes.

You know the President of Ghana is President of Ghana he is not President of Togo.

So, when the President of Ghana goes to Togo, he is not Lord over Togo. If he goes to Nigeria he is not Lord over Nigeria.

If the President of Nigeria comes to Ghana he is not described as the President of Ghana; he is still the President of Nigeria.

… His Lordship has GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES.

Even the President of the United States is only President of the United States. If he steps out to Ghana he is not President of Ghana.

The Queen of England is the Queen of England; she is not the Queen of Ghana. When she steps here we admire her but she is Queen of England.

… Because People’s Domain and Lordship are LIMITED.

But there is a Lord whose Lordship is in ALL DOMAINS – His DOMAINS never ENDS!

Phillipians 2:9-11 (Oh I love this):

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every names, that at the mention of the Name of Jesus every knees should bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on Earth, and of those under the eyarth, and that every tongues should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father.

He is Lord over ALL DOMAINS: Physical and Spiritual.

He is LORD over ALL OTHER lords – That is why He is called Lord of lords.

There are Lords in our world: There are “lords Spiritual”, and there are “lords Temporal” or “lords Physical”.

But all the other lords are under one LORD, and His Name Name is JESUS.

There are “Spiritual lords” that rules territories in the Heavens, and some rule over Nations. Some rule over Ethnicity and Families and Persons.

… But they all BOW to the Lordship of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Then there are lords who are “Physical Rulers” of Various Nations and various Domains on Earth – Some are lords in the area of Science, in the area of Education, Entertainment, Law, Military.

But they all BOW to the Name of Jesus! – Jesus is Lord in Heaven, He is Lord on Earth, He is Lord in the domain of Satan.

In other words, when Jesus Christ enters Satan’s Domain, He CARRIES His Lordship with Him. He doesn’t leave His Lordship outside.

When Jesus Christ comes into your life, He carries His Lordship with Him. And does not leave it outside.

When Jesus Christ comes to your family, the gods of your family, the powers of your family, BOWS to the Name of Jesus.

Because He carries His Lordship with Him from Domain to Domain, from Kingdom to Kingdom.

Jesus shall REIGN wherever the Sun rises and sets.

His Kingdom rises and never sets; He is LORD in EVERY DOMAIN.

So, don’t come and tell me: “Oh, the forces in my family are Powerful.” – Let the Lord COME IN!

Because when He comes in, He brings His Lordship into your family, into your Kingdom, into your business, into your office.

Wherever He is, He is LORD in ALL DOMAINS; and He COMPELS all to submit to Him

Everybody submits to the Name of Jesus, every tongues confesses that Jesus is LORD: In this world, in the after world, in all languages, in all spheres – JESUS IS LORD!

He is Lord over China, He is Lord over every Countries of the world; He Lord over Russia, He is Lord over every Countries of the world; no matter their Religion, no matter their Faith.

Jesus is LORD in every Earthly territory – Even in Places where they say: “We don’t want to hear His Name” – He is Lord there!

… Because you cannot RESTRICT Him from His Rulership.

He is not like the lords who have boundaries to their Lordship – He is Lord Who is BOUNDARYLESS.

He is Boundaryless – So, don’t create boundaries for Him, because He will not respect it.

You know, when Jesus Christ was on the Earth, the People wanted to limit Him: “Don’t do this.” He does it! “Don’t heal on the Sabbath.” He heals!

“Why are You doing it?” – I am LORD over the Sabbath!

You cannot change the rules, but I can change the rules; you have traditions that limit you, but no tradition can limit Me. I go where I Please, and I do what I Please.

WHY? – Because He is LORD in ALL DOMAINS.

4. And the final Point just to emphasize what I want to make is that JESUS IS LORD OVER DEMONIC POWERS.

It is implied in the Previous Point I made that He is Lord of all Domains, but since you are Africans, I have to emphasize this one (laughing)!

Because Africans need this Special emphasis – That’s why I am emphasizing it and making it the last Point.

Jesus is LORD over DOMINIC POWERS in whatever form they manifest, in whatever form they make themselves known. Whether as witches, as wizards, as Juju men or whatever form they come in.

Whether they come as Ghost of your Ancestors, or they come in as medicines that are not Pharmaceutical. Because in Africa we have NON PHARMACEUTICAL medicine. We THROW them! We throw medicines.

So, no matter what form the Demonic Manifestation is: JESUS IS LORD OVER DEMONIC POWERS.

Luke 10:17-18; Jesus sent His Disciples to go out (Seventy (70) of them). And they returned and this is their Testimonies:

Then the seventy returned with Joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name.” And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven.

Listen to their Language (you can image): “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name.”

It means: We didn’t expect it! We didn’t expect this one. Because these People were like Africans (laughing); they also believed in demons Proper.

They believed in Demonic Powers and Manifestations and all kinds of things.

I don’t care whatever it is – Whether a black cat, it may be a black bird, it may be a black snake, it may be a black lizard or a white one.

Whatever it is: JEAUS HAS POWER OVER ALL DEMONS.

And the Disciples said: Lord EVEN.

We sought Your Name, we sought Your Power. But we didn’t expect that demons will bow to your Name.

JESUS IS LORD OVER DEMONIC POWERS – His Name allows Believers to also DOMINATE Demons.

I want you to watch what they Disciples said – They didn’t say: Lord even the demons are Subject to You.

Of course they knew demons were Subject to Jesus Christ (they saw it). But they never believed demons could be Subject to them.

They said: “Lord, even the demons are subject to US in Your Name.”

So the Lordship of Jesus Christ, CONFERS Lordship on the Believer also.

So that when we say: IN THE NAME OF JESUS; we exert the Lordship of Jesus Christ over demons.

And this Year and the coming Year, you will be able to say: “Lord, even the demons are subject to US in YOUR NAME.”

And may every Demonic Entities be Subject to you, in the Name of Jesus – AMEN.

Alright! We are going to Pray. And so rise up with me.

You say: “Pastor I can Pray whilst I am sitting.”

I know you can Pray whilst you are sitting. But rise up!

Rising up is a Sign that you are ready to do battle; you have put yourself in a Posture to win a battle.

PRAYER POINTS

1. The first Prayer Point – Jesus is Lord over the Past, the Present and the Future.

So you are going to Thank Him for 2020, and ask Him to use every experience you have had in 2020 for His Glory! And declare that nothing will work against you.

So much happened in this Year, but they will not work against us. God is going to covert everything to His Glory.

So, I want you to Lift up your voice, say: Heavenly Father; I declare that Jesus is LORD over my Past, Present and Future.

I ask You: Use every experience I have had in 2020 for Your Glory, in the Name of Jesus.

I boldly declare that nothing, nothing in 2020 would work against me in the coming Year (2021) in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

… Now Pray your own Prayer – Talk to God.

In Jesus’ Name we have Prayed – Amen.

… And everybody say Amen – AMEN!

2. The Disciples said: Lord, even the demons are Subject to us in Your Name.”

So in the Name of Jesus you are going to bring every Demonic Activities against you under subjection. And declare the enemy is fallen.

Jesus said: “I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven.” – The enemy is fallen!

So, I want you to Pray with me – Lift your hands and say: Heavenly Father; Thank You that demons are Subject to the Name of Jesus.

And so in the Name of Jesus, I bring every Demonic Activities around me under subjection. I boldly declare that Satan is fallen, in Jesus’ Name.

… Begin to Pray your own Prayer.

In the Name of Jesus! We give You Praise – Amen.

3. Jesus is LORD OVER ALL DOMAINS.

So, you are going to ask Him to dominate your life in Year 2021 – With His PRESENCE and His POWER. And declare that everything in your life that is a KNEE would BOW before the Lord.

So, lift up your hands and say: Heavenly Father; Thank You that Jesus is Lord in Heaven, on Earth and under the Earth.

I ask You that You DOMINATE my life: Dominate my life with Your Presence, with Your Glory, with Your Power. I boldly declare that EVERY KNEES bows, in Jesus’ Name.

… Begin to Pray your own Prayer.

In Jesus’Name we have Prayed – Amen.

4. The Final Prayer Point – Thomas asked to see a PHYSICAL EVIDENCE of the Lord.

I want you to ask God to show you Physical Manifestations of His GLORY. And declare boldly that you will touch the Glory of the Lord.

So, lift up your hands and say: Heavenly Father; Show me Your Glory. Let Your Glory be Physically Manifested in my life.

I boldly declare that I will touch the Glory of God, I will Experience the Glory of God, the Glory will manifest in my life, in Jesus’ Name!

… Just Pray on your own.

In Jesus’ Name – Amen!

CLOSING PRAYER

So Lord Jesus, we Proclaim You are LORD in ALL DOMAINS of our lives.

And we declare that You would RULE, You would DOMINATE, You would be LORD over every circumstances of our life would COMPLETELY BOW to Your Authority.

In Jesus’ Name we have Prayed – Amen.

And everybody say Amen – AMEN!

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