{"id":3319,"date":"2013-07-20T11:43:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T18:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2013-07-21T10:16:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T17:16:47","slug":"is-he-your-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/20\/is-he-your-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"He’s Your Savior, But Is He Your LORD?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lordship of Yeshua<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lordship of Yeshua over all aspects of our lives must be stressed in the Hebraic Roots Movement and, presently, to our shame, it is not. The rule of Torah is trumpeted loudly by many Hebraic roots Torah teachers, but the lordship of Yeshua, sadly, is not. Yet the lordship of Yeshua is a dominant theme in the Testimony of Yeshua (or New Testament), and we\u2019re preaching a skewed gospel message if we don\u2019t teach this. Not only this, but we need to teach that the Torah and Yeshua are synonymous concepts, and that without Yeshua in our lives, we can\u2019t even properly obey the Torah.<\/p>\n

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In the Scriptures, Yeshua has many titles. In the Testimony of Yeshua he is referred to as Christ<\/i> or the Messiah<\/i> 569 times. But this isn\u2019t his main title. The title Lord<\/i> holds that place with more than 700 references in the Testimony of Yeshua. By comparison, the name Jesus<\/i> occurs 745 times in the Testimony of Yeshua.<\/p>\n

The Greek word for lord<\/i> is kurios,<\/i> which is defined as \u201che to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord; the possessor and disposer of a thing; the owner; one who has control of the person, the master; in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor; is a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master; this title is given to: God, the Messiah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acts 10:36 and Romans 10:12 say that Yeshua is Lord of all. The lordship of Yeshua over all aspects of our lives must be stressed in the Hebrew Roots Movement. Currently it is not, even though his title Lord <\/i>is mentioned more than 700 times in the Testimony of Yeshua.<\/p>\n

We must also teach that the lordship of Yeshua equates with the rule of the Torah in our lives. This may be a hard concept for many coming out of the church system to swallow, but it is the truth of Scripture. It goes like this: The Torah = the Word of Elohim = Yeshua = the Living Word of Elohim incarnate = the Lord\/Master of our Lives (John 1:1, 14; Rom 10:4\u20138).<\/p>\n

Romans 10:4 says Yeshua is the \u201cend goal of the Torah.\u201d Everything in the Torah points to him. He is the living, walking, talking Torah. He showed man how to live it. He promised to help man live it through his example and through his Holy Spirit \u2014 the Comforter.<\/p>\n

In Paul\u2019s mind Yeshua and the Torah were synonymous (Rom 10:4\u20138).<\/p>\n

Yeshua\u2019s Right to the Title LORD<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeshua has the legal right to exercise his lordship over our lives for the following reasons:<\/p>\n