KEY SCRIPTURE: Joh 18:34 KJV” Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?”

Pilate, during his trial of the Lord Jesus, came to Him and asked, are you the king of the Jews? The emperor   Caesar was the king of the whole empire, with King Herod the direct king of the Jews. This made such pronouncement as He being the king of the Jews a rather contentious matter that was a treasonable case. In reality, the Lord Jesus is the king and Lord over this universe and not only the Jews. It was in the light of this, that the Lord then asked Pilate,’ Are you saying I am king over the Jews by yourself, or someone asked you to say so?’ Please note that, if Pilate were to have confessed the Lord Jesus as King or Lord, in truth, then it would have set him on his way to salvation.

Pilate said, so because that was what the Jews said to him.  I believe the Lord is asking you today, about the validity of the confession you are saying about Him. If you say Jesus is your Lord, how valid is it? Many people had to repeat the sinners’ prayer at crusades or through personal contact, in which the individual was asked to pray the sinners’ prayer. Out of this prayer He or she confessed that Jesus is Lord or king over his or her life. The Lord asks you today, that how valid was that statement you made that day?

Well, it may only be valid if you truly accepted Jesus as Lord of your life and are truly living to please Him. There are many today who claim Jesus is the Lord of their lives but live only for themselves. In practice, Jesus is not any Lord to them. To such people, they might still be in their sins. If Jesus is your Lord, then it must be seen in your actions. How valid was the confession of the Lordship of Jesus that you made? Make Jesus your Lord indeed by living to please Him always.

THOUGHT: IT IS NOT ONLY WHAT YOU SAY, THAT JUSTIFIES YOU, BUT WHAT YOU TRULY BELIEVE AND DEMONSTRATE BY YOUR ACTIONS.

FURTHER STUDIES

Matt 7:21 KJV” Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”

Matt 7:24 KJV” Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:”