Lordship salvation

Someone asked  me if Jesus must be Lord to be saved. My answer was, He is Lord.

The somber truth is we cannot overcome sin without submitting in obedience to the Lord Jesus.
Satan often tries to steer us into pride of life. That is a stepping stone to other wickednesses. Satan will bring us to great wickedness of the flesh step by step, comfortably. Repent of pride. Get rid of Satan's stepping stone.

We are saved by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is where our trust is. We are not saved by the HAVE TO's.

However, there are a few restrictions for the child of God, like no sexual immorality, no eating meat sacrificed to idols, no eating meat from strangled animals: from the Jerusalem Council. The Apostle John tells us to not love the world because that will crowd out the love of God. .

Sports and movies can be stumbling blocks to walking in the Spirit. They can easily turn our hearts if they become important. They can become idols of the heart. Not good.

And here is the THING. It doesn't matter what other Christians do, Follow Jesus.

Now I steer away from movies, sports and stuff I used to love. Why?  I don't want to fall away from Jesus. I have zero trust in my flesh. Zero. I want to stay wherever Jesus wants me. I am wanting to always remain in His love.  So when I get on shaky ground of loving stuff of this world, or letting self ambition sneak in,  I run back to Jesus. I recognize the danger and repent.

In the West we tend to think Salvation is kind of academic. We believe the facts of the gospel and tend not to nurture our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus. But our relationship to Jesus is illustrated by being yoked up with Jesus and being the branch that remains in the Vine. So Salvation is a personal relationship with the Lord that only the Holy Spirit  can produce. You must be born again by the Spirit and by His Word.

The great Apostasy that is here and keeps coming will lead people to Hell. Eternal life IS Jesus Christ. Eternal life is IN Jesus alone. We must cling to Jesus our Lord, and not forsake Him.

Now here is a big one: Do we love our own lives more that we love Jesus? While we were sinners, Jesus loved us more than He loved His own life. God went to an extreme measure to save us. Think on that. We owe Jesus our lives. And that is the Truth.