Sermon: Lordship of ChristSermon by: S.M. Lockridge Downloaded from: archive.orghttps://archive.org/details/S.M.LockridgePreaching/BlackPreachingS.M.L.TheLordshipOfChrist-S.m.Lockridge.mp3#Photo credit: Photo by FRANK MERIÑO from PexelsUsage: Freehttps://www.pexels.com/photo/jesus-christ-in-white-robe-and-brown-hijab-standing-near-dry-hay-8267813/….. Once Simon Peter stood before a hostile crowd and said: "God hath made that same Jesus Whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ."Christ represents the thing which God hath done to redeem us. Lord represents that we ought to do because we are redeemed.We ought to call Him Master and be His obedient servants!We ought to call Him Owner because He possesses absolutely our lives!In Him we live and move and have our being!We ought to call Him Father and be obedient sons and daughters!He is our only hope!He is our only help!God is our refuge and our strength . . .Jesus is Lord!He came down the stairway of heaven:Born in Bethlehem!Brought up in Nazareth!Baptized in Jordan!Tempted in the wilderness!Performed miracles by the roadside!Healed multitudes without medicine and made no charges for His services!He conquered everything that came up against Him!He even went up on Calvary and died there and then went down in the grave!And there cleaned out the grave and made it a pleasant place to wait for the resurrection!And then on scheduled time by the might of His own power He got up with every form of power in the orbit of His omnipotence!Men have been trying to wrestle His power from Him all these years!Then, then they are trying to wait; they think that maybe one time His power will fail!Men have tried to destroy Him!But don't you know you can't destroy Him!What you gonna use for power – all power belongs to Him!Well, if you try to destroy Him by fire, He'll refuse to burn!If you try to destroy Him by water, He'll walk on the water!If you try to destroy Him by a strong wind, the tempest will lick His hand and lay down at His feet!If you try to destroy Him with the Law, you'll find no fault in Him!If you try to destroy Him with the seal of an empire, He'll break it!If you try to destroy Him by putting Him in the grave, He'll rise!If you try to destroy Him by rejection or ignoring Him, before you know it you'll hear a still, small voice saying behold I stand at the door and knock!If a man open the door I'll come in and sup with Him!He's Lord! …..