The saying "Jesus is Lord" serves as a statement of faith for millions of Christians who regard Jesus as both the true God and a genuine man. It is also the motto adopted by the World Council of Churches.
Romans 10:9 of the New Testament Christian Bible says, "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus as Lord,' and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved" ([1] (http://online.recoveryversion.org/bibleverses.asp?fvid=5053&lvid=5057&ol=on)). Romans 14:9 says, "For Christ died and lived again for this, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living." ([2] (http://online.recoveryversion.org/BibleChapters.asp?fcid=131&lcid=131))
Because the confession of Jesus as Lord points to his relationship to God, as the one designated by God as Lord of all, that confession is also the necessary confession and proclamation of the church.
While it seems possible to reduce “Jesus is Lord” to a statement that Jesus is Lord for the church — and for the church alone — the language and logic of Paul’s declaration begins with the universal sovereignty of Jesus and moves from that to the church’s acknowledgment of it.
Hence, while the confession “Jesus is Lord of all” is the starting point of the church’s proclamation, it must also be the confession to which we work to bring all of the members of the body, in both word and deed.
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