“Who’s Your Lord?”
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Matthew 8:8-13
• Only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.
• For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under
me. And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to
another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do
this,' and he does it."
• When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who
followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great
faith, not even in Israel!
• And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit
down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
• But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness.
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
• Then Jesus said to the centurion , "Go your way; and as you have
believed, so let it be done for you." And his servant was healed
that same hour.
LORD
E M P OW E R M E N T
A LIGNMENT
D IRECTIONAL
E FFECTUAL
R ELATIONAL
S E R V A NT H O O D
JEHOVAH TSIDKENU
JEHOVAH JIREH
JEHOVAH RAPHA
YHWH
JEHOVAH SABOATH
YAHWEH
LORD
ADONAI
JEHOVAH RAPHA
I AM
JEHOVAH SHAMMAH
JEHOVAH SHALOM
JEHOVAH
JEHOVAH ROHI
I AM THAT I AM
The Leadership Equation
The LORD
Follower/Leader
Follower(s)/Leader(s)
Choose to Follow
The LORD
Joshua 24:14-18
• Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put
away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and
in Egypt. Serve the LORD!
• And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day
whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were
on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land
you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
• So the people answered and said: "Far be it from us that we should
forsake the LORD to serve other gods;
• for the LORD our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our
sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the
people through whom we passed.
• And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, including the
Amorites who dwelt in the land. We also will serve the LORD, for He is our
God."
1 Kings 18:21-22
And Elijah came to all the people, and said,
"How long will you falter (waver; halt)
between two opinions? If the LORD is God,
follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the
people answered him not a word.
Ba’al
• "lord," "master," "possessor,” “owner,” “husband”
• Verb form of the word means “to take a wife” or “be married”
• After the time of Ahab the name became associated with the
worship and rites of the Phoenician deity introduced into
Samaria by Jezebel.
• Collectively known as the Baalim or "Baals" who took their
place by the side of the female Ashtaroth and Ashtrim.
• Baal-zebub is generally translated "the Lord of flies," the Sungod being associated with the flies which swarm in Palestine
during the earlier summer months. In the New Testament the
name assumes the form of Beelzebub which Jesus associates
with satan.
Syncretism
• Syncretism is the combining of different, often
seemingly contradictory beliefs, while melding
practices of two or more schools of thought.
• Religious syncretism often takes place when foreign
beliefs are introduced to an indigenous belief
system and the teachings are blended.
Are there Ba’als in Your Life?
Something or somebody that you’ve
made “lord” to meet your need?
10 influences agst leaders
1. Spirit of fear (of the people ) - Aaron
2. Spirit of jealousy/envy (of Moses)- Miriam
3. Contentious spirit (w/Moses & Aaron) - Korah
4. Controlling spirit - Jezebel
Co-dependency
5. Placating spirit - Ahab
6. Spirit of disloyalty (w/King David) - Absalom
7. Spirit of pride (Apostles) – Simon Magus
8. Spirit of deception – Ananias & Sapphira
9. Spirit of divination – fortune teller (Acts)
10.Religious spirit - Pharisees
Jezebel
• Daughter of Ethbaal which means “with Baal.”
• Jezebel means “without dwelling or habitation” implying
“uncommitted” or “unmarried” (though she was married).
• The name of a “controlling” spirit.
• Married King Ahab, a Hebrew, who converted to Baal worship .
• Murdered Naboth for a parcel of land for her husband, Ahab
– Sent with her husband’s signature accusing Naboth of blasphemy.
• Ordered the killing of 100 prophets of Yahweh
• Appointed 450 prophets of Baal.
• Threatened to kill Elijah after her husband told her that Elijah
had slain the (her) 450 prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmal.
• Thrown out of the window by two of her eunuchs per Jehu
• Dogs destroyed and ate her body as had been prophesied .
Beware…
2 Timothy 3:1-7
• But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
• For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
• unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal,
despisers of good,
• traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than
lovers of God,
• having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such
people turn away!
• For of this sort are those who creep into households and make
captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by
various lusts,
• always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the
truth.
2 Peter 3:13-18
• Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth in which righteousness dwells.
• Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found
by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
• and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation — as also our
beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to
you,
• as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are
some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist
to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
• You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand,
beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness,
being led away with the error of the wicked;
• but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
James 4:7-10
• Therefore Submit to God Resist the devil and he
will flee from you.
• Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your
hearts, you double-minded .
• Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be
turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
• Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He
will lift you up.
Declare
“The LORD – He is God!”
“As for me and my House,
we will serve the LORD!”
Follow HIM