Lord

In announcing His birth to the shepherds, the angel spoke of Him as “Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11). It is somewhat remarkable to observe that the word Lord comes into prominence after the resurrection when God “made that same Jesus...both Lord and Christ.” Before His resurrection we read of “the body of Jesus” and afterwards, “the body of the Lord Jesus.” Lord is a name expressing His sovereignty and majesty and no man can own Him as Lord but by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:3; 1 Pet. 3:15 RV).

Among the ancients a name not only summed up a man’s history but represented his personality with which it was almost identical. Hence “in My name,” that is, His full name, “The Lord Jesus Christ,” there is the suggestion of actual incorporation with the divine speaker.