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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#CC9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="043005a0dwnjzk.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EDWARD WATSONS WEBWORLD"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> | </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>EDWARD WATS</B><B>ON'S WEBWORLD</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SECTION 2: INTRODUCTION"><U><B>SECTION 2: INTRODUCTION</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PART 1: DOES JESUS HAVE A PREEXISTENCE?"><U><B>PART 1: DOES JESUS HAVE A PRE-EXISTENCE?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1"><U><B>1</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PART 2: IS JESUS GOD?"><U><B>PART 2: IS JESUS "GOD"?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1"><U><B>1</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2"><U><B>2</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="3"><U><B>3</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="4"><U><B>4</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>5</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="6"><U><B>6</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="7"><U><B>7</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="8"><U><B>8</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PART 2: CONCLUSION"><U><B>PART 2: CONCLUSION</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PART 3: ARE JESUS AND JEHOVAH THE SAME?"><U><B>PART 3: ARE JESUS AND JEHOVAH THE SAME?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1"><U><B>1</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2"><U><B>2</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="3"><U><B>3</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="4"><U><B>4</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="5"><U><B>5</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="6"><U><B>6</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="7"><U><B>7</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="8"><U><B>8</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PART 3: CONCLUSION"><U><B>PART 3: CONCLUSION</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SECTION 2: APPENDIX"><U><B>SECTION 2: APPENDIX</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SECTION 2: CONCLUSION"><U><B>SECTION 2: CONCLUSION</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABBREVIATIONS"><U><B>ABBREVIATIONS</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>[MORMONISM. The Faith of the Twenty-first Century. Volume 1. Edward K. Watson. (Liahona Publications. Copyright © 1998 Edward K. Watson.) p. 277. MORMONISM: Section 2, Part 2, Chapter 5. All rights reserved.]</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>CHAPTER 5</U></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus is Lord! </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="BernhardMod BT" >  </FONT>Phil<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> 2:9-11 Wherefore <I>God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name</I> which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth; And [that] every tongue should confess that <I>Jesus Christ [is] Lord</I>, to the glory of God the Father. </div> <bR> <div>      Jesus received a new name (Rev 3:12) from Heavenly Father because of his sacrifice. His new name isn't “Jesus,” since he was known as such prior to his atonement. His new name is “Lord” (<I>Kyrios</I>). </div> <div>      To call Jesus, “Lord,” is different from addressing other humans as “Lord” since his is the ultimate exalted “Lord.” Every creature and power in the universe must bend the knee before him,<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1</FONT> and acknowledge “Jesus  is Lord.”<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT> This “Lord” is above every name known making this “Lord” an address comparable to “ God.” This means whenever the Father is called “Lord” and the Son is called “Lord,” both terms are in a state of equality. Whenever Jesus is called “Lord,” this “Lord” is identical with the “Lord” used in addressing Heavenly Father. “Jesus is Lord” isn't merely a confession of divinely given authority to Jesus but of him being divine himself.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT> The NT writers knew “<I>kyrios</I>” was the word used in reference to the God of the OT, and yet they repeatedly used this same word in reference to Jesus showing the equal honor due the Father and Son (John 5:23).</div> <div>      Since addressing Heavenly Father as “Lord” is identical with addressing him as “God;” any addressing Jesus as  “Lord” automatically entails he can be addressed as  “God,”<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >4</FONT> because of the exalted nature of “Lord” in reference to him. (Also see John  20:18,28;  21:7,12,15-21; Acts  2:36; 1 Cor  12:3;  16:22; Rev  22:20; etc.).</div> <div>      Jesus is Lord!</div> <bR> <div> <B>[ENDNOTES]:</B></div> <bR> <div> 1.NIDNTT. 2:514.</div> <div> 2.UDNT. p. 50.</div> <div> 3.UDNT. pp. 52-53.</div> <div> 4.TLNT. 2:350.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:ewatson@shaw.ca" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ewatson@shaw.ca"><U>e-mail me!</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>