Adonai The Lord is my Master

First, Lets review

Where have we been so far? The Lord God, the One who created me – El Elohym The Lord God, the Most High of all – El Elyon

Today – Adonai – My Master The word Adon means master or lord Adonai is the divine form of Adon – “ai” means supreme Abraham calls Him Adonai in Gen 15 – Note difference between Lord and LORD We are all slaves to something – Romans 6:16- 23

The Lord is My Master First, get the cultural picture of slavery out of your mind – that was not indicative of Jewish slavery Adonai signifies complete right to rule Complete possession over of the servant by the master, complete submission to the master by the servant Deut 15:12-17

How do you honor Him as Adonai Acknowledge Him as Master – you have been called to serve Him – are you willing Recognize that with Him as Master, He has now taken personal responsibility for all of it – Your provision, health, care, clothes, etc Accept that you can do whatever the Master has called you to do

Christ is our Adonai In Greek, the word Adonai is Kurios – used 700 times for Jesus in the NT – Savior is used less than 20 So we must submit to Christ as our headship, our Master, our Lord to experience the full life Is it possible to call Him Lord and not experience this full life? Absolutely – Matt 7:21-27

And servant would have been enough! John 15:9-17 It is a Holy Upgrade!