{"id":93173,"date":"2026-01-12T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=93173"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:06:11","slug":"jesus-is-both-lord-and-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jesus-is-both-lord-and-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Is Both Lord and Savior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Scott Smelser<br \/>\nvia InLight Media\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"People MISS THIS about Jesus...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gAHLV9bEGRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nMany of us have friends or family who care about Jesus, are grateful for his sacrifice, respect his word, and want to serve him, but they&#8217;ve also been influenced by common misconceptions at the core of much evangelical protestantism which ultimately paint God as accepting (not preferring of course, but certainly accepting) unrepentant and disobedient lives &#8211; so long as faith alone was had, and a sinner&#8217;s prayer was said.\n<p>Conversations about this often get tangled in confusion over the roles of grace, faith, obedience, and works. If that sounds familiar to you, I have a couple of suggestions.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"auto\">When there is time, it&#8217;s helpful to do a deep dive into Romans, where Paul addresses all of this.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Lacking the luxury of time, the issue can also be addressed simply and briefly by focusing on Jesus&#8217; dual roles as both Lord and Savior, not just one or the other. For example, the blood of Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount are both from Jesus, but they serve different purposes. One pays for our sins (Matthew 26:28), the other must be obeyed (Matthew 7:21-29). Obedience does not pay for sins. That&#8217;s the blood. But Jesus as Lord must also be obeyed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Jesus is more than just our Savior &#8211; He&#8217;s also our Lord. That&#8217;s a whole other aspect to God&#8217;s Son that has <b>huge <\/b>implications for our relationship with Him, and even for the way we live.<\/p>\n<p>I believe this video can help your friends because it&#8217;s short, clear, and based directly on Scripture. And it ends with a powerful point from Jesus himself about both grace and accountability (Matthew 18:23-35). I encourage you to give it a listen.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Scott Smelser via InLight Media Many of us have friends or family who care about Jesus, are grateful for his sacrifice, respect his word, and want to serve him, but they&#8217;ve also been influenced by common misconceptions at the core of much evangelical protestantism which ultimately paint God as accepting (not preferring of course,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488],"tags":[48,73,54,47],"class_list":["post-93173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-grace","tag-jesus","tag-obedience","tag-salvation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87261,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/grace-and-obedience-of-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":93173,"position":0},"title":"Grace and Obedience of Faith","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Steve Wolfgang The relationship between grace and the human response through the obedience of faith (see the bookended inclusio of Romans 1:5 and 16:25) has been true even in the Old Testament, often erroneously viewed as a primitive, works-based covenant. But, truly, even the Mosaic law itself, as well\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15058,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-you-believe-that-the-only-way-to-heaven-is-by-accepting-jesus-as-your-savior-and-not-by-good-deeds-or-grace\/","url_meta":{"origin":93173,"position":1},"title":"Do you believe that the only way to heaven is by accepting Jesus as your Savior and not by good deeds or grace?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does the church of Christ believe that the only way to heaven is through the Lord Jesus Christ, by accepting Him as your Savior and not by good deeds or grace? Thanks. Answer: \"If you love Me, keep My commandments\" (John 14:15). You cannot claim to accept the Lord\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5153,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-too-simple-to-say-we-are-to-believe-and-we-will-be-saved-by-gods-grace\/","url_meta":{"origin":93173,"position":2},"title":"Is it too simple to say we are to believe and we will be saved by God&#8217;s grace?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 4, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm concerned that purgatory does not exist in the Bible. I believe that imaginary doctrine can be changed, as has the belief of Limbo, with innocent newborn babies, who have died prior to baptism, no longer going to Limbo. I always thought that God has told us to believe\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83018,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/mercy-and-grace\/","url_meta":{"origin":93173,"position":3},"title":"Mercy and Grace","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Perry Hall Are mercy and grace the same? As with many things, metonymy can combine multiple things under a single word (i.e., faith often includes obedience and being saved by grace). Even with that example, faith and works are distinguishable. Faith is inward first (like mercy), being trust, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58392,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/obeying-the-lord\/","url_meta":{"origin":93173,"position":4},"title":"Obeying the Lord","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"by Clem Thurman via Gospel Minutes, Vol. 58, No. 8, Feb. 20, 2009. Question: How can one talk about \"obeying the Lord\" in the light of what is said in\u00a0Titus 3:5\u00a0and\u00a0Ephesians 2:8? 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