The Lordship of Christ

These two articles by Ken Pagaard generated a lot of discussion when OLT was posted on Facebook. The issues related to how the kingdom comes about and what does the kingdom look like. In both of these articles, Ken is really discussing personal Lordship. He is directly opposing the idea that we can confess the Lordship of Christ and then continue to live a life where we go on doing our own thing. He is not discussing a new government.


In the September article, Ken directly opposes the idea of the "the salvation of Social Structures." He also opposes the idea of the concept of Kingdom being the place where Christians go after they die. He clearly sees the Kingdom of God being established where the individual Christian literally and actually allows Jesus to be the Lord of his/her life. If Christ is actually Lord of our lives, then every aspect of our loves will be impacted by that Lordship. One can never make decisions regarding personal life, family life, business life or church life without consideration of the Lordship of Jesus Christ.


While this Lordship is worked out in the individual Christian, it does impact the wider community. First of all, here in America, individuals vote. Voting our conscience involves consideration of our understanding of Christian values. Different Christians may interpret this somewhat differently thus voting differently from one another, but ultimately Christians voting with the sense that Jesus is Lord, will impact society. People under the Lordship of Christ who seek to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and those in prison will affect society. But the impetus comes not from seeking societal change, but from being a concerned Christian serving his or her Lord.