Prevalence, Prominence, and Preeminence

Prevalence, Prominence, and Preeminence by Chip Brogden READ THIS ARTICLE

The real truth is that Christ is simply not preeminent among many (most?) who call Him Lord. Jesus points this out by asking, “Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord’ but you do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46). We may give Him lip service and call Him Lord and think we are really giving Him preeminence – but the fact remains that most people just do whatever they want to do, ask God to bless it, and then wonder why they struggle so much. We may go through the motions of prayer and make a pretend surrender, but when it comes down to it, Christ just does not have preeminence in us! I am not saying that Christ has no place at all in us, because that would be untrue. He does have a place. But I am saying that Christ does not have preeminence in us – the first word, the last word, the highest word, the absolute word. We may love Him as Savior but argue with Him as Lord. There is simply too much fighting, rationalizing, and struggling on our part. If Christ had preeminence all that squirming and wrestling and resisting Him would be unheard of. Yet, such squirming and wrestling and resisting characterizes a lot of the problems we experience. God says go left and we want to go right. God says go right and we want to go left. God says go and we want to stay. God says stay and we want to go. We are afraid to give Christ preeminence because we want to maintain a little control for ourselves. This only proves that Jesus does not have preeminence in us. We call Him Lord, but we do not do what He says. Therefore, He is Lord only a theoretical sense as far as our lives are concerned. This ought not to be. So what happens, I believe, is we end up settling for much less than God’s highest goal of Christ having preeminence. It seems we go through a couple of stages before we grasp the significance of Christ having preeminence in us – not as a theory, not as a philosophy, not as a teaching, but as a matter of life and death. And I think this process is best described in three simple words: prevalence, prominence, and preeminence. Let’s look at each one and illustrate them... CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST: http://www.chipbrogden.com/prevalence-prominence-and-preeminence/ I am your brother,

Chip Brogden