The shortest creedal statement in the NT is “Jesus is Lord”. This Christian confession cannot come form the heart and soul unless the Holy Spirit reveals it to us. Flesh and blood can’t reveal it (Matt 16:17). Neither can the believer really say this with the lips and mean it from the heart except by the Holy Spirit. Paul said, “No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit” (I Cor 12:3). The Holy Spirit cleansing us of our self-sovereignty enables us to say, “Jesus is my Lord” and mean it.
“Break down every idol, cast out every foe. Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.” -James Nicholson
