We have before us the name Lord! He is the Son of the Trinity. This catechism approaches the nature from a unique point of view as we see our son ship being rooted in HIS Son ship. (Not from a deeply doctrinal discussion.) The very fact that we become His adopted children in our Lord establishes His Lordship! We voluntarily submit to that Lordship.

Distinction: We dealt with the 2nd person as He relates to the Trinity but now deal and look at the Son of God in His name Jesus in His offices and deal with the Son of God in His name Jesus as He is the Son of God. Any denial of this very fact cancels out your salvation. If He is just a good man and not very God AND man. Following an exemplary man will never atone for your sin and never obtain salvation. Jesus IS the Son of God! We too, are children of God and sons and daughters, yet He is the only NATURAL and begotten Son of God. He IS God! We are made by God as creatures who are redeemed, but we will never ever be God. He is eternally begotten and makes His appearance in human flesh.

Adoption: We are children by adoption and have but a faint reflection here below. Those needing adoption have been taken away, rejected, and have no parents. People adopt them and make them their very own. Spiritually we are alienated from God also. We thank the Lord for opportunity to adopt and make our very own. It is costly and those children are legally made ours and they are given rights and privileges as legal children. Their concerns become our very own concerns as well now. And God....in His sovereign grace and mercy takes us to be His own and presses us to His bosom and does so at a very costly price! Stop and think about this very fact today...we have been made sons and daughters through the blood of His only begotten and natural Son! And did so that we may be the adopted sons of God by grace. That is what it costs for us to be His sons and daughters. He casts out His only natural Son for adopted sons and daughters! US!

Lordship: By implication He sets us His lordship by adopting us and doing what no earthly parent can do. He touches our hearts and makes us His own to fellowship with Him and live with Him and He lives within us and possesses us so that we become His servants! Servitude where we belong and in Him we serve Him in spirit and in truth. His Lordship is not there because we decide to serve Him, but because He touches our hearts that we may serve Him!

After contemplating on this very fact what will you do?