Psalms 45:6
45:6 Your throne, O God, is permanent.
The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
Isaiah 54:5
54:5 For your husband is the one who made you –
the Lord who commands armies is his name.
He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
He is called “God of the entire earth.”
Jeremiah 23:5-6
23:5 “I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come
when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David.
He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding
and will do what is just and right in the land.
23:6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety
and Israel will live in security.
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’
John 20:28
20:28 Thomas replied to him,
“My Lord and my God!”
Acts 10:36
10:36 You know
the message
he sent to the people
of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace
through
Jesus Christ
(he is Lord
of all) –
Romans 14:9
14:9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
Philippians 2:10-11
2:10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow
– in heaven and on earth and under the earth –
2:11 and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 3:8
3:8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung!
– that I may gain Christ,