“Why are you frightened? Have you still no faith?” The disciples turned to one another and said,
“Who is this man? Even the wind and waves obey him!”
Jesus also had the power over death, which is also referred to in the Synoptic Gospels in the story of “Raising of Lazarus”. When Jesus was leaving Judea he was told of one of his dear friend being ill but was already dead, they returned to Judea even though many people attacked Jesus before in this city. Him and his followers went to Lazarus’ tomb and Jesus said, “Come out Lazarus”, from the darkness emerged a man wrapped in grave clothes, they untied him and there was Lazarus standing as if nothing was wrong.
As Jesus was a Jew he helped many people of his religion but didn’t believe entirely that his religion was right. In Mark’s Gospel a man named Jarius who was a leader of a Synagogue in the area confronted Jesus, he said his daughter was dying and needed help, Jesus followed him to his house where his daughter was resting. Jesus sat by the girl and said “you are only sleeping, wake up child”. The girl awoke and started walking around the room. If Jesus has the power over death he must be a man that we can call “Lord” as Christians.
Jesus helped many other people with his miracle powers, even women which was a strange thing in those times as women were thought of as unequal to men and should not be treated the same. He helped outcasts, the rich and poor and even Romans. The story of Jesus and the woman with the haemorrhage is very important because it shows God’s true power. The woman in the story was very sick and went to find Jesus so she maybe helped or even cured, as he walked by she touched Jesus’ cloak with her hand. Immediately Jesus turned around and asked the crowd following who touched as he could feel the power running out of him. The old woman stepped forward but had already been cured of her haemorrhage by just that slightest action.
Jesus also helped a number of outcasts including curing a man who was possessed by evil spirits. When Jesus went over to the other side of Lake Galilee a man who claimed himself to be an evil spirit met him, he called Jesus “son of the most high God”. Jesus then helped the man who was called Mob and talked to the spirits. The evil spirits recognised Jesus as the “son of the most high God!” and told Jesus that they wanted to move out of the man’s body and move into a herd of nearby pigs. Jesus let them go and the spirits went into the souls of the pigs, the pigs then immediately ran down the steep hillside and drowned in the lake. Jesus was very important to many people and to be called ‘Lord’ was a true meaning to who he was.
Romans at the time were hated by many of Jesus’ followers and Jesus knew if he was seen being friendly to them he would lose the respect of his followers. Never the less one-day a servant of a Centurion in the Roman army came up to Jesus and said one of his master’s servants was very ill and needed helping desperately but his master could not come to tell Jesus this himself because he called himself “not worthy”. Jesus went to the Roman’s house but before he could get there he was confronted by the Centurion, the man said,
“Jesus I am not worthy to be in your presence just give the word and my servant will be well. I am also a man of great authority and I am placed above soldiers in my command, I tell my slaves to do this and they do it, I tell one soldier to go their and he does it.” Jesus then replied,
“I tell you, I have never found faith like this, not even in Israel.” Jesus proves to us in this gospel that he does not believe in any form of discrimination and he is a true teacher of the people.
When Jews refer to Jesus as Lord I think they are expressing all their ides of him into one important and powerful name. Jesus has proven to be a teacher, a leader, powerful, almighty, a ruler, faithful and a miracle worker. He is truly a man of the people and I think this is the meaning of the name ‘Lord’
