“And why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ and do not do what I say?” Luke 6:46
This is a hard hitting question that leaves an impact.
It’s interesting to note that in an issue of Tabletalk, it says that to repeat a person’s name is a Hebrew expression of intimacy.
When God speaks to Abraham at Mount Moriah as he is about to plunge a knife into the chest of Isaac, He says, ‘Abraham, Abraham.’
Or when God encourages Jacob in his old age to take the trip to Egypt, He says, ‘Jacob, Jacob.’
Compare the call of Moses from the burning bush: ‘Moses, Moses,’ or the call of Samuel in the night ‘Samuel, Samuel.’ Or consider David’s cry of agony, ‘Absalom, Absalom.’
Jesus’ cry of desperation from the cross, ‘My God, my God.“
Where Jesus confronted Martha, when He warned Peter, and when He wept over Jerusalem–in each case the word repeated for intimacy’s sake.
When He asks the question, “Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and then do not do what I say?” Could it be that maybe He was trying to say, “Why do you act like we are close, pretending to have this deep relationship with me and then do not do what I say.”
This understanding gives greater perspective when we also think of Jesus words recorded in Matthew 7:21. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
It is my prayer that we all prove His Lordship by the things we do, and that He is well pleased with His children who bear the name of His Son.
