1God The LORD said to my Lord

From the 1God Series: LORD and Lord
by rory moore

"WHO are you Lord?"

Are you CURIOUS about kurios?

What is the meaning of "Lord" in the New Testament?

Some think it means "GOD". -well, sort of maybe not so, although sometimes it is applied to the Father...

Let's look closer.  8-16-19

Peter said in Acts 2:36

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain

=>> that GOD has made him BOTH Lord and Christ<<==,

—THIS JESUS whom you crucified.”

The English translated word is "Lord" was translated from the Greek "kurios”.

Definition: Noun, masculine.

--he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord

-the possessor and disposer of a thing

-the owner; one who has control of the person, the master

in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor

-is a title of honor expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master

this title is given to: the Messiah.

It is also applied to men, employers (bosses) as in Col. 3:22

Colossians 3:22-24

22 Servants (employees), in all things obey those who are your **masters** on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the ***Lord***.

The SAME WORD used in both places and applied to men and the Savior.

I have seen people in confusion over the word "Lord" and some confuse it with GOD's name in the Old Testament "LORD" which was translated from YHVH.

God the Father is the LORD (YHVH) and some attempt to make Jesus the Father by confusing "LORD (YHVH) and "Lord".

A passage that illustrates what I am saying was given in Ps. 110:1

The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

And quoted by Jesus:

Matthew 22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Again by Peter in Acts 2:

Acts 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saidhimself, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

Because "THE LORD" in the original Psalm is GOD, ( YHVH, aka LORD, aka JeHoVaH aka YaHWeH).
We now see who the GOD and Father of our "Lord" Jesus is, and this is consistent with other Old Testament quotes in the NEW Testament.

Here are three examples referring to THE LORD GOD:

2 Corinthians 6:18 And will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says ***The Lord Almighty.***

Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, says the ***Lord***, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel..

This verse people often confuse in ascribing Jesus the Lord, as "God Almighty":

Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, says the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

But John was not confused when he SAW in Revelation 4:2
 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.

Rev 4:8 "Holy, holy, holy, ***Lord God Almighty***, Who was and is and is to come!"

and continues:

Revelation 5:5 And I saw in the right hand of HIM that sat on the throne a book written.

vs  <there> stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

7 And he (the LAMB slain) came and took the book out of the right hand of HIM (The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY)  that sat upon the throne.

Back to Acts and Peter preaching Jesus:
The Lord <LORD/YHVH>, made him (Jesus), both Lord (kurios) and Christ. Acts 2:36

The Lord GOD made Jesus both ruler and Messiah. (Lord and Christ).

I am not trying to convince you but rather I would encourage you to be willing to look and consider the above. 

Once we accept there is a distinction, we can look at who Jesus is when Spirit-filled Peter spoke to the people in Jerusalem that day.