deity. And as Lord, Jesus has authority to dispense salvation to those who believe. Jesus’ claim to be God caused division among the people. “ ‘We are not stoning you for any of these miracles,’ replied the Jews, ‘but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God’ ” (John 10:33). When this apparently ordinary man claimed to be God, and when the title Lord, which meant Yahweh-God to the Jewish mind, was attached to this man Jesus, many rejected Him. If “Lord” when used of Jesus means simply