His “follow Me” was a call to surrender to his lordship. “[We preach] Christ Jesus as Lord,” the apostle Paul wrote (2 Cor. 4:5). “Jesus is Lord” was the core of the early church’s confession of faith, the primary nucleus of truth affirmed by every true Christian (1 Cor. 12:3). What must we do to be saved? “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved” (Acts 16:31, emphasis added). “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you