What happens when the proclamation that **Jesus is Lord** collides with the political powers of the world? In Acts 16, Paul and Silas find themselves imprisoned in Philippi after the message of Jesus disrupts the systems of power around them. Their story reveals something central to the Christian confession: Jesus isn't simply Lord in some private, spiritual sense. **Jesus is Lord of all.** Politics are real. Power is real. Governments are real. But they aren't ultimate. This message explores the political and spiritual significance of the word “Lord,” the early church's collision with Rome, and what it means for followers of Jesus to engage the world without giving ultimate allegiance to any political person, party, movement, or outcome. We can care about justice. We can participate faithfully. We can engage the political realities of our world. But we do so from a deeper reality: **Jesus is Lord.**