Names and Titles of Christ: Jesus, Part 1

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Christology, fundamentally, is the . Blessed is he who knows Him as Lord and Saviour.

Sometimes we are warned that we can , in that we may not emphasize enough . Let us say here, that one cannot preach too much of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, there is no such thing as . From Scripture we can see that God would have us emphasize Christ more than we do: “And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the ; that in all things he might have the preeminence” ().

I. NAMES AND TITLES OF CHRIST.

We believe in the of the Holy Scripture. That is, we believe that is the direct word chosen by God with which to convey His will to us. Believing thusly, we attach much importance to the titles and names of the Lord Jesus Christ. The most well-known name of our Saviour is:

A. Jesus.

The name Jesus is found in the Four Gospels , and it is found in the balance of the New Testament . The name Christ alone is found in the Four Gospels only , while in the remainder of the New Testament the name Christ is found .

is found before His death, burial and resurrection, while is found after.

Jesus is the of the Lord. It is , the name under which He was born, lived, and died. It is the name of His ; of suffering; of sorrow. It is the name of the One who humbled Himself. The name Jesus, at the time of our Lord, was not uncommon, there were many who were named Jesus. Jesus is the Greek form for the Hebrew word , and both mean “.” This name, Jesus, was the one which was nailed over Him on the Cross.

Again we emphasize the fact that the name Jesus is prominent in the , while the name Christ is mentioned more in the . The name Jesus was more prominent salvation was made and completed, while the name Christ is prominent the work of salvation was finished. A Christian is not a person who believes in Jesus — the whole world believes there’s a Jesus — but a Christian is one who believes in . He is Lord! With this knowledge, that a person is saved by declaring Jesus as Lord (Rom. 10:9, R.V.), and believing that God hath raised Him from the dead (and we know by that the is the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ as the ), we state that there is very little “gospel” in the Four Gospels. The Four Gospels give very little of the doctrine of salvation for sinners; only in the last few chapters of each Gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of Christ recorded. Hence, the name Jesus is .

The are the writings which bring out so clearly the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in the . The Epistles are full of the doctrine of salvation; hence the emphasis upon the name and ! Before Calvary it is Jesus which is emphasized; after Calvary it is Christ which is emphasized: “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both ” (); “Being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, Christ and Lord! Not , but the .

To believers He is Lord. We should never use adjectives with Him. He is not the , the , although He is all that; He is the Lord Jesus Christ! When we pray, we should pray in , not in .


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