Simple Salvation Church of God
The meaning of the word Christ
Posted by: Administrator on Sat, Oct 11, 2014
CHRIST is not the last name of JESUS
Christ
Meaning: anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word translated “Messiah”
Christ is the official title of our Lord, occurring 1,514 in the New Testament. It denotes that he was anointed or consecrated to his great redemptive work as Prophet, Priest, and King of his people. He is Jesus the Christ (Acts 17:3; 18:5;Matt. 22:42), the Anointed One. He is thus spoken of by Isaiah (61:1), and byDaniel (9:24-26), who describes him as “Messiah the Prince.”
The Messiah is the same person as “the seed of the woman” (Gen. 3:15), "the seed of Abraham" (Gen. 22:18), the "Prophet like unto Moses" (Deut. 18:15), "the priest after the order of Melchizedek" (Ps. 110:4), "the rod out of the stem of Jesse" (Isa. 11:1, 10), the “Immanuel,” the virgin's son (Isa. 7:14), "thebranch of Jehovah" (Isa. 4:2), and “the messenger of the covenant” (Mal. 3:1).
This is he “of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write.” The Old Testament Scripture is full of prophetic declarations regarding the Great Deliverer and the work he was to accomplish. Jesus the Christ is Jesus the Great Deliverer, the Anointed One, the Savior of men. This name denotes that Jesus was divinely appointed, commissioned, and accredited as the Savior of men (Hebrews 5:4; Isa. 11:2-4;49:6; John 5:37; Acts 2:22).
To believe that “Jesus is the Christ” is to believe that he is the Anointed, the Messiah of the prophets, the Savior sent of God, that he was, in a word, what he claimed to be. This is to believe the gospel, by the faith of which alone men can be brought unto God. That Jesus is the Christ is the testimony of God, and the faith of this constitutes a Christian (1 Cor. 12:3; 1 John 5:1).
ALSO SEE:
- Jesus
- Messiah
- Frequently asked questions about the Lord Jesus Christ
- Kingly office of Christ
- Baptism of Christ
- How do we know that Jesus was the Messiah?
- List of Messianic prophecies fulfilled by Jesus Christ
- Surety
- False Christs
- Anti-Christ
- Names of God
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