And there is power in His name: “And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:8-11).
CHRIST – Not His last name. It’s a Greek title meaning “Anointed Messiah.”
It denotes that He was… consecrated to his great redemptive work as Prophet, Priest, and King of his people… 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… 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 Corinthians 12:3; 1 John 5:1). (Easton’s 1897 Bible Dictionary).MESSIAH – The deliverer whose coming was foretold by the prophets of the Old Testament. Jews still await the coming of their Messiah today (link to MessiahRevealed.org).
SALVATION – The condition of being redeemed by faith, saved by grace from an eternity of damnation. Salvation is also the belief that the death and resurrection of Christ accomplished:
- Substitution – Christ sacrificed Himself in the place of sinners, just for unjust
- Redemption – He paid the price of sin for each individual who accepts it
- Reconciliation – Man is no longer alienated from God
- Propitiation – God is satisfied with the sacrificial death of His perfect lamb as payment for sin
- The Fulfillment of The Law
LINKS
More about Jesus:
Who Is Jesus? (from WhoIsJesus-Really.com)
The Jesus Film Project
Related Topics:
Receiving Salvation (The “Romans Road” to salvation at GotQuestions.org)
What Is Christianity? (Continue reading more at Christianity.com)
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