Jesus Christ:
Jesus = means savior (Matt. 1:21), Christ = the anointed
1. Born in Bethlehem of Judea
• Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem (Matt 2:1, Micah 5:2).
a. out of a virgin
• “behold, the virgin shall be with a child, and bear a son, and the shall call his name Immanuel” (Matt. 1:23, Is 7:14)
b. Baptize by John
• (Mark 1-11, Luke 3:21-22, John 1:31-34
2. His ministry (Matt. 4: 16-…)
• First disciples Peter and Andrew
• Taught in the synagogues
• Healed sick people
3. Our savior
• Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins (Acts 5:31)
• To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen. (Jude 25).
4. Alpha and Omega
• And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. (Rev. 21:6, 22:13).
5. son of God
• And was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” (Matt 2:15)
• For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers ( Rom 1:9)
• has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds (Heb 1:2)
6. son of man
• For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels (Mark 8:38)
• And said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God (Acts 7:56).
• And in the midst of the seven lamp-stands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band (Rev 1:13).
7. Is God Almighty
• For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6).
• “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.” (John 14:7-…)
• (Heb 1:4 -…)
8. the mediator
• What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator (Gal 3:19)
• For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus
(1Tim 2:5)
• But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises (Heb 8:6)
9. the eternal word (God)
• In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God (John 1:1-….)
A = the Word
B = God
the Word = God
A = B
C = became flesh (Jesus)
A=B=C
Isaiah 40:8 – “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.”
10. the Lamb of God
• The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)
• And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth (Rev 5:6)
11. King of kings, Lord of lords
• And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS (Rev 19:16).
12. Prophet, Priest, King
• “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him (Matt 2:2).
• Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there (Acts 17:7).
• Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people (Heb 2:17)
• and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth (Rev 1:5)
13. came to save us from our sins
• He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself (Heb 2:17).
• But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin (1 John 1:7).
• But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin (1 John 3:5).
14. Servant
• And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:44-45).
• And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” (Mark 9:35)
15. Is the head of church
• For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body (Eph. 1:22-23, 5:23).
• And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it (Matt 16:18).
