There are
some that preach God, but deny that Jesus is the Son of God, the Christ, that
was promised throughout the Old Testament of the Bible. Some might say, as long
as we believe in God, everything will be ok, and that it is not that important
what we might believe about Jesus. But I want to show, from the word of God,
that what we think about Jesus, and who He is, is indeed VERY important!
The word "Christ" in the new testament (the Greek language), is the same word as "Messiah" in the old testament (the Hebrew language).
Some other names given to Jesus from the Old Testament are: God's Servant, Prince Of Peace, Immanuel, which is the same as Emmanuel in Matthew 1:23, meaning "God with us".
Here are some verses from the Old Testament foretelling of Jesus:
“The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto Me (God); unto Him ye shall hearken.” Deuteronomy 18:15.
"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks... And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself..." (Jesus willingly came to this world to suffer and be crucified to pay the penalty for our sins.) Daniel 9:25,26.
"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14.
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6.
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all... Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief: when Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand. He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall my Righteous Servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities." Isaiah 53:3-6,10,11.
Here are some verses from the New Testament connecting Jesus with the Promised One of the Old Testament:
"Who is a
liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist that
denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not
the Father: But he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Let that
therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which
ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in
the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that He hath promised us,
even eternal life. These things have I written unto you concerning them that
seduce you.” 1 John
2:22-26.
“Whosoever
believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” 1 John 5:1.
“He that
believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: He that believeth not
God hath made Him (God) a liar; because he believeth not the record (promise) that God gave of His Son. And this is the
record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He
that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of
God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the
Name of the Son of God.” 1 John 5:10-13.
“Let not your
heart be troubled: Ye believe in God, believe also in Me… Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life: No man cometh unto the Father but by
Me.” John 14:1,6.
“And Simon
Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16.
“And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall
come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” Matthew 24:4,5.
“Let no man
deceive you with vain words: For because of these things cometh the wrath of
God upon the children of disobedience.” Ephesians 5:6.
“Beware lest
any man spoil (deceive) you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of
men, after the rudiments of this world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8.
“The woman
saith unto Him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: When He is
come, He will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee
am He.” John
4:25,26.
“And we
believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6:69.
“And Jacob
begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called
Christ.” Matthew
1:16.
“Then He (Jesus) said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to
believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered
these things, and to enter into His glory? And beginning at Moses and all the
prophets, He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning
Himself.” Luke 24:25,26.
Here is a very helpful article that applies very well to this discussion:
What is God’s plan for His people?
God was not suprised by the sin of Adam.
He always knows everything that will ever happen.
God made everything to show his glory. Part of God’s glory is his great love and forgiveness.
There can be no victory over evil when there is no struggle against sin.
God’s plan has always been to show his power and goodness by rescuing lost sinners.
By defeating evil and changing the hearts of his fallen people, God shows his justice, power, and love.
Way back in Eden, right after Adam sinned, God told that he would send a child to crush Satan.
This promised child was not born for many thousands of years after that promise was made.
The promised child was Jesus.
Jesus is called the Christ.
Long ago men who were Priests, Prophets, and Kings had oil or water poured over their heads.
They did this in a ceremony when they started their job of serving the people.
It was called “anointing”. It showed everyone that the person had a special job to do for God.
The Old Testament was written in the ancient Hebrew language.
God’s promised child was called the Messiah. It comes from that old Hebrew word.
The word for someone anointed in Hebrew is Meshiakh. In Hebrew is it ﬦשׁיח.
The Hebrew people waited for thousands of years for this Messiah to come.
The New Testament was written in Greek. The Greek word for someone anointed is Christos.
In the Greek language the word Christos looks like this: Χριστος.
We take off the Greek ending on the word and it becomes, “Christ”.
So Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, God’s anointed one. He was that child God told Adam and Eve about.
The job Jesus came to do was to pay for the sin and guilt of his people.
When he suffered and died on the cross he died in their place.
God does not just forget about our sins. He came as Jesus Christ to pay for those sins Himself.
HERE is the link to the above article by Bob Burridge.
I trust this will be of help to those that might be struggling with the matter of who Jesus is, and just how important it is to understand clearly, and be not deceived that Jesus is indeed the Christ, the Promised One, the Messiah, the King of kings and Lord of lords!
"But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His Name." John 20:31 "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other Name under Heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12.
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