Sometimes
this is translated the Anointed One or the Christ. The term Christ is
a title, it is the New Testament
equivalent of the Old Testament term messiah
and means anointed
one.
It is applied to Jesus
as the anointed one who delivers the elect from their sin.
Jesus alone is the Christ.
The
arrival of Jesus marks the truth that Jesus is the anointed Messiah
and Christ. He is the one the will make away. He has three offices:
Prophet, Priest, and King. As Prophet He is the mouthpiece of God
(Matt.
5:27-28)
and represents God to man. As Priest He represents man to God and
restores fellowship between them by offering Himself as the
sacrifice that removed the sin of those saved. As King He rules over
His kingdom.
During a Christmas pageant, one child had been forced to be in the program by his parents. The young teen continued to voice his concerns as they practiced. He would mutter things like "How can people believe that Jesus is the Son of God?" and "just what makes everyone believe that this is the way to heaven?"
He finally said "how do we know He was the Messiah and that He was the way to Heaven?". When one small girl spoke up, "She said, "We believe it because the song said it".
"What song?", the teen huffed back. She politely said, "You know what song I’m talking about, that one that God made A WAY IN A MANGER".
Galatians
4:4-5 states; “But when the set time had fully come, God sent his
Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the
law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.”
Do
you know the God that made a way through his arrival? The person
that has met the Messiah doesn't need to tell it...we will just know
it by the fruit of his/her sacrifice.
For
unto you is born this day a Savior, who is Christ...
Merry Christmas....Don
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