BSN Glossary: Lord Jesus Christ

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Jesus Christ as Presented to Us

Red Letter Concordance

The Name of Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ and God
  • We come to God through Jesus Christ – Jn 14:6; Rom 16:27
Jesus Christ during His Life on Earth
Jesus Christ before and after His Life on Earth
  • The Preexistence of Messiah
  • The Preexisting Two –
  • The Exalted Two
    • Father-and-Son, God-and-Lord, (Principal-and-agent), (“the greater light and the lesser light” – Gen 1:16)
    • Preexisting – John 17:1-5; Heb 1:1-2:4; Col 1:15-20; 1 Cor 8:5-6; John 1:1-18
    • OT Hints – Gen 1:26; Prov 8:22-31; 30:4 (see also Gen 14:18-22; Deut 32:8-9; Ps 82)
    • NT Epistles (22)
      • 21 have salutations invoking heavenly figures
        • All 21 invoke God and Lord (though with various names)
        • 3 Jn is the only epistle without a salutation invoking heavenly figure(s)
      • 15 have valedictions invoking heavenly figures
      • Additional note: Only one salutation is to three (1 Pet 1 – the Spirit), and only one valediction is to three (2 Cor 13:14 – the Holy Spirit)
  • Messiah was God’s Agent for Creation
  • Messiah as an Angel
  • Jesus as having “a more excellent name than” angels (Heb 1:4): “only begotten,” “beloved” (that is, more elevated than mere “son of God”)
Jesus Christ + the Word of God
Jesus Christ + the Holy Spirit

Jesus and the Holy Spirit – Lk 12:10; Jn 7:37-39; Rom 8:9; 1 Cor 6:11; 1 Pet 1:11

The Doctrine of Christ
Jesus as a Man on Earth
  • Jesus Was a Man
  • Jesus Spoke
  • Jesus’ time on earth was short – Mt 26:11; Mk 14:7; Jn 7:33; 9:4-5; 12:8, 35; 13:33; 14:19; 16:16, 22
  • Jesus as Teacher –
    • People were amazed and astonished by Jesus’ teaching – Mt 7:28-29; 22:33; Mk 1:22; 11:18; Jn 7:14-15, 46
    • Jesus’ disciples…
      • did not always understand his teaching – Lk 18:34; Jn 6:60; 11:13
      • found some of his teaching difficult – Jn 6:53-60
      • began to understand better once he was raised from the dead and explained the Scriptures – Jn 12:16
  • Jesus claimed…
    • …to know God – Jn 8:55
    • …to have heard from God – Jn 7:16-18; 8:40; 12:49-50; 14:24; 15:15
    • …to have been deputized by God to be an agent of God –
      • …to have come from God – Jn 8:42; 13:3; 16:25-30; 17:7-8
      • …to have been sent by God – Mt 15:24; Jn 3:17; 8:42; 17:7-8, 18, 20-25; 20:21
    • …to speak (teach) for God (i.e. Jesus spoke/taught what God told Him speak/teach) – Jn 7:16-18; 8:40; 12:49-50; 14:24; 15:15; 17:14
  • Jesus polarized people, meaning some viewed Him negatively – Mt 10:21, 34-35; 12:30; Lk 2:34-35; 11:23; 12:51-53; Jn 10:19-21
  • Things Demons Said to Jesus
  • Things Jesus Did Not Know
  • Jesus did not sin (Lk 23:41; Jn 8:46; 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 4:15; 7:26; 1 Pet 2:21-22; 1 Jn 3:5). Of no other man can this be said (Rom 3:9-10, 23; 5:12; 11:32; Gal 3:22; Eccl 7:20). Sinlessness is one of the factors that distinguishes Jesus from all other human beings.
Jesus Spoke Like No Other Man
(Jn 7:46)
  • Jesus accurately and explicitly prophesied his own death and resurrection –
    • Mt 12:39-40; 16:21; 17:9, 22-23; 20:18-19; 26:61; 27:40, 63
    • Mk 8:31-32; 9:31-32; 14:58; 15:29
    • Lk 9:22; 18:32-33; 24:6-8
    • Jn 2:19
  • In addition to prophesying his own death and resurrection, Jesus also prophesied Judas Iscariot’s betrayal and Simon Peter’s denial.
  • Specifically, Jesus…
    • forgave sins – Mt 9:2-3; Mk 2:5-7; Lk 5:20-21; 7:48-49
    • spoke as having a unique relationship with God – Mt 11:25-27; Lk 10:21-22; Jn 1:18; 5:18-23; 6:46; 7:16; 8:19; 10:33; 12:45; 14:6-9; 17:5-6, 25-26; 20:21
      • uniquely able to reveal God – Mt 11:25-27; Lk 10:21-22; Jn 1:18; 6:46; 8:19; 12:45; 14:6-9
    • made ostensibly outrageous statements about himself –
      • Mt 10:34-39; 11:25-30; 12:46-50; 24:35; 26:63-64
      • Mk 3:31-35; 13:31; 14:62
      • Lk 8:19-21; 10:21-24; 12:49-53; 14:26-27; 21:33; 22:69; 24:27, 44
      • Jn 1:51; 4:13-14, 25-26; 5:39-40, 46-47; 6:35, 41, 48, 53-57, 62; 8:12, 23, 29, 31-32, 36, 40, 51, 58; 9:5; 10:10; 11:25-26; 14:6-9; 15:7; 16:33
  • Jesus and truth – Jn 1:14, 17; 8:31-32, 40, 45-46; 14:6; 18:23, 37-38; Eph 4:21
  • What Jesus and Others Said about His Word
The 40-Day Bible Study of Jesus the Messiah
Jesus Christ as a Resurrected Man in Heaven

Jesus lived, died, and now lives forever – Lk 24:5; Act 2:24; 17:18; 25:19; Rom 6:9; Heb 2:14-15; 5:7; 7:16; Rev 1:18; 2:8

Jesus Christ as Lord

Jesus Is Lord

See also THE ANGEL OF THE LORD

Knowing the Lord – Mt 7:22-23; 26:31-35, 69-75; Mk 14:27-31, 66-72; Lk 22:31-34, 54-62; Gal 4:9; Phil 3:7-11; Tit 1:15-16; 1 Sam 3:7, 21; Jer 9:23-24; 22:15-16; 31:31-34

Speaking of a Fellow Human Being as Lord

The Lord as Father

2 Cor 6:18; Ps 89:26; Jer 3:1-4, 14, 19-20, 22; Mal 1:6

Jesus Christ as God
(Jesus as God)

Isaiah 9:6 states boldly that the promised son would be God and Father, but revelation is progressive like the rising of the sun in Proverbs 4:18; and there is timing involved in execution as well as it revelation. Exodus 33:17-23 illustrates that this revelation would be received after the fact, not in the moment. It’s not reasonable for us to expect either the Old Testament or New Testament to come right out and say that “Jesus is God” – but, if we pay close attention, it might as well be shouting the point.

Jesus Christ as Father
(Christ as Father)

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Responding to the Lord Jesus Christ

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