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Jesus Christ's Divine Names
(1)
Luke 22:70—“Then
said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say
that I am.”
“The
Son of God.” This name is given to
Christ forty times. Besides this
the synonymous expressions, “His Son,” “My Son,” are of frequent occurrence.
That this name, as used of Christ,
is a distinctly divine name appears from Jno. 5:18—“Therefore the Jews sought
the more to kill him, because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but said
also that God was His Father, making himself
equal with God.”
(2)
Jno. 1:18—“No
man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of
the Father, he hath declared him.”
“The
Only Begotten Son.” This occurs five times. It is evident that the
statement that Jesus Christ is
the Son of God only in the same sense that all men are sons of God is not
true. Compare Mark 12:6—“Having yet therefore one
son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last
unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.” Here
Jesus Himself, having spoken of
all the prophets as servants of God, speaks of Himself as “one,” a beloved
“Son.”
(3)
Rev. 1:17—“And
when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon
me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last.”
“The
First and the Last.” Compare Is. 41:4—“Who hath wrought and done it,
calling the generations from the beginning? I the
Lord, the first, and with the
last; I am he.” Is. 44:6—“Thus saith the
Lord the King of Israel, and his
redeemer the Lord of Hosts; I am
the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.” In these latter
passages it is “Jehovah” “Jehovah of hosts” who is “the first and the last.”
(4)
Rev. 22:12,
13,
16—“And,
behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according
as his work shall be. I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. I, Jesus,
have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am
the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.”
First.—“The
Alpha and Omega.”
Second.—“The
Beginning and the Ending.”
Cf. Rev. 1:8, R. V.—“I am the Alpha and the Omega
saith the Lord God, which
is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty.” Here it is the Lord God
who is the Alpha and Omega.
(5)
Acts 3:14—“But
he denied the Holy One and the just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto
you.”
“The
Holy One.”—In Hosea 11:9—(“I will not execute the fierceness of mine
anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God and not man; the
Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city”), and many
other passages; it is God who is “the Holy One.”
(6)
Mal. 3:1—“Behold
I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the
Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of
the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold he shall come, saith the
Lord
of Hosts.”
Luke 2:11—“For
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the
Lord.”
Acts 9:17—“And
Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him
said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way
as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be
filled with the Holy Ghost.” (Cf.
Jno. 20:28;
Heb. 1:10.)
“The
Lord.” This name or title is used of
Jesus several hundred times. The
word translated “Lord” is used in the New Testament in speaking of men nine
times; e. g., Acts
16:30; Eph. 4:1; Jno. 12:21, but not at all in the way in which it is used of
Christ. He is spoken of as “the
Lord” just as God is. Cf. Acts 4:26—“The kings of the earth stood up, and the
rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ,” with
4:33—“And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of
the Lord Jesus: and great grace was given them all.”
Note also Matt. 22:43–45, —“He saith unto them, How, then,
doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, sit
thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. If David
called him Lord, how is he his son?” Phil. 2:11—“And that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.” Eph.
4:5—“One Lord, one faith, one baptism.”
If any one doubts the attitude of the apostles of
Jesus toward Him as divine they
would do well to read one after another the passages which speak of him as
Lord.
(7)
Acts 10:36—“The
word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus
Christ (he is Lord of all).”
“Lord
of All.”
(8)
1 Cor. 2:8—“Which
none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not
have crucified the Lord of glory.”
“The
Lord of Glory.”
In Ps.
24:8–10—“Who is this King of Glory? The
Lord strong and mighty, the Lord
mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates: even lift them up, ye
everlasting doors: and the king of glory shall come in. Who is this King of
Glory? The
Lord
of hosts, he is the King of
Glory.” It is the Lord of Hosts
who is the King of Glory.
(9)
Is. 9:6—(a)
“Wonderful.”
(Cf, Judges
13:18, R. V. “And the angel
of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is
wonderful?”) (b)
“Mighty
God.” (c)
“Father
of Eternity.” (See R. V.,
Marg.)
(10)
Heb. 1:8—“But
unto the son he saith, Thy throne,
O God,
is forever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy
kingdom.”
“God.”
In Jno.
20:28—“And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.” Thomas
calls Jesus “my God,” and is gently rebuked for not believing it before.
(11)
Matt. 1:23—“Behold,
a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call
his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
“God
with us.”
(12)
Tit. 2:13,
R. V.—“Looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great
God and Savior
Jesus
Christ.”
“Our
Great God.”
(13)
Rom. 9:5—“Whose
are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over
all, God blessed forever. Amen.”
“God
Blessed Forever.”
PROPOSITION:
Sixteen names clearly implying Deity are used of Christ in the Bible, some of
them over and over again, the total number of passages reaching far into the
hundreds.
Torrey, R. A.: What the Bible Teaches a
Thorough and Comprehensive Study of What the Bible Has to Say Concerning
the Great Doctrines of Which It Treats. New York, Chicago [etc. :
Fleming H. Revell company, 1898, S. 66
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