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NASB | John 4:25 The woman *said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 4:25 The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ--the Anointed); when that One comes, He will tell us everything [we need to know]." |
Bible Question:
In the bible it says that Jesus is the Christ. Is there a special meaning for the word "Christ"? I use the name "Jesus Christ" as if it was the first and last name, am I wrong in doing this? Seedling |
Bible Answer: “Christ” refers to the one whom God had promised to send from heaven, into the world. In the Garden of Eden, when sin had come into the world, God spoke the prophetic words to Satan, that Jesus would come to earth. In Genesis 3 it is written what he said of him that would be born of a woman: “Her seed … will bruise your head”, he said to the Old Serpent, “and you shall bruise His heel”. Throughout the Old Testament, the expectation is raised. For example, God made promise of special blessings to Abraham and his seed (Genesis 12, 13, 15, 17). And to Abraham and to his Seed the promises were spoken. It does not say, “And to seeds“, as of many; but as of one, "And to your Seed," which is Christ (Galatians 3). Jacob prophesied that Shiloh would come (Genesis 49), and Moses said that the Lord would raise up a special prophet (Deuteronomy 18). David spoke of Christ (Psalm 16; Acts 2) and Isaiah (7:14) revealed that he would be born of a virgin. Micah (chapter 5) showed where he would be born. All of them were speaking about Jesus, and the people were looking forward to his arrival, as a consolation to Israel (Luke 2). He would also be a light to lighten the Gentiles. So Andrew would say to his brother, “ We have found the Messiah (which is, being translated, the Christ)” (John 1). Phillip would say, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph”. The woman at the well said, “We know that Messiah is coming” (John 4) and Jesus said, “I am he”. And that’s how it was. “When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman” (Galatians 4). “Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself” (Hebrews 9). Jesus is the Christ, the one that God had promised. They looked for him a long time. And then he came and died for our sins, and rose again, and went back to heaven. And he is still the Christ, because, according to the promise, (John 14 etc.) he is coming back again. “Christ” is not a surname. It is a title. That is why Jesus is often called “the Christ”. Simon Peter answered said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God“ (Matthew 16) and he said it again in John 6. Martha said, “You are the Christ, the Son of God, who has come into the world“ (John 11). Peter said (Acts 2) that God had made Jesus both Lord and Christ. Both “Lord” and “Christ” are titles. Therefore he is properly called the Lord Jesus Christ. That is why we say, as in Acts 16:31, “Believer on the Lord Jesus Christ”. Jesus himself would say, as he does in John 6:29, and it means the same thing, that we should believe on the one whom God has sent. |
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