Bible Matters 380: Christ Your Savior

God sent Jesus as the Son of God to be born of a woman.  God needed a human, Jesus, to be offered as a blood sacrifice for the sins of all humans.  Christ is referred to as the Son of God in eighty-one (81) verses in the New Testament by five witnesses: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul.  (See Bible Matters 377: Jesus Is POE ) John referred to Jesus as the Son of God, forty-one (41) times, which is more than any other witness.  Peter also referred to Jesus as the Son of God the Father.

2 Peter 1:17-18 – For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.  And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Jesus referred to God as “my Father” One hundred and three (103) times in the New Testament by six (6) witnesses: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, and Peter. (See Bible Matters 377: Jesus Is POE )

God sent Jesus to be Christ, the Savior of the world. 

John 3:17 – For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 4:42 – And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

1 John 4:14-15 – And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 

2 Peter 2:20 – For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.  Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

Titus 2:11-13 – For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

To believe and put your faith in Christ as Savior, you must put your trust in his blood sacrifice unto repentance of your sins.

Matthew 9:12-13 – But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.  But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Matthew 26:28 – For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Mark 14:24 – And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

Luke 22:20 – Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

Hebrews 9:26-28 – For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:  So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Romans 5:9-12 – Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.  And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Ephesians 1:7 – In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Hebrews 9:14 – How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

1 Peter 1:19 – But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

1 John 1:7 – But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Revelation 1:5 – And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

Christ:  Born in the flesh as the Son of God the Father, grew up as a child with four (4) brothers and sisters, taught in the temple, he loved and was loved, he cried and laughed, healed and performed miracles, and suffered great pain enduring to the end, so as to be offered as a blood sacrifice for sin and to be the Savior of the world.  He is now with God the Father!  He did the will of God and is now seated at the right hand of God, spending eternity with the Father.  He did exactly what you are told to do that is the will of God. 

Acts 7:55-56 – But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,  And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

The preponderance of evidence is staggering.  No other subject has the preponderance of evidence testimony in both quality and quantity from multiple witnesses, to declare the truth in Christ and the Gospels. 

And yet, you go to a bible learning center and just three versus are used to declare that Jesus is God.  A plaque on the wall declares that if you don’t believe that Jesus is God, then you are not Christian.  Denominations are called out that don’t believe that Jesus is God. 

Verse 1:  John 8:57-58 – Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?  Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Verse 2:  John 10:30 – I and my Father are one.

Verse 3:  Mark 2:5 – When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

In Verse 1, Jesus is telling you that he is of the Father.  He is not telling you that he is God the Father. 

In Verse 2, Jesus just gave a compliment to his Father.  He is telling you that he and the Father are of the same mindset.  He is not telling you that he is God the Father.   

John 10:27-30 – My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.  I and my Father are one.

In Verse 3, Jesus knew their heart.  Their righteousness shined forth.  Through his shed blood, their sins would be forgiven. 

No where in these versus, does Jesus declare that he is God the Father, the creator of heaven and earth.  These three versus are proof-positive as to why Peter wrote this verse:

2 Peter 1:20 – Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

You must understand and seek the truth using the preponderance of evidence testimony from multiple witnesses.  Put you trust in Christ as the Savior of the world and serve God unto life eternal.

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.