MABUTOL, Madelein Diane C.

BSA – 1A

Christological Titles of Jesus

1. Savior
“For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living
God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe” (1 Timothy
4:10).

Discussion:
Jesus is our Savior because He makes it possible for all people to be delivered
from the grip of sin and be reconciled to God for all of eternity. Paul describes sin
as a form of servitude. Because He delivered us from sin, Jesus Christ is our Savior.

Message:
One who saves. Jesus Christ, through His Atonement, offered redemption and
salvation to all mankind. “Savior” is a name and title of Jesus Christ.

2. Redeemer
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day
upon the earth” (Job 19:25).

Discussion:
His act of redemption was accomplished out of His love for us and in large
measure out of His understanding of what we are and what we face. Though He
was always God, mortality fully touched Him. Therefore, He understood our
strivings and failures; He knew us, because He became one with us.

Message:
Christian theology sometimes refers to Jesus using the title Redeemer. This
references the salvation he accomplished, and is based on the metaphor of
redemption, or "buying back". In the New Testament, redemption can refer both
to deliverance from sin and to freedom from captivity.

3. Bread of Life
“And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall
never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst” (John 6:35).

Discussion:
Then Jesus declared, I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go
hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. Jesus is saying look,
 you're in the right place, but you're after the wrong thing. You don't see that you
have a greater need than bread.

Message:
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” He is saying that ultimately, he can satisfy our
deepest needs and longings. He can make us feel “full” and overflowing with
blessing.

4. Lord
“Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord” (John
21:7).

Discussion:
For Jesus to be Lord of your life means that He is the ruler, the boss, the master of
your whole life. He cannot be Lord of a part — He must be given control of the
entire life - the whole life.

Message:
The declaration “Jesus is Lord” indicates that Jesus is God. Jesus holds “all
authority in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18). He is “Lord of the Sabbath”
(Luke 6:5); “our only Sovereign and Lord” (Jude 1:4); and “the Lord of lords”
(Revelation 17:14).

That is basically what Lord means—one possessing authority, power, and control.
The Word of God describes Jesus as the head of the church, the ruler over all
creation, and the Lord of lords and King of kings (Col. 1:15-18; Rev. 3:14, 17:14).

5. Creator
“Hast thou not known? has thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord,
the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no
searching of his understanding” (Isaiah 40:28).

Discussion:
Because God raised him from the dead Jesus Christ is himself the beginning of a
new creation, so that anyone who is in him by faith helps make up this new
creation. Such a person becomes a new creation in miniature within the new
creation at large that Jesus embodies.

Message:
God uses no preexisting material to create the universe. God's act of creation
causes matter, space, time, and even the very laws which govern the universe
 to exist. Regardless of the scientific explanations of 'how' it came to be, God, in
one divine action from all of eternity, creates and sustains all that exists.

Jesus is our Savior because He makes it possible for all people to be delivered
from the hold of sin and be reconciled to God for all of eternity. Bible describes
sin as a form of servitude. Because He delivered us from sin, Jesus Christ is our
Savior.

6. Son of the Living God

“And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living
God” (Matthew 16:16).

Discussion:
Christians believe that Jesus' resurrection from the dead proved that he was
indeed the Son of God. They also believe that his death was sufficient to pay the
penalty for the sins of humanity.

Message:
We believe absolutely that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, begotten of God, the
first-born in the spirit and the only begotten in the flesh; that He is the Son of God
just as much as you and I are the sons of our fathers.

7. Only Begotten Son

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

Discussion:
The phrase “only begotten Son” occurs in John 3:16, which reads in the King
James Version as, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
The phrase "only begotten" translates the Greek word monogeneses. This word is
variously translated into English as "only," "one and only," and "only begotten."

Message:
Therefore, Jesus’ incarnation meant He experienced birth, but this does not
mean He was “begotten” in the human sense of the word, which involves
natural reproduction between a man and woman.

Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God in the sense that he was conceived
by the power of the Holy Spirit. He was sired by God the Father through the
power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary [Matt 1:18].
8. Beloved Son
“And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, this is my beloved Son: hear
him” (Luke 9:35).

Discussion:
Jesus was the only person to be born of a mortal mother, Mary, and an immortal
father, God the Father. That is why Jesus is called the Only Begotten Son of God.
From His Father, He inherited divine powers (see John 10:17–18).

Message:
A beloved person is one who is dearly loved. Since Jesus is the One whom God
loves, Beloved is also used as a title for Christ. All those adopted into God’s family
through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ are beloved by the Father.

God the Father spoke publicly and His words were recorded for you to know that
to be “accepted in the Beloved” means that God is well pleased with you
today. When God looks at you, He doesn’t see you in your failures and
shortcomings. He sees you in Jesus’ perfection and loveliness!

9. Holy One of Israel

“Let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may
know it” (Isaiah 5:19).

Discussion:
Something that is holy is complete, unblemished, and spotless. To say that God is
holy is to say that He is perfectly good. He only does what is right, never what is
wrong. He is aware of evil but untainted by it. No unclean thing can dwell in His
presence.

The title "Holy One of God" means that Jesus is infinitely and absolutely holy, fully
and perfectly divine. He is transcendent and majestic. He came down from
above to save sinners, yet He is set apart from sinners in that He is completely
sinless, without any moral blemish, perfect in all of His ways. His being is holy. His
character is holy. His mind is holy. His motives are holy. His words are holy. His
actions are holy. His ways are holy. His judgments are holy. From the top of His
head to the bottom of His feet, every inch, every ounce, the totality, the sum
and the substance of the second person of the Godhead is equally holy with
God the Father.

Message:
 God will give Israel a holiness proper to human beings, but a holiness from
beyond their means or ken: God's own holiness. For the Holy One was made flesh
and tabernacle among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory of the One and
Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

10. King of Kings

“Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King
of kings, and Lord of lords” (1 Timothy 6:15).

Discussion:
Christ the King is a title of Jesus in Christianity referring to the idea of the Kingdom
of God where the Christ is described as seated at the right hand of God.

Message:
Christ the King is one of the most important titles of Jesus. Even though Jesus
Christ was not a king in the earthly sense, He is the divine King of the Universe,
who unites all of creation with the Father. As St. Paul tells us, 1 Cor. 15:25-28 For
[Christ] must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy
to be destroyed is death. For God has put all things in subjection under his feet. . .
. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected
to Him who put all things under him that God may be all in all.