The name Jesus means savior orJehovah's salvation. (Matthew 1:21) The name Christ means anointed, Messiah.Jesus Christ is the Messiah of Israel, and of the entire world. He was "holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners." He came into this world as a perfect babe in Bethlehem and he grew to perfect manhood. As a man he "gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time." (Hebrews 7:26; 1 Timothy 2:6) He was the perfect life exchanged for the life of Adam which was forfeited when Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden. Jesus purchased Adam and all of Adam's offspring by paying the penalty for Adam's disobedience. (Romans 5:14-21)
Jesus called God his Father, and spoke of himself as the Son of God. Jesus asked his disciples, "But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'" (Matthew 16:15,16) A father is a life-giver. A son is an offspring, one who receives life from a father. This distinction implies that God, the Father, existed first and that His "only begotten Son, "Jesus, proceeded from Him. (John 3:16) Jesus said of Himself, "I proceeded forth and came from God." (John 8:42) The Apostle Paul clarified the distinction between the Father and the Son thus: "But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."
(1 Corinthians 8:6)
Jesus called God his Father, and spoke of himself as the Son of God. Jesus asked his disciples, "But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'" (Matthew 16:15,16) A father is a life-giver. A son is an offspring, one who receives life from a father. This distinction implies that God, the Father, existed first and that His "only begotten Son, "Jesus, proceeded from Him. (John 3:16) Jesus said of Himself, "I proceeded forth and came from God." (John 8:42) The Apostle Paul clarified the distinction between the Father and the Son thus: "But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."
(1 Corinthians 8:6)
