Bible Questions Answered:
Some people think that Christ was a prophet, such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, others. What do you think?
Peter F./ Bunkie, Louisiana
Bible Answer:
Here are just a “few,” things the Bible has to say regarding Jesus Christ.
Authority:
Matthew 28:18 NIV “18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.”
Ephesians 1:19-22 KJV
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,
20 Which He (God the Father)wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church,
Creator:
John 1:3 KJV “All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.”
Eternal:
John 1:1,2 KJV “[1] In the beginning was the Word (The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[2] The same was in the beginning with God.”
Some today claim that God is the Everlasting Father
But that Jesus is some kind of “Created Son.”
God the father could not be an “Everlasting Father, if at some time, He did not have a son!)
Isaiah 9:6 KJV “...The Everlasting Father,...”
Head of the Church:
Ephesians 1:22-23 KJV
[22] And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church,
[23] Which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.
King of Kings:
Revelation 19:16 KJV “And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Lord: (Master)
I Corinthians 8:6 KJV
“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.”
Mediator:
Hebrews 8:6 KJV “But now hath He (Christ) obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.”
Messiah:
Matthew 16:16 KJV “And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Omnipotence: (All Powerful)
Matthew 28:18 KJV “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”
Omnipresence: (Everywhere Existent)
Proverbs 15:3 KJV “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”
Acts 17:27 KJV “That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us:”
Omniscience: (All Knowing)
John 16:30 KJV “Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.“
Pre-existent: (No beginning-No ending)
John 8:58 KJV “Jesus said unto them, Verily,verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”
Revelation 22:13 KJV “ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”
Priesthood: (Everlasting)
Hebrews 7:3 KJV “Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.”
Prince of Peace:
Isaiah 9:6 KJV “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Prophet:
Matthew 21:11 KJV “And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.”
Redeemer:
Isaiah 44:24 KJV “Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and He that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by Myself;“
Resurrected:
Acts 2:23,24 KJV
[23] Him (the Lord Jesus Christ), being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God (the Father), ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
[24] Whom God (the Father) hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that He (Jesus Christ) should be holden of it.
I Corinthians 15:1-4 (the Gospel)
[1] Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
[2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
[3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
[4] And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Saviour:
Luke 2:11 KJV “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”
I Timothy 1:15 KJV “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief (the Apostle Paul.)”
Truth:
John 14:6 KJV “Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me”.
Word of the Father:
John 1:1,14 KJV “1.) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
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Well one can plainly see that Jesus Christ was not a mere prophet, He was the very Son of God.
No earthly prophet ever met these qualifications, other than Jesus Christ.
Where is the prophet who has died and been resurrected from the dead?
Now there are those today, who refuse Jesus Christ.
John 3:16-21 KJV
[16] 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.
[17] For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
[18] He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
[19] And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
[20] For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
[21] But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
In these last days, of Messiah seeking, to the great surprise of many, there will be one found.
II Thessalonians 2:7-12 KJV
[7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only He who now letteth will let, until He be taken out of the way.
[8] And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming:
[9] Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
[10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
[11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
[12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
This coming False Messiah, will die and be restored back to life.
Revelation 13:14 KJV
“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he (Satan's coming False Prophet) had power to do in the sight of the beast (the Anti-Christ, Satans Son on earth); saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.“
Friends, there is only one Messiah...don't be deceived!
John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”
