Let’s look at these four words. God, the Supreme Being, the Creator
of the Universe was in Christ.
So who, or, what was Christ?
The Scriptures reveal
that Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ. So then what is the Christ? The Christ of
the New Testament is the Jewish Messiah of the Old Testament.
Crudens Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments
explains Christ as, “The anointed one.
The Greek name Christos from the word
anointed. The Hebrew word was Messiah; the expected king and deliverer of the
Jews, who expected a strong and glorious earthly king to deliver them from
oppressors and form again a great independent kingdom of the Jews. He was to be
a descendant of David, and bring the whole world under his sway.”
Matthew 16:13-17 state, “(13) When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked
His disciples saying, ‘Who do men say that I, the son of Man, am?’ (14) So they
said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremias or one of
the prophets.’ (15) He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ (16) Simon
Peter answered and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ (17)
Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh
and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven’.”
Now let’s look at the verses in Scripture where we find the
title of this blog post.
2 Corinthians 5:18, 19 reveal to us, “(18) Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself
through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, (19)
that is, that God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them...”
God was in Christ, because Jesus Christ is both truly God and
truly man. By His sacrificial death on Calvary’s cross, Jesus Christ atoned for
our sins and reconciliation and forgiveness are ours as a result.
The Jews expected Jesus to deliver them from Roman bondage
and reign gloriously. They forgot that redemption is first by blood and then by
power. The sins of the Jewish nation had to be atoned before the Messiah
[Christ] could reign. But the nation rejected Him, and had Him crucified on a
cross as a failed redeemer. However, that was not the end of the matter.
1 Corinthians 15:3, 4 state, “(3) 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...”
Redemption is by blood and by power. The shedding of Christ’s
blood for the forgiveness of our sins, and His resurrection power over death for
our eternal salvation, gives us a home in heaven.
Where do you stand? Are you saved?
The mighty reconciling
power of God in Christ is useless to you if you are not saved!
Jon Peasey
[All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version]
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