Jesus

• Jesus  occurs 984 times in 983 verses of which refer to a man other than 'the Son of God in human flesh'.  The other three usages refer to other men.
• In Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8 we see Joshua, of the Old Testament, called Jesus.
• In Colossians 4:11 we read And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.  This saved man was not 'the Son of God in human flesh'.
• Many people say that 'Jesus is Saviour'.  This definition comes from men and not from the Bible.  This definition leads to doctrinal error.
• This claim causes problems and leads to doctrinal error when the definition does not fit the context.  This mismatch leads to people claiming that there are errors in the Bible instead of them claiming that the definition does not match the Bible.
• This claim is not true for the three verses already mentioned.  Neither Joshua nor Justus have anything to do with our salvation beyond providing an example.
• This claim leads people to believe that only Jesus is our Saviour.  The Bible tells us that God the Father is Saviour, along with God the Holy Spirit and the Son of God as Lord and the Son of God as Christ.  The Bible also tells us that each do a different function for our salvation.  When we deny the roles of God, other than Jesus, we deny part of our salvation and do not have all of the true Biblical salvation.
• Doctrinally, Saviour  is closest to the word 'parent'.  It is foolishness for people to claim that their only parent is their mother.  Each parent has a different job in creating a child and in raising that child.  Likewise, each of our Saviours  have a different job in making us a child of God and in spiritually maturing us.  God the Father provided the plan and the power.  God the Holy Spirit keeps us eternally secure.  God the Son as Lord blots out the legal record of our sin in Heaven's criminal law book.  God the Son as Christ provides for our spiritual maturing and our ongoing personal relationship with God after our initial profession.  The main work of saving our soul  is done by Christ.
• The proper Biblical definition of a word is what is true in every  usage of it.  (See every word  of Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4).
• There are many places in the Bible where we find the name of Jesus  but the context is not speaking about salvation.  However, every place is talking about a literal human man.
• Using Jesus  for 'God in Human flesh' is the main application and does not conflict with the true definition, which must match every usage within the Bible.
• Separating the definition from the main application eliminates claims of errors within the Bible while also allowing us to get the true doctrine from the Bible.

The main doctrinal usage of the name of Jesus,  within the Bible, is to show is how to act within our flesh while using the power of the Holy Spirit to bring Glory to God.

• We see Jesus  act like a literal physical man in every place that the name is used within the Bible.
• Joshua submitted to the Son of God Who came as captain of the host of the LORD.  He shows us that our victory in this life only comes when we submit to God's authority.
• Justus was a significant helper to Paul.  He shows us that one of our main functions is to help our pastor in the work of the Lord.
• 'The Son of God in human flesh', as Jesus acted in the ways listed below.  These are on the Verses page of the Lord Jesus Christ Study with links to where the Bible says these things and these links cover every place in the Bible other than the 3mentioned.  The way that He acted include:
• Jesus is the name or is of a physical human being
• Jesus is identified with place of His birth or childhood (Nazareth / Galilee)
• Someone talked to Jesus
• Jesus gave a command as a man or talked as a man to other men
• Jesus prayed so that other men heard Him
• Jesus used the power of the Holy Ghost to do miracles
• Someone saw /could not see the physical man named Jesus
• Someone physically dealt with Jesus
• Someone came to the physical man called Jesus
• Jesus physically stood or moved
• Jesus (Son of man) was physically betrayed and crucified
• Jesus (Son of man) was physically raised from the dead
• Jesus (Son of man) will physically return to the Earth
• Jesus (Son of man) will physically rule on the Earth as King
• Someone refuses to accept that Jesus is 'God in human flesh'.
• In 1John and 2John we see that the true Biblical antichrists  deny that the Son of God came in the flesh.  They teach God's people and godly preachers to claim that the Beast  of Revelation is the only 'Antichrist' so that God's people will ignore them and accept the doctrinal error that they teach.
• Jesus  is recognized as 'God in human flesh' within the Bible.
• Acts 7:55 tells us that the literal physical man was seen in Heaven on the right hand of God by Stephen as he was martyred.
• Hebrews teaches us that He is our advocate because He understands our infirmities in a way that God the Father can not.  Jesus learned obedience  and learned about being a weak human being through personal experience.  God the Father never experienced these things.  Therefore, God the Son, as Jesus,  understand us better and is our representative in Heaven.
• Hebrews also teaches us that God the Son is our high priest in Heaven and represents us because He took on human flesh and became like us.  He could not be our high priest unless He was a human being.
• Hebrews also teaches us that the New Testament and everything related to it is based upon His priesthood and could not be changed from the Old Testament unless there was a change from the Levitical Priesthood.
• We are literally told that physical man Jesus  is the Son of God within the Bible.
• In addition, other places within the Bible make this clear without saying it literally.
• In other places we see God the Son identified and then addressed as a literal physical man.
• Devils dealt with the physical man named Jesus  and recognized Him as God.
• The Bible tells us different roles that the literal physical man named Jesus  has.
• Lord  ' This includes recognizing that He has all of the power of God.
• Christ  ' This recognizes His fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
• Son of David  ' This recognizes His fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
• A King of Jews or King of Israel ' This recognizes His fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
• Prophet
• Priest
• Saviour
• Lamb

How do we use this information in our life right now?

• As a literal physical man He is in Heaven right now representing us as our advocate  and as our high priest.  Because of His personal experience as a literal man He understands our infirmities  and gets us grace  and mercy  from God the Father as we need each.  He also is the one to get us peace with God.
• As a literal physical man He died to pay for our sins.  When God and death meet death loses.  He had to die as a literal physical man because God can not die.  In addition, He had to die as a literal physical man because man sinned and, therefore, man must pay for man's sin.  God could not remain righteous  if an angel, or God or any other type of being paid for man's sin.
• He lived as a literal physical man.  The Gospels tell us about this.  He was was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.  He is our example of how to live in human flesh without sinning.
• As a literal physical man He used the power of the same Holy Spirit that we are given.  He had all of the spiritual gifts while we only have some of the spiritual gifts.  In addition, He had them without limit  while our spiritual gifts are limited by the amount of faith  that we have.  But, the point is that He was the Creator and yet He had to set aside His own power and authority in order to live and die as a weak human being.  This is a separate message but He took back His own power and authority only after He was in Hell.  Without explaining all of that, the point here is that while living as the Gospels report, He used the power of the same Holy Spirit that is given to each saved person.  He is our example of how to use the power of the Holy Spirit and have evidence of God working in our life.
• As a literal physical man He offers us much.  However, God gave each of us a free will and God will not take away your free will even to keep you from the lake of fire  for eternity.  We must ask God to make Jesus  our personal Lord,  and agree to obey Him, in order to get the things which He gives to all of His children but gives only to His children.  Romans 10:13makes it clear that we must call upon the name of the Lord  and this is totally different from 'ask Jesus to be your Saviour'.  The Bible is literal and if we do not obey it literally then we do not receive what God promises.  The Son of God had to become a literal physical man and to literally suffer and die in order to pay for our sins.  He had to become a literal physical man in order to represent us in Heaven.  Likewise, we must each literally call upon the name of the Lord  in order to be saved and NO other religious act will be accepted as a replacement.

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