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I firmly believe that the God of the Bible uses the Spirit of God to teach His people. The Spirit of God uses the word of God to show the child of God what is the Will of God in all areas of life. Many people have been drawn into doctrinal error by seeking to understand the word of God while ignoring the Spirit of God. Many have been led by a devil that they were convinced was a god because they sought the Spirit of God outside of the guidance of the word of God which the God of the Bible will NEVER violate.

Part of the Will of God is for the child of God is for them to take to other people the things that God showed then. The Spirit of God works through the lives of men in many different ways to reveal the character, will and knowledge of God to other men. We do not always remember who God used to show us those lessons. Thus, many people are like myself and finally realize a truth while studying the Bible. While we say that God showed us the truth with His word, which He did, God also showed us the truth using many other people whom we forgot. Thus, this book is the result of approximately 20 hours per week of study for over 4 years in the word of God. The conversion to Web (HTML) format makes it about 5years of work total. I made it a point to pray for the God of the Bible to reveal to me what he wanted to pass to His children through me before each time of working on it. While most of this is the result of the Spirit of God revealing the word of God to me, I must also acknowledge over 25years of preaching and examples by fundamental Bible preachers. During that time many good people revealed God's truth many different ways, even though I do not remember names and dates. However, many also revealed the ways that the Devil introduces error into the doctrines taught by men. Therefore, we can not just accept the doctrine taught to us by men but need to verify that doctrine in the word of God with the help of the Spirit of God. While I have trouble accurately recalling any people who taught me various truths found within this book, I do acknowledge the influence of many.

Having said that, there are a couple of people who provided specific influences which were very important in a positive way. My father was an active Roman Catholic all of his life. While he never left that religion, he revealed a personal relationship with the God of the Bible and argued with Catholic priests all of his life over the doctrinal errors that he believed the Roman Catholic church teaches. He taught me to verify what an authority claims, especially when he is emphasizing his position instead of the word of God. Within this book the reader will find several instances where I use the word of God to point out doctrinal errors taught by various religions through men who emphasize the authority of their position and use that position to lead men away from the literal meaning of the Bible. God said what He meant in the Bible and meant what He said.

I also was influenced by pastor Lanny Hasbrook who tried to teach people to stick to the literal interpretation of the Bible while paying close attention to context and grammar. The reader will find that method used throughout this book.

In the few instances that I remember a direct influence I name the person within the context. However, that is rare since I let God use men to guide my doctrine but use the word of God as my final authority. Thus, I remember mainly the word of God and point men to it. I the instances where I reference Reformers Unanimous or Reformers Unanimous, I am not quoting any specific copyrighted material but am referencing things taught by that organization many different ways and places. However, I would want the reader to know that much of their material is copyrighted and that I received permission to pass on what little is presented here and that I tried to give them credit in each instance. They can be reached at www.rurecovery.com.

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Lord Jesus Christ (LJC) Study Introduction

There are many religions that call themselves 'Christian' and men who call themselves 'godly preachers' who have extremely different doctrines that supposedly come from the Bible. This does not glorify God. It aids Satan's attempts to discredit the truth of the Bible and the God of the Bible. These doctrinal differences are because many people ignore proper rules for interpreting the Bible. They also ignore the fact that the God of the Bible says that they will answer for the souls of their followers and provides the greatest damnation for false preachers. I believe that many men who are sure they are doing God's work are in for a rude awakening when they face the Creator of the Universe and give an answer for the deeds done in the flesh.

The Bible tells us how to properly interpret it, and I have a study available that tells what I have found about proper interpretation. However, while people have told me that it is not very clear, they have not told me what not clear nor offered help in clarifying it is. They have not said that anything is wrong, just said that it was hard to understand. Therefore I will state here only a few basic rules for proper Bible interpretation.

1 Thessalonians 2:3-4 tells us For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. Simply put: there is a way of exhorting that pleases men and results in guile, uncleanness and deceit. There is a different way of exhorting which pleases God that comes after God has tried the heart of the speaker and results in God trying the heart of the listener. When the listener rejects a truth that the speaker shows comes from the Bible being properly interpreted, God says that the listener has not rejected the speaker but has in fact rejected God. Following are just a few of the major points in properly interpreting the Bible.

Proverbs 2 gives us the proper attitude for studying the Bible and Isaiah 28 gives the proper action. The first thing that Isaiah 28 tells us is that God is not using drunken priests or those who produce filthiness. These have several levels of application but the most basic is for us to ignore anything that originates from a man or religion that's justifying fleshly and immoral sins. I say originates because a lot of truly good godly men are preaching error that preaches well without realizing that it originated from the wrong source. Peter was rebuked for preaching doctrinal error that he received from other men without verifying it with God and the Bible. Other good godly men can do the same. Therefore, just because something comes from a 'good godly man', that does not mean it is reliable and doctrinally correct.

Next, Isaiah 28 tells us that God will not directly teach those who have not been weaned from the milk. Basically, error comes from those who are still dealing with personal sins like those dealt with in 1Corinthians. Once we eliminate sources of error, we eliminate most, but not all, doctrinal disagreement about the Bible.

The Bible is divided into 'Old Testament' and 'New Testament'. A proper Bible study of the word testament (every occurrence in context, etc) shows that the Bible uses testament to identify a legal document (see Hebrews 9). The Bible is primarily a legal document and must be treated as such. Yes, it contains stories and figures of speech, but those are (often) there to help us understand the legal parts and do not negate the requirement for us to use at least as much diligence in interpreting the Bible as we do for a legal document. The Bible also presents spiritual and physical truths, but those still require due diligence in interpretation.

Peter was caught in doctrinal error more than once by following the teachings of 'good godly preachers' when their doctrine went against what the word of God said or went against what God was obviously doing. Many 'godly preachers' claim to be a 'man of God' and have some application that they want to preach and approach God's Word trying to find something that supports what they want to preach. However, a true 'man of God' is first and foremost a 'man from God', which means that he STARTS with the word of God and after finding out what the Spirit of God wants him to preach, he then has the Spirit of God tell him the desired application.

It is my opinion that most errors in interpreting the Bible are due to men approaching it with a preconceived idea about what it says or with an application that they want to support instead of starting by acknowledging the vast difference between us and God and seeking to be a tool of God to pass His message to others. Over the multiple years that I returned to this study. I always prayed (first thing) for God to show me what He wanted me to put down and for Him to keep me from adding my own errors.

For more than 25years I have been proving the error of the claim that there are conflicts in the Bible. I have found that if people stick to three simple rules they can eliminate at least 95% of doctrinal error.

Always keep the interpretation within the context of what the Bible is really saying.
Always use God's punctuation and division by sentences.
Use proper definitions of words that are obtained by a proper Bible Word study. Even the Webster's 1828 dictionary can lead to doctrinal error.

This study was done to find out, and prove, what the Bible says about our Lord Jesus Christ by using proper Bible study methods. It started with what the Bible actually says and conclusions were drawn from how the Bible uses those terms and not from some preconceived idea. The conclusions that came from the Bible are not what I have been taught in all cases. Some religious doctrines have been proven to be wrong. Some have been proven to be correct but 'watered down'. For example, some doctrines that the Bible teaches to be absolute truths are often preached as a 'good idea.

There are 2282 matches in 1691 verses in the New Testament that use Lord and/or Jesus and/or Christ, according to the Sword Seacher Bible program. However, 1 Thessalonians 5:21 tells us to Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. While many people don't completely understand what is truly required to prove something, part of what is required is to show that the truth holds for EVERY use. Thus, many religious doctrines hold for many, but not all, places that the Bible talks about that subject. The only way to prove a doctrine is to show that it holds for EVERY place that the Bible teaches about that doctrine. Another requirement is that the difference between similar things which are confused must be revealed and proven. For example, a proper proof of what the Bible means by Lord would also have to include the differences between Lord and King.

In the end, I studied every occurrence in the New Testament that use Lord and/or Jesus and/or Christ and/or King and/or Son and/or Saviour and/or Lamb and/or any combination of the above. Among other things, for example, I found a definite doctrinal difference between the Biblical use of Jesus Christ and Christ Jesus. With these additional words involved, I had 2850 matches in 2015verses to interpret.

2Timothy 2:15 tells us Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. One of the ways that people often fail to rightly divide the word of truth is by interpreting the word of truth by verses instead of using full sentences. (In Isaiah 28 God tells us to interpret by sentences when He says line upon line.) Yes, we can properly use (apply) a partial sentence but only after we properly interpret at least the entire sentence within context and in keeping with the truths (precepts Isaiah 28) found elsewhere. Then, if we are to avoid doctrinal error we must keep our use of the partial sentence within the limits of the proper interpretation of the entire sentence.

In addition, to interpreting full sentences, since there are so many parallel passages in the Gospels, and you can not study a verse properly without studying the entire incident involved. I ended up studying almost every verse in all of the gospels. When an incident (such as the story about a miracle) included the name of Jesus, I studied the entire incident in context of each gospel where it occurred and then studied the similarities and differences between Gospel accounts. All together, I believe that well over 5,000 verses have been dealt with in context.

Finally, there is a basic rule of interpretation that 'scripture interprets scripture'. According to a count by Excel, well over 26,000 references to other Bible verses are included within this study. Hebrews 11:6 says But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. I have done my utmost to be diligent and to "s eek him (not just seek Bible knowledge) as I did this study. In order to do it, I studied (not just read) each book in the New Testament 6-12 times in order to come up with the basic concept of how the Bible used these words within each book. I completed the study of each book before moving onto the next book with the exception of the Gospels, which had to be studied in parallel. After going through the entire New Testament this way once, I compared my notes to each other in order to find out what was the consistent use of each name within the Bible. I then repeated the exercise (again studying each book 6-12 times) in order to verify that the definitions which I found actually held true for EVERY occurrence in the New Testament. In addition, the second pass resulted in greatly expanded notes as God showed me new truths that were the result of using proper Biblical definitions of words instead of using English dictionary definitions. For example, English dictionaries define " ye' as another way for saying " you'. However, the Bible really used ye for 'each and every one of you personally'. Religion hates the personal nature of true Biblical salvation and tries to assure people that so long as someone in the group does what the Bible says (winning souls, etc) God will credit each person in the group. However, when we see the Bible use ye, God is telling us that we will be personally judged for what we did and will not get credit for someone else's actions. Therefore, using the result of someone else's study will not get us a reward from God. We can use someone else's study as a guide but we must do personal study if we expect to be rewarded by God.

Several people have told me that they know someone else that produced a similar study. I have responded in every case with show it to me or tell me how I find this study because the God of the Bible believes in put up or shut up (prove in James 2:18). However, no one has yet provided access to any study that they claim to know about. Yes, many people have written books saying what they (or their religion) thinks the Bible means by one or more of these titles for the Son of God. However, every one that I have ever seen is based upon a small portion of what the Bible truly says and often does not use proper methods of Bible interpretation.

As mentioned earlier, the Bible is a legal book. Legal documents have exact specifications on interpretation. All of us have heard about 'legal technicalities' and how the Courts interpreted things differently than the common man would due to these 'legal technicalities'. Well, when we stand in God's court and He pulls out His Law book, called the Bible, we will find that God is VERY exact in His interpretation of His Law. We are very foolish to do otherwise after he warns us to not do so.

Ask any lawyer and they will tell you that grammar is very important in any legal document. The Bible was written in sentences, paragraphs and books. The verses and chapters were added later and their use often leads to error in interpreting. Line upon line is used 4 times in Isaiah 28 when God tells us how He will teach knowledge and it is used with the word must. Genesis 41:32 tells us And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. Since a line is a sentence, and God has established that proper Bible knowledge is Line upon line, interpreting the Bible by verse, instead of by sentence, is wrong (of the Devil) and violates God's Law for how to interpret the Bible. This study first interpreted sentences, then looked at how role of the Son of God was used within the sentence. Only after that was any conclusion drawn about the common usage of a role of the Son of God within the Bible.

In addition, to sentence start and end, the Biblical use of the colon was found to be critical in proper interpretation. I have been told that a colon was like an equal sign in the written English language. While it often shows equality, I've found that it actually shows equivalency. Equivalency includes equality, but also includes 'almost equal' and 'equal for part and not equal for part'. The simplest way to understand what I mean is to look up 'colon in English Grammar' on the internet. Current English usage includes more usage than found in the Bible, but gives us a good basis. There, you will found that the colon is used to separate members of a list and it is used for an 'almost stop' compared to the period which provides a 'full stop'. Suppose that I was talking about edible vegetable oils and provided an example list of flax oil: olive oil: canola oil: corn oil: and other oils. You could know that 'used motor oil' did not belong on that list (as " other oils') because 'used motor oil' is not an edible vegetable oil. If someone took my comments and applied them to 'used motor oil', you could say that he took my comments out of context. That gives us our clue for proper interpretation of the colon in the Bible. The Bible uses a colon as an 'almost stop', instead of the period which provides a 'full stop', when God wants to limit interpretation to what fits within the 'list' found in the sentence. In my study, I have found that each part of the sentence that is separated by a colon could be extracted and made a separate sentence. In fact, the colon often provides the break used for separating verses. When people interpret a verse while ignoring the sentence structure, they are treating that part of a sentence as a separate sentence. However, I already showed that applying my (supposed) comments on oil to 'used motor oil' would be wrong. Even so, the same is true with Bible verses that end with a colon and people treat the verse as if it ended with a period. Every Bible sentence that contains colons has a 'list' of 'almost sentences' where the proper interpretation is limited to what fits within the 'list'. That makes each section equivalent to every other section within the sentence and any interpretation outside of this limit is wrong. We see an example in 2Corinthians 3:14. Many preachers don't try to say what that verse is saying, but if you look at the explanation in this study, you should see how proper understanding of Biblical use of colons renders understanding to this verse. Further, in more that 25years of dealing with Bible conflict, I have found that ALL so-called conflicts in the Bible are the result of people misinterpreting the Bible and that in most cases they are taking the verses out of the immediate context. The so-called conflicts are actually conflicts in their wrong interpretation.

You will find throughout this study that interpretation was done first by sentence within context and then by considering all grammar with particular attention given to the use of colons within the sentence. In addition, the context of the book and section of the book was treated as critical to proper interpretation. This led me to the conclusion that the common practice of using Jesus where the Bible uses Christ or using Christ where the Bible uses Jesus is doctrinally wrong. Proper division (2Timothy 2:15) proves the error of many heresies.

Every use of these words in the New Testament was considered. Many lawyers have legal opinions, but the only thing that really matters is what is proved in court. Proper proof requires considering every usage and anything that only considers some of the usage is only an opinion. Such opinions effectively tell God that the majority of what He said about the roles of His Son was wasted. In addition, such opinions are completely unreliable. For example, all proper statistics provide two percentages. Any statistic (such as we hear from the weather person) that provides only one percentage is a half-truth lie. For example, suppose I interview 10 people attending a meeting in Detroit and 9people agree that Jews are sub-human. I can accurately report that 90% of the people interviewed in Detroit agree that Jews are sub-human. However, my accurate percentage is reliable only in about 1 / 250,000 cases. That is, it is completely unreliable even if it is accurate. (Please take a college class on statistics that has a pre-requisite of Calculus 3before you dispute this statement.)

The fact is that there are lots of 'good fundamental Bible preachers' who are making accurate, but totally unreliable, statements about Jesus and/or Christ and/or other roles of the Son of God because they are making their statements based upon what other preachers told them and/or many of their own studies that use very few of the verses involved within the Bible. 1 Thessalonians5:21 says Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Let all who would disagree with this study (the methods used and/or conclusions which I document) provide proper Biblical proof to back their disagreement. My Biblical proof is attached. In the Bible, that which is good is that which is Godly. In this case, that means 'that which is shown to be proper interpretation of all that is in the Bible on the roles of the Son of God'. Any so-called study which deals with fewer verses than what I have included is unreliable.

I provide a list of verses that support every conclusion that I draw and provide notes on my interpretation of every verse. Please tell me where I have misinterpreted verses and why my interpretation is wrong and the proper interpretation and why your interpretation is more correct. However, when you do, please avoid the error of Peter and follow the example of Jesus Christ. Peter (and the Pharisees) quoted religious traditions and the teachings of other preachers. They relied on what Paul called dung (Philippians 3:8-11). Jesus Christ. Peter (and the Pharisees) quoted religious traditions and the teachings of other preachers. They relied on what Paul called dung. Jesus Christ, on the other hand, said it is written (80 times in the Bible and 63 times in the New Testament) and have ye not read (8 times) which lets us know that He pointed people directly to the Bible.

If you believe that I have drawn a wrong conclusion from the interpretation of the verses, please show where I made the error. If you disagree with a conclusion, please show my error in every verse that I use to support my conclusion and then provide the sentences, and their proper interpretation, that support your opposing conclusion. However, if you disagree with me because of some favorite preacher's opinion, I will rely on the Lord's answer in Matthew 16:23 and Mark 8:33.

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The main names that the Son of God uses to identify Himself in the New Testament are Lord and Jesus and Christ and combinations of these names. In addition, other important names for the Son of God in the New Testament, such as Lamb and King and Son must also be studied in order to get a proper interpretation of the main roles of the Son of God. All of these names have been studied, but most effort has been devoted to the roles known as Lord and Jesus and Christ.

An important point to note right at the beginning of this study is that many Christians, and even preachers and commentators, have been sucked into one or more improper method of studying their Bibles. Our Bible was written in sentences, paragraphs and books. In Matthew 5:18 our Lord said For verily I say unto you, Till Heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. The one jot or one tittle is talking about punctuation marks. As I demonstrate elsewhere, we get two different meanings by changing the punctuation of a sentence where the words remain the same. We not only are warned to stick to God's Word but to stick to God's way of interpreting His Word. The basic rules for Bible interpretation, used within this study, are detailed in other documents. The devil misquoted the Bible while tempting Jesus. We don't want to be guilty of the same error.

Without going into everything involved in proper Bible study, this study recognizes proper grammar, as our Lord commanded in Matthew 5:18 and elsewhere. This study considers sentences to be the minimal statement to be used for interpretation within the Bible and only uses a verse when the verse contains more than one sentence. In addition, connective words like wherefore, and, but and others are considered when trying to get the proper interpretation of a sentence. That is: the connecting sentence often provides critical information as to how to properly interpret a sentence. Furthermore, the context of the sentence under study is critical. Many places, such as Paul's writing, we find the author building a logical argument where one point is dependant upon preceding points. You can no more ignore these supportive points than you can stand on a 30th floor of a building and survive blowing up lower floors. More could be said, but if you want those details then follow the link above and read the other paper.

Moving on, there is a lot that can, and has, been said about a lot of the verses that are involved in this study. Most of the comments from other people are ignored. This study is here to deal with how God's Word uses the terms Lord and Jesus and Christ and related roles of the Son of God within the New Testament. It does not deal with the comments from other people other than (in rare cases) to point out a popular error or where another organization (IE: Reformers Unanimous / RU, etc) has considerable excellent teaching that is referenced but not included. Quite often, there is a lot that can be said about a given Bible sentence that is not said because it goes beyond what is involved with how Lord and/or Jesus and/or Christ are used. A longer explanation is provided only when it was felt that further explanation was necessary to understand the claimed use of the roles of the Son of God.

Each and every verse in the New Testament that uses one of the roles of the Son of God is studied within the sentence containing it and within the context. This study is limited to how our God's names are used within the sentence, section and book and verse. Even if the sentence is concentrating upon another major doctrine, that doctrine is developed, within this study, only in how it affects the use of our God's names or only if it is necessary to get the proper interpretation of the basic sentence that holds the verse. If a verse causes much controversy, but the use of God's name is not involved in the controversy, then the controversy is not addressed in this study.

The names of The Son of God are actually role identifiers. God provides rights and requirements to each of His roles and to each believer. The believer receives their rights and requirements by dealing with the Son of God in one of the roles that God assigned to the Son of God. The rights and requirements for each believer differ when the believer is dealing with the Son of God in His role of Lord verses His role of Jesus and verses His role of Christ.

Think about the difference between when the Son of God came as Jesus and when He will return as Lord. The way that men will be required to treat Him as Lord is totally different from how men treated Him as Jesus. This is directly related to the differences in our rights as related to the two different roles.

If we look at where the roles occur by themselves in scripture, we see the unique characteristics of each role. Then when we see the combination of roles used, as in Lord Jesus Christ, we see a combination of the rights and responsibilities of each role involved. The combination of names can cause confusion as to what rights and responsibilities go with each role unless we first deal with the non-combined uses of the roles. However, once we understand all of the rights and responsibilities of each individual role, then we can get more understanding of what is being said in each verse that uses these roles of the Son of God. The vast evidence for these claims is revealed in the details of this study. Please stick with me long enough to understand the basic concepts before you examine the evidence supporting my claims.

2Timothy 2:15 says Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. If I have a stack of song books and put 1/2 of them in one pile and the rest in another pile, reasonable people would agree that I rightly divided the books into two piles. However, if rightly divide the books. Reasonable people will agree that using an existing division would be rightly dividing while going against an existing division would not be rightly dividing. Therefore, we must divide God's Word as He divided it if we are to rightly divide God's Word.

God divides rights and responsibilities according to roles. For example, in the Bible we see Good give governments the right to apply capital punishment while denying that right to individuals. Sometimes people get very upset about someone being set free over a legal technicality. However, the fact is that when people operate outside of the strict boundaries of a role, they loose the rights of that role. The God of the Bible is always righteous and will not operate outside of the roles that He details in the Bible. Many times people are denied something that God wants to give them because they approach Him through the wrong role. Again, this will become clearer as we get into the details. On a general level, we need to recognize how God divided His roles within His Word and use the divisions that He gives us or he will make us ashamed at the Judgment Seat of Christ (Romans 14:10; 2Corinthians 5:10-11).

Most people should have no problem seeing Lord as a role. Most should agree with my saying that God acts differently in His role of Lord than He does in His role of Jesus or Christ. However, some people will object to my separating Jesus and Christ even though the Bible makes a very clear distinction. Several people have been upset with my saying that these two different roles can not be interchanged. We do not get from Jesus what the Bible says only comes from Christ and we do not get from Christ what the Bible says only comes from Jesus. We must accept God's division if we want to get a proper interpretation of the Bible. I'll show how Satan is using this refusal to accept God's distinction to cause God's people accept wrong doctrine and to not do their God given job. But first, let me give you some basic facts, and some supporting statistics, which show the division that God has made.

One of the most basic precepts of the Bible is that God does not change (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8). While men use multiple definitions for words, the Bible has a one-to-one relationship between a word and the associated definition. If God to used Lord for one definition in one place of the Bible and then used a different word for the same definition, He would have to change. In addition, if God to used Lord for one definition in one place of the Bible and then used Lord for a different definition another place, He would have to change. The only way that God can not change is if he always uses the same definition for any word every place that He uses that word. Circumstances may change the application of a word, but the basic definition always remains the same. So, for example, salvation is 'God's life in us'. Abraham displayed 'God's life in him' by obeying the commandment to offer Isaac as sacrifice. King David displayed 'God's life in him' by keeping the Mosaic Law. We display 'God's life in us' by letting Christ live through our lives. While circumstances change how we display 'God's life in us', the basic definition of salvation does not change.

In Acts 2:36, Peter tells us Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. If you use proper English grammar to interpret that sentence, you can not deny that Peter is using the name Jesus to identify a person. Further, Peter is using the words Lord and Christ to identify roles. The word and is used in mathematics and we know that it is impossible to add anything to itself. Otherwise, we would have 1 + 1 = 1, not 1 + 1 = 2. Therefore, Lord and Christ must be two different roles. In this one verse we see that God uses Lord, Jesus and Christ as three distinct roles. (Please see the note for Acts 2:36 for more details on this verse.) The fact is that all throughout the Bible God uses these words to show different roles that the Son of God has. I will be happy to hear any arguments to the contrary, provided that someone shows me how I am wrong on every verse included in this study. However, don't expect me to accept your response that took two seconds of thought while you ignore over five years of intense study.

In addition, to the word usage, we have statistics to support my claims. Lord occurs 728 times in the New Testament. Jesus occurs 983 times and Christ occurs 571 times. Some of the uses of Lord are referring to God the Father and some to human men. The usage of Lord is a fairly even distribution throughout the entire New Testament.

Notice that the use of Jesus far outweighs the other two roles. However, Jesus is only used 358 times in the epistles (Acts through Revelation). About 2/3of the use of Jesus is in the Gospels, which is only about 1/3of the New Testament. Obviously, God concentrates on the role known as Jesus within the Gospels.

After the Gospels, Jesus occurs without Lord or Christ only 54 times outside of the Gospels. That's only 5% usage outside of the Gospels.

Going on, Christ occurs 571 times in the New Testament. Lord Jesus Christ does not occur in the Gospels. Jesus Christ occurs 5times in the Gospels. Jesus and Christ occur in another 7 verses, but are used separately. Lord and Christ occur in 3verses but Lord Christ does not occur in the Gospels. (Lord's Christ occurs in Luke 2:26 where Lord refers to God the Father and Christ refers to the Son of God.) Christ occurs 60 times in the Gospels which means that Christ occurs by itself, in the Gospels, 55times. That's 10% (9.6%) usage in the Gospels as opposed to the 34% for Lord and 67% for Jesus. If you know anything about the use of statistics, you will realize that these are statistically significant divisions. In plain English, God is making a very definite division in His use of the terms Jesus and Christ with Jesus being the main role of the Son of God in the Gospels and Christ being the main role of the Son of God outside of the Gospels.

Look the numbers up for yourself. God caused this division. God's major use of His role as Jesus was two-fold. The first use was to pay the debt for our sin and get us out of Hell and into Heaven. The second use was to show us how to live in the flesh by the power of the indwelling Holy Ghost. (Please see the study called Jesus used the power of Holy Spirit.) God's two major uses of His role as Christ is (first) dealing with people after they are saved to bring spiritual maturity and (secondly) fulfilling Old Testament prophecies. Jesus deals with lost sinners. Christ deals with saved sinners. I defy anyone to show me any place in the Bible where Christ deals with lost sinners without perverting the true interpretation of the Bible sentence. Let me make it easy for you. Ephesians 5:32 says This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. In the Bible, a man is not to exercise any of the rights of a husband until after he has paid the price and got married. Likewise, the Son of God would not exercise His rights as Christ until after He paid the full 'dowry' for the church. Luke 24:26 tells us that Jesus said Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? (The and means added onto which puts enter into his glory after suffered these things time-wise, which is what we also see in the Bible.) Acts 17:3 says that Paul was Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. Simply put, part of the 'dowry' that Christ paid for the church was His suffering and death. He had the title of Christ in the Gospels and we find Him paying the price (fulfilling Old Testament prophecy) in the Gospels, but we do not find Him exercising the rights of Christ before the resurrection just as a godly husband does not exercise the rights of a husband before he pays the price.

You will see this distinction developed more later on but it is a major difference to God and within the Bible. For us to ignore God's division is to deliberately disobey God's command in 2Timothy 2:15. Jesus said that those that hear His words and disobey are fools (Matthew 7:26). Only a person who wants the God of the Bible to consider him to be a fool will deliberately interchange Jesus and Christ and refuse to accept the division that the God of the Bible made between those roles of the Son of God. Yes, we have habits formed over a lifetime and we will slip and use the wrong role. But when we think about the truth, and especially when we approach God and His Word, we need to use the proper role and the proper way of dealing with that role if we expect to get promised Biblical blessings. Again, this distinction will become clearer after the reader sees the distinctions that God put into the Bible.

It is also important to realize God's use of combining the names. Lord Jesus Christ occurs within the Bible. So does Lord Christ and Lord Jesus. However, Christ Lord does not occur and the only occurrences of Jesus Lord are where someone ...said unto Jesus, Lord... Therefore, someone was talking to the man Jesus and addressed Him as Lord. This lack of use shows us that God considers the role of Lord to be above the role of Jesus or of Christ. (The most important role is always mentioned first in the Bible.) However, neither the role of Jesus nor the role of Christ is above the other role since we see both Jesus Christ and Christ Jesus in the Bible. There is a critical difference between the use of Jesus Christ and of Christ Jesus with the emphasis being placed upon the role that is mentioned first. The Bible is consistent with this distinction but that distinction is covered in detail further on in this study.

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the anointed one. He is the only human throughout all of history that has been anointed in all three of God's anointed roles of prophet, priest and king. So far in my study, I've found that our God's role as Lord directly relates to the anointed role of King (with some minor differences between the two roles). However, both Jesus and Christ are related to the positions of prophet and priest. Hebrews 3:1 says that our high priest is Christ Jesus while Hebrews 4:14 says that Jesus is our priest and Hebrews 9:11 says that Christ is our high priest. Also, our God's role as Christ directly relates to the anointed role of prophet in that Christ is the role that God uses to give us prophesized blessings and the Jews were looking for that prophet that Moses promised. Some may say that Jesus fulfilled the role of that prophet but we also have Galatians 1:12, Revelation 1:1 and other places that say that revelation came from Jesus Christ. And, in Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4 and John 4:44 all say For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country, thereby declaring Himself to be a prophet. So, it appears as if both the position of prophet and the position of priest are fulfilled by God's roles of Jesus and of Christ.

In general, what God provides through His role of Lord is only available through His role of Lord. Jesus is no longer fulfilling the general position of prophet because revelation is complete (Revelation 22:18-19) and He is physically in Heaven where we can not talk to Him face-to-face. However, Christ is still fulfilling this role on an individual basis by using the written Word to reveal God's will for our personal lives. He does this through the Holy Spirit. 1John 2:1 says that Jesus Christ is currently acting as our priest (advocate with the Father). However, when it comes to the blessings that we receive through The Son of God's role as Jesus, and those that we receive through The Son of God's role as Christ, there is a definite division in the Bible. More details on this subject are provided below, but in general, the benefits from Jesus are eternal and given to everyone equally while those from Christ can come and go and vary over time and between believers. Where the Son of God already completed most of what He had to do for our salvation through His role as Jesus, He now maintains an ongoing spiritual relationship with the saved through His role as Christ. We can not get what we need for day-to-day spiritual living while we refuse to deal with the Son of God in His role as Christ.

Our God is not a God of confusion. God's enemy, Satan, would confuse the believer so that the believer can not get what is rightfully his. When the believer approaches God the wrong way, and doesn't receive what he thought to receive, then Satan tells him that God is a liar and won't keep His promises. God will keep His promises, but requires us to do things in His prescribed way.

The following study shows these differences that I'm talking about. Individual verses in all New Testament books show the fact that these distinctions exist. However, it takes a diligent study of all of the relevant New Testament verses to get a full understanding of this distinction. We know that God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6), and that those who refuse to be diligent are often led into error. We also know that God will bless us if we approach Him properly. We also know that God will refuse to bless those that refuse to approach Him properly, like God did with Cain. Someone might argue that something claimed in this summary isn't correct and try to support their position with one or two verses. However, let them look at all of the verses involved and then try to show the inconsistency or the error that occurs in all verses covered.

Summaries of each name and combination of names are below. Details follow the summaries. Please see the divisions under the various sections of Verses to see which verses support each of the claims within each summary for each title / name.

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Summary: Lord.

Please see the verses under Lord in the Relational Prepositions section of this document to see how all of the related verses within the New Testament are divided by the functions of our Lord. Please see the detail notes for each of those verses to see how they support the claims made within this summary.

Lord is a legal term. It is a role that is related to government. Lord is equivalent to King with the exception that a Lord enforces the Laws given to Him while a King makes up His own laws. Lord is one of the most common names for God the Father in the Old Testament. Only God is used more. While some places in the New Testament use Lord to mean God the Father, most of the New Testament references are to our Lord Jesus Christ. Lord is also used in the New Testament to denote that our Lord Jesus Christ is also God. As God, Our Lord Jesus Christ is Lord of lords and King of kings.

A lord makes law, judges those who violate the law and punishes lawbreakers and rewards law keepers. In return for people following the laws of a lord, he provides things they can't provide for themselves like protection from enemies, order and justice. Lord is also associated with God assigned human roles such as government positions, pastor, parent, etc. The Bible uses Lord Jesus when talking about 'God in human flesh' being the ultimate human ruler of all mankind throughout all of history. Please note that the Bible does not call Jesus Lord Jesus until after the resurrection. Although it seems as if everyone knows it and thinks there are more incidents, there is only once in the Gospels where Jesus forgave sin (Matthew 9:1-7; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26) and the context lets us know that He did it to prove to the legal experts (scribes [Matthew 9:3; Mark 2:6]; Pharisees and doctors of the law [Luke 5:17]). This was to prove to the legal experts that He was the Son of God, their Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). So the only exception to the rule that the Son of God does everything legal through His role as Lord is the one time where He had to prove to the nation of Israel that he was their Lord and Christ in human flesh.

King Saul brought judgment upon himself and his family by taking the position of a priest when God had not given him that position. It was the Lord that judged him for violating the Law, even though he was saved. Some people make the mistake of presuming on grace when they engage in presumptuous sin. Hebrews 10:26-31 was written to Christians about the judgment they will face and ends with It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. The saved person who ignores their judgment by their Lord is a fool.

Lord is also the proper role of God for us to worship. While we can worship God in His roles of Jesus and of Christ, the Bible teaches that proper worship is done only when we recognize God's role as Lord. In Revelation, worship is directed at our Lord, not at Jesus or at Christ. In the gospels, the few rare cases where we see people worshipping Jesus was right after they received a personal miracle which proved to them personally that Jesus was their Lord and God in human flesh. in Isaiah 6:1 Isaiah tells us ...I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Many preachers have pointed out that this made a major turning point is Isaiah's ministry. We would be well adviced and follow Isaiah's example and worship our God as Lord.

Lost man is condemned for violating God's law. When God's Law is violated, there are two consequences: a spiritual record in Heaven and the consequences in this life. That's why there are two deaths recorded in the Bible. We must deal with the Lord of the spiritual realm to eliminate the legal consequences in the spiritual realm. The gospel is the 'death, burial and resurrection' of Jesus Christ. Jesus died as a physical human man in our place. God counts the death of our Savior (Jesus) as payment that covers our permanent spiritual record with His blood. This is how we get all of our positional blessings. Please s note that God still deals with the legal records within His role as Lord even though he is applying the payment that he personally made while he was acting within His role as Jesus. That is one of the reasons that we have so many repeat professions. People 'say a prayer to Jesus' and God looks in their heart and sees that they still refuse to accept Him as their personal Lord. As a result, he refuses to save them in spite of their 'prayer to Jesus'.

Act 2:21, 16:31, 10:13, 1Corinthians 1:2 all say call on the name of the Lord, not 'say a prayer to Jesus'. While the Bible teaches that we are saved by God, the Lord, Jesus, Christ and the Spirit, the Bible also teaches that each role of God had a different part in our salvation. The difference between calling on the Lord and saying a prayer to Jesus is our heart's intent at the time of our prayer. God judges the heart. In Luke 18:10-17 Jesus told the story of two men praying in the temple. One got his prayers answered and the other didn't. The difference in the results was based upon their heart's condition when they prayed.

God answers those who accept God's legal right to be Lord of their personal life. God rejects those who refuse His Lordship. If we accept God's right to set laws for us, His right to condemn us for violating those laws and His right to set the punishment for that violation, then we are accepting His Lordship. God can now use the death of Jesus to remove the legal record of our sins and then deal with us outside of court. He adopts us as sons (John 1:12-13) and from that point on deals with us as sons, outside of the legal area. If we refuse to recognize God's Lordship, then He can't/won't remove the legal record of our sins. When we die, that legal record still exists. The existence of that record is what gets people brought into God's court at the great white throne judgment. The existence of that record is what gets people sent to God's jail called the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:14-15).

Luke 13:3 and 13:5 say I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Many preachers use a non-Biblical definition for repent and claim that it means telling God that you're sorry for your sins. A proper word study of repent in the Bible will show that this word actually means turning from whatever you are trusting to make you legally right before God, and get you into Heaven. It also means turning to God as Lord. People that 'call on Jesus' while rejecting God as Lord have not repented and Jesus said in two places that except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Adam recognized God's Lordship in the garden before original sin (Genesis 1- 2). Original sin was the promise that ye shall be as gods and could ignore God's Law. It included:

eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17) and gaining our own knowledge of good and evil.
believing that the fruit would make man equal to God (Genesis 3:5). That belief leads to the belief that man's religion is as good or better than God's Law.
A 'tree of knowledge' is a formalized structure of knowledge. Religion is a formalized structure of our own knowledge of good and evil.

The results of religion are seen in Cain. He had 'religion my way'. False religion accepts the sacrifice (of Jesus) while it rejects God's Law and Lordship just like Cain did.

God wants us to return to the relationship He had with Adam before Original Sin. This is done on an individual basis by accepting God's Lordship so that He can remove the legal record, by applying the payment by Jesus and turn our relationship from a legal basis to a personal basis. It is improper for any member of the law, especially the judge, to fraternize with someone charged or convicted with a crime. Therefore, God must remove the legal charge against us before He can properly deal with us on a personal basis.

Abraham is called the 'father of the faithful' and is our example of salvation by faith (Romans 4:16). Abraham looked for the Lordship of God (Hebrews 11:8-10). In Abraham's day, each city had its own lord and law and by looking for a city, he was looking for the law of the Lord that was God. Abraham accepted God's Lordship, and obeyed, before God counted his faithfulness for righteousness (Romans 4:11) and removed the legal record.

Romans 4 tells us David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works. Romans 4 clearly teaches that we can not be saved by dealing with the Law ourselves but by faith. That saving faith is trusting God to take care of all of the legal stuff and accepting His offer for a personal relationship. However, that requires us to first admit that there is a legal problem in the way called sin. After we admit our sin, and that we can't take care of it ourselves, then God can legally take care of our sin outside of His Court.

The Jews rejected Jesus as Lord (Matthew 20:18-19) and were lost. The crowd that called Him Lord on Psalms Sunday cried crucify him the next week. In Matthew 7:21 Jesus made it clear that it's not calling Him Lord (like a liar does) but doing His will that gets people accepted by Him in Heaven. Those that claim Him as Lord, but refuse to act like He is Lord, are regarded as liars. Our actions show that we are accepting His position as Lord.

When we become citizens of a new country that country sometimes makes us sever our relationship with other countries. The first commandment (Exodus 20:5-6) requires us to foreswear allegiance to any other god. That is the true definition of repentance (Luke 13:3, 5). True Biblical repentance is always towards God. True repentance is a change of the innermost being. The basic Biblical concept of heart (Old Testament) and mind (New Testament) is 'innermost being' (Matthew 22:37-38, ark 12:30, Luke 10:27). Matthew 22:7-8 say Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. Mark 12:28-30 says the same. Jesus said that we are to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart/soul/mind. This makes heart, soul and mind equal. The difference is that what we think of as our soul, the Hebrew thought of as his heart and the Greek thought of as his mind. Further thy is a plural personal pronoun which means what belongs to each and every one of you personally.

It's not when or if we said a prayer but when God answered that prayer that determines if we're really saved or not. God promises to answer prayers for salvation made to Him in His role as Lord (Act 2:21, 47, 15:11, 16:31; 10:9, 13). I can find no place in the Bible where God promises to answer prayers for salvation made to Him in His role as Jesus or as Christ that do not also include recognizing Him as Lord. Even when the Gospels tell us about Jesus saving someone, it followed that person receiving a personal miracle and recognizing Jesus as 'God in human flesh' and their personal Lord.

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Summary: Jesus.

Please see the verses under Jesus in the Verses section of this document to see how all of the related verses within the New Testament are divided by the functions of our Jesus. Please see the detail notes for each of those verses to see how they support the claims made within this summary.

Jesus and Son of man are used any time that the Bible is referring to God's human form or His physical attributes. Son of man is used to emphasize that He is like all other men while Jesus is used to deal with Him as an individual person. The main point is that every reference to Jesus in the Bible is talking about a literal physical man while Lord and Christ are roles which are often filled by a Spiritual being.

In John 10:10 we read I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Here are the two main reasons why the Son of God took on human flesh. Basic salvation is 'God's life in you'. We have the first of the reasons why the Son of God took on human flesh when we accept God's life and are truly Biblically saved. However, the second reason why the Son of God took on human flesh can not be fulfilled unless we allow God's life to grow and become life more abundantly. This second reason is the main thing that devils try to prevent with doctrinal error. Therefore, we need to separate Bible truth from doctrinal error if we are going to spiritually mature as God intended and have life more abundantly.

Within the Bible we find the name of Jesus 983 times and all of those are in the New Testament. In Colossians 4:11 we read And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. He obviously is not 'God in human flesh'. In addition, we see the name of Jesus used for Joshua, of the Old Testament, in Acts 7:44-45 and Hebrews 4:8. Therefore, the true Biblical doctrinal meaning, of the name of Jesus, 'the name of a literal physical man' with the main application being 'God in human flesh' and the main doctrinal application being 'the humanity of God in Human Flesh'. This is a critical doctrine which is denied even today in spite of our having two epistles written to counter this doctrine from devils. Please notice that 1John 4:1-3 says Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Notice that we are warned about spirits that are behind the doctrine of false prophets, which means that this doctrine comes from devils. Further, this doctrine does not have to deny that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh it only has to confesseth not ('refuse to live a life which shows this doctrinal truth'). The people who preach the 'health and welfare gospel' are an example of false prophets who preach the doctrine of devils because they refuse to follow the example from Jesus when He lived in the flesh.

In addition, to 1John, which tells us that 'Jesus Christ shows us how to live in the flesh', 2John challenges us to 'Prove that You Follow Truth'. In 2John 1:7 we read For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. These deceivers are following the doctrine from the false prophets which we read about in 1John. Thus we have two different epistles which tell us that the way we live (confesseth) must show that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. We do this by following His example for how to live in this flesh. With that said, please also see the Study called What Did Jesus Do?.

Jesus is our example of how to live in this flesh by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. All that Jesus did while on Earth was done by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is evidenced by the fact that other men did similar miracles to most of the miracles done by Jesus. In addition, part of the doctrine taught in Hebrews is the fact that Jesus had to live and die as a literal physical man in order to pay for our sins. Hebrews 2:9 tells us But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. When God and death meet, death loses. Therefore, the Son of God had to set aside His power and authority as God when He was conceived in Mary and not take back His own power and authority until after He died for our sins. Thus we see that Jesus, as a literal physical man, paid the debt for our sins. There is more involved in our salvation and God the Father, the Holy Spirit, and the Son of God in His other roles took care of those other requirements. However, we see that the Son of God had to be a literal physical man in order to take care of this requirement for our salvation.

Jesus was a literal physical man who died to pay for our salvation, but He also did more than that. While the devil gets good men to deny it, God had Jesus be our example of how to live in this flesh and God expects our lives to show that we follow the example of Jesus. Please see the separate study called Jesus used the power of Holy Spirit. While this Study is just started, at the time of this writing, I hope to add more to it. This doctrine is one of the most important doctrines which we can take from the Gospels.

Within the Bible, we see saved people use Jesus to mean Savior and God in human flesh (Matthew 1:23) while we see lost people (who are not being saved) using Jesus to mean just another man with no godly attributes. We also see saved people use Jesus to mean just a man, but only if they have to deal with Him within His human nature. In verses such as Acts 1:1, we see a saved person use Jesus where they are transitioning from just a man to 'God in human flesh'. They start out with just a man to form a common starting place with the (lost) listener and then show the listener that Jesus is actually 'God in human flesh'. In these instances, the usage could be argued to be either or both. Jesus is both God and man. Sometimes people refer to only one part of His dual nature and sometimes they refer to both when they recognize Him as 'God in human flesh'. Therefore we need to pay attention to the context and see who is speaking before we take something from the word of God as doctrine which we are to follow. The word of God includes the record of lies which come from devils and God expects us to use our brains and realize that we are not to follow recorded lies.

With these truths acknowledged, we next need to realize that the Bible uses the name of Jesus to teach us different doctrine that it teaches when using other roles of the Son of God. The things that we have in salvation through Jesus are given to all saved, are eternal and nothing about the saved person has any influence upon those spiritual gifts. However, they are very much personal in nature, as opposed to the formal impersonal nature of things provided by our Lord. Other than the 33years that Jesus was on earth, all references to Jesus are talking about purely spiritual blessings provided by God to saved people, since the human body of Jesus is in Heaven acting as the priest of saved people.

Jesus does not occur by itself in some books past the Gospels because God is not dealing with the things that are unique to this role in these books. For example, Galatians does not have Jesus by itself because that book is dealing with saved people who stopped dealing with the Son of God's role as Christ and went back to keeping the Mosaic Law after their initial profession of salvation. The main thing that Jesus is doing right now is being the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus (Romans 3:26). He is doing that in Heaven where He physically sits on the right hand of God the Father. At this time we see the Son of God using His role as Christ to be more active in the lives of the believers. It is the role of Christ which gives us the role as life more abundantly.

We have takes a quick summary look at what Jesus does for the saved after their initial salvation in order to give them life more abundantly. we also need a summary look at what Jesus does to provide our initial salvation.

Only the lost need a Savior to change them from a child of Satan to a child of God. Only after we agree that we have a legal need for a savior, can God apply the death of Jesus to our legal record of sin in order to mark it as 'paid'. In the criminal legal system, conviction for a crime and setting the punishment for that crime are two separate legal events. In the civil legal system, proving a debt and getting the right to collect the debt are two separate legal events. If we meet the legal requirements of admitting a crime or debt, then the first legal step can be skipped and the courts can proceed to the second step. However, the courts can not proceed to the second step until both parties agree on the first legal step, or there is a legal conviction. God legally can not proceed to eliminate our legal sin debt until we legally agree with Him that we owe it (and need a savior). God can proceed to apply the payment by Jesus to the legal record of only those people who agree that they owe the sin debt.

In Matthew 9:12 Jesus said to the people that refused to acknowledge their sin: 'they that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. If you try to save someone from a behaviour that they don't see a problem with, they will curse you for your interference, end your interference as soon as possible, and return to the behaviour as soon as they can. Not even God can save someone until they honestly admit needing salvation.

We all are (were) lost whether we accept the fact or not. We all face the second death (Revelation 21:8) because of our own sin.

(Romans 3:23) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
(Romans 6:23) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(Romans 5:12) Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

The legal record of sin is removed by forgiveness. It is covered by the blood of Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:13-14 equates forgiveness to blotting out the record of transgressions against us. Romans 5:9 says that we are justified by his blood. Romans 4:7 quotes Psalms and tells us Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. The record of our sins are blotted out or covered by the blood of Jesus Christ

Forgiveness permanently blots out the record and we can not be charged again for the same crime in a legal system. That's double jeopardy. Mercy can be revoked, but God won't revoke forgiveness given with salvation. In addition, God might refuse to provide additional mercy for sins done after profession. In Matthew 18:25 and 18:35 the wife and children were to be sold before the forgiveness was given but not after it was given. However, the additional mercy that was extended to the servant was revoked. Mercy could be withdrawn, but legal charges couldn't be brought against the wife and children after the forgiveness since forgiveness removes the legal record. Getting God's forgiveness for sins, when we get saved, does not take care of our ongoing need for mercy as we continue to violate God's rules.

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Summary: Christ.

Please see the verses under Christ in the Verses section of this document to see how all of the related verses within the New Testament are divided by the functions of our Christ. Please see the detail notes for each of those verses to see how they support the claims made within this summary.

Christ is the role that God uses to deal with us (spiritually) while we are in this life, after our initial profession. , Christ is also the role used by the Son of God to fulfill promises in Scripture related to this life. Christ deals with this life and spiritual growth (perfecting) after profession and before death. (See 2Corinthians 5:17 and related verses and notes for the Biblical basis of this claim.) Christ deals with the consequence of sin in this life and provides blessings for obedience. Note: many of those consequences not only affect this life but also affect eternity. The New Testament definitely teaches that we will receive eternal rewards based upon what we do in this life. Some people err by claiming that your children are the only things that you can take to Heaven from this life. We are told to lay up treasure in Heaven (Matthew 19:21, Mark 10:21, Luke 18:22). This is accomplished by obeying God in His role as Christ.

We find far more divisions and sub-divisions for Christ in the Bible than for any other role of the Son of God. (Please see the divisions and sub-divisions under Verses - Christ in the Verses section of this study.) The wording of many verses in the Bible make it clear that Christ is a role that is filled by the person of the Son of God. Bill Clinton is the same man that he was before he became president, while he was president and since he stopped being president. He is still given the title of president but does not have the power to sent our armed forces to war like he did while he was president. Thus, we see that certain rights go with the role and transfer top a new man when the new man fills the role. While there is only one person who will ever fill the role of Christ, it is still a role and Jesus did not use any of the rights of the role of Christ until after the resurrection (Acts 2:36) even though He was given the title within the Gospels.

Christ also encompasses other roles which are identified by the other names which are associated to Christ. (Please see the divisions and sub-divisions under Verses - Christ.) We see that the Son of God fulfilled prophecy with the role of Christ and we see that the Son of God dealt with the Mosaic Law differently in His role as Christ than He did in His role as Jesus. In the Gospels we see that certain blessings are promised to the saved through the Son of God's role as Christ and we see those promises fulfilled in the epistles, after the resurrection. One major difference between blessings that come through Christ and those that come through Jesus is that the blessings that come through Christ are conditional and can be lost while the blessings that come through Jesus are unconditional and eternal.

In Galatians, Philippians and other places we find the phrase gospel of Christ. The gospel of Christ is only one of the things that the Bible tells us belongs to / comes from Christ. There are several different gospels in the Bible which can easily be seen in the Study attached to this link. In addition, to the four gospels of Jesus Christ (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), you can find the gospel of Christ, gospel of the kingdom; gospel of God; gospel of peace; Gospel of Your Salvation; gospel of His Son; gospel of the circumcision; gospel of the uncircumcision; gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; everlasting gospel; and another gospel. These are not all the same. The gospel of Christ is made most clear by the book of Galatians. In Galatians 1:6-7, Paul says I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. This is the first thing Paul says after the salutation and is the theme of the book. Here, Paul is clearly saying that some others would pervert the gospel of Christ and remove (them) from him (Christ) unto another gospel. The people who Paul was writing to were saved. As you can see from reading Galatians, Paul is not presenting a Gospel of Your Salvation but a gospel of God working changes into people's lives after their initial profession. In Philippians 1:27-28 we have the gospel of Christ explained to some extent. 1:27 starts out with Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ:. Please notice the colon. That makes the rest of the sentence equivalent to this part. Read the rest of Philippians 1:27-28 (and the associated note in this study) for the Biblical definition of the gospel of Christ.

There is more that can be said here, but the basic fact is that the gospel of Christ deals with people after they are saved just like God's role of Christ deals with people after they are saved.

In addition, to the gospel of Christ, the Bible provides verses like Galatians 1:10 and Romans 8:9 which clearly says that people who claim to be saved, but still live in sin without any evidence of salvation (yet pleased men) are not the servant of Christ. The note for 8:9 also deals with this subject. Plain and simple: the Bible definitely makes a difference between being saved and being a Biblical Christian. Galatians 4:19 says My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you. Paul calls them his children (saved) and says that Christ must be formed in you again. (Please see the detail note on Galatians 1:10, 4:19 and other verses). In addition, Philippians tells how Paul suffered persecution from brethren in the Lord. He makes a clear distinction between these brethren in the Lord and those that are in Christ. Please see the notes on verses in Philippians, especially the note on 3:8 and other notes referenced by those notes. Finally, the main reason that people object to making a distinction between the roles of Jesus and Christ is because they want to believe that people have everything that is in Christ simply because they believed and made a profession (in Jesus). Either they themselves are what the Bible calls the unjust or they feel that they have to protect the unjust. As pointed out in several detail notes of this study, there are verses that indicate that the unjust are saved and there are verses that indicate that the unjust can not be saved. Simply put, the salvation of the unjust is something that God has reserved for His role as Lord and He deliberately makes sure that we can not use His Bible to stick our noses where he told us to stay out. Both the unjust and those who would defend them are Biblically, doctrinally wrong to claim that the Bible says they can 'say a prayer to Jesus', and live their life for the world, the flesh and the Devil and then go to Heaven and have all off the rewards of martyrs. While many might object to my being so clear and blunt about their claims, anyone who really puts together their claims finds that I speak the truth. Plain and simple, the Bible clearly teaches that there will be varying rewards in Heaven between different saved people. The amount of rewards that each individual receives is dependent upon how much they allow Christ to work through their life while they are on Earth and how much they allow Christ Jesus to spiritually mature them while they are on Earth (Ephesians 2:10 and other verses).

Both of God's roles as Jesus and as Christ are used for the anointed positions of prophet and of priest. As Jesus, The Son of God fulfilled the position of priest by representing the frailty mankind. As Christ, The Son of God fulfills the position of priest by presenting our personal needs for spiritual growth. As Jesus, The Son of God fulfilled the position of prophet by telling us, through the Holy Ghost, how to deal with the flesh. As Christ, The Son of God fulfills the position of prophet by telling us, through the Holy Ghost, how to mature spiritually. As Jesus and as Christ, The Son of God gives us knowledge, wisdom and other ongoing blessings in this life.

Christ is the New Testament term that directly relates to Messias (John 1:41, 4:25). I have not even started studying the Old Testament terms of Messiah / Messias. There is sure to be much in such a study that will affect correct doctrine. Also related to this study are terms linked to Christ in the Bible such as the Holy One (Act 3:14), the Just (Act 3:14), the Prince of life (Act 3:15), a prophet like Moses (Act 3:22) which I have not studied.

In addition, Hebrews 6:1 starts out with Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ. There is an additional study of earlier chapters in Hebrews related to the doctrine of Christ. Such a study needs to include 2John, which also mentions the doctrine of Christ. (Please see the note on Hebrews 6:1.)

While blessings that come through Jesus, like salvation, are unconditional, the blessings that come through Christ are all conditional and vary between Christians and/or over time. (Please see the note on Hebrews 3:6.) We have to meet the Biblical requirements of a promise before we can expect Christ to fulfill it.

Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Jesus said Ask, and it shall be given you; and people expect answers without praying. In Matthew 26:40 Jesus asked Peter What, could ye not watch with me one hour? When was the last time you prayed for at least one-hour non-stop?
Luke 6:38 says Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. People want to get without giving or ask so that they can consume it upon their own lusts (James 4:3).

All promises are not for everyone.

God's promise that the savior would come from David was to David only.
The promised land, on this earth, was to Abraham's blood descendants only.
The mansions were promised to those at the Last Supper, not to everyone.
Ephesians 5:5 specifically says that certain sinful saved people have no inheritance in Christ's kingdom.
The devil gets people to 'claim' a promise that they have no right to and then they defame God's name when they don't get the undeserved promise.

There are negative consequences of disobeying Christ.

Hebrews 12:6-8 tells us that God scourges His children.
2Corinthians 5:11says Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord,
Revelation 21:4 says And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; comes after the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11-14) and the thousand year reign of Christ (Revelation 20:7). God can not wipe away tears that don't exist. What people believe because of the song 'No Tears in Heaven' is wrong.
Isaiah 66:24 is during Christ's reign. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. If on the average of twice a week you're looking at someone burning in Hell whose blood is on your hands, won't you cry for a thousand years?
The Jews going into the Promised Land is a picture of Christian walk in this life. There God had one group read all of the blessings promised for obedience and another read all of the curses for disobedience. Only fools believe that they can claim to be a child of God and live their life in disobedience and not be punished by God.

In addition, to the divisions that we find under Verses - Christ, there is another section labeled Verses using Prefixes with the Names of the Son of God will allow the reader to find relevant verses so that they can easily find the truth for themselves.

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Summary: Lord Jesus

Please see the verses under Lord Jesus in the Verses section of this document to see how all of the related verses within the New Testament are divided by the functions of our Lord Jesus. Please see the detail notes for each of those verses to see how they support the claims made within this summary.

Lord Jesus (not including Lord Jesus Christ) is used 37 times in the Bible. Each reference is to the power and position of Jesus as Lord after His resurrection. That is, the physical man known as Jesus exercises all of the rights and responsibilities of the role known as Lord after His resurrection. As Lord, Jesus took back His power as God (or was given additional power by

God the Father), which is more than He had before His death and resurrection. During His physical life on Earth, before His death as a man, He lives as a weak human man (using the power of the Holy Ghost) and did not use His own power as God / Lord.

Lord Jesus is used most often to link God's role as Lord to His humanity. When the Son of God's role as Lord is linked to His being a Spirit, Jesus is not included and only Lord is used in the verse. Lord Jesus is also used to show His role as our ultimate human leader. When other human leaders and governments tell us to disobey our Lord Jesus, we prove that Jesus or those men are our ultimate Lord. Romans 6:16 says Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? When push comes to shove, we are to obey our Lord Jesus in this flesh.

Lord Jesus is used in Acts by the early church and Apostles to emphasize the current power of Jesus and His position as the ultimate human leader, which He earned by His death for our sins.
Lord Jesus is used to note that after His death and resurrection, Jesus now has the Legal position as Lord. However, Lord Jesus is used for His Lordship as a human as opposed to His Lordship as a Spirit. When the Bible refers to Him as Spirit in His role as Lord, then Lord or Lord Christ or Lord Jesus Christ is used in the verse.
It is used in reference to the great tribulation and the day of the Lord Jesus.

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Please see the verses under Lord Christ in the Verses section of this document to see how all of the related verses within the New Testament are divided by the functions of our Lord Christ. Please see the detail notes for each of those verses to see how they support the claims made within this summary.

Lord Christ (not including Lord Jesus Christ) is used only once but Lord and Christ are used in the same verse 6 times. These verses deal with our receiving the promises of God through Christ. However, only those who also accept Him as Lord receive these promises. Notice that these verses are different from the verses that use Lord Jesus in that they have nothing to do with keeping us from our past sin life.

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Summary: Jesus Christ

Please see the verses under Jesus Christ in the Verses section of this document to see how all of the related verses within the New Testament are divided by the functions of our Jesus Christ. Please see the detail notes for each of those verses to see how they support the claims made within this summary.

Jesus Christ is used 189times, including the 82 references to Lord Jesus Christ. This 189times does not include the references to Christ Jesus. Jesus Christ is used in reference to salvation and things that we have unconditionally through salvation, but which are improved (perfected) through the ongoing ministry of Christ after our initial profession. It is also the most common identifier for our God used in the New Testament churches at the time that the New Testament was written. This is because the roles of Jesus and of Christ provide the personal parts of our salvation. God the Father and the Holy Ghost and the Son of God within His role as Lord all provide parts of our salvation, but those parts are not personal. Both a man and a woman have the role of parent but the specific responsibilities of a man (as the parent) are different from the specific responsibilities of a woman (as the parent). Likewise, God the Father and the Holy Ghost and the Son of God within His role as Lord and as Jesus and as Christ all have the role of Saviour but only the roles of Jesus and of Christ provide the personal parts of our salvation. All other parts of our salvation are non-personal and are the same for all saved people. I'm sorry if this isn't clear but going through the details of this study should make this fact clearer to the reader.

Jesus is used by itself in verses that talk about personal things that we all receive unconditionally, as saved people, but which are not changed by the ministry of Christ. For example, Jesus paid thee price to blot out the legal record of sin that each of us have. However, what was on my record was different from what was on your record and each of us had a personal legal record of sin. Thus, the blotting out of our sin record is personal. Likewise, the spiritual gifts that we each receive, and the development of those spiritual gifts, is personal and the Son of God does that personal development through the ministry of Christ. However, God the Father is our Saviour because He created and empowered the Plan of Salvation. That Plan of Salvation is not personal but is applied to whosoever (Matthew 10:32; etc).

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Summary: Christ Jesus

Please see the verses under Christ Jesus in the Verses section of this document to see how all of the related verses within the New Testament are divided by the functions of our Christ Jesus. Please see the detail notes for each of those verses to see how they support the claims made within this summary.

The phrase Christ Jesus is only found 58 times in the Bible. It is used for salvation just like Jesus Christ is used except that the emphasis is upon the ministry of Christ that occurs after our initial profession. This phrase is found 7 times in Ephesians; 8 times in 1Timothy; 8 times in 2Timothy; 9times in Philippians and lesser times in other books. This phrase is used to identify the combination of roles of the Son of God where we are told about blessings that only saved people receive (Jesus), but which also require God's maturing us ("Christ") after our initial profession and where the emphasis is on the maturing since our initial profession. When we are told about things that we receive after profession, which are not directly linked to what we received at our initial profession, then the title of Christ is used without Jesus included. In addition, if a spiritual gift is available to all saved then Christ Jesus is used. In addition, if a spiritual gift is given to only a few saved people then Christ is used by itself. Spiritual gifts like teaching (Romans 12) come from Christ and are not directly linked to our initial profession. Not everyone is given the spiritual gift of teaching. However, no condemnation (Romans 8:1), love of God (Romans 8:39) and other things are given to all saved, are directly linked to our initial profession, but also increase with the spiritual maturity of the Christian through the ongoing relationship that they have with the Son of God through His role as Christ.

Every referenced to Christ Jesus teaches us about spiritual blessings that are increased with our spiritual maturity after our initial maturity. Philippians tells us about God's ongoing love for us, and therefore uses Christ Jesus to emphasize His love since our initial profession. 1Timothy and 2Timothy are instructions to pastors, who have a primary job of seeing to the maturing of saints after profession. Ephesians tell the saved person the additional blessings that they have access to in Christ. In Ephesians, Christ is used to tell us about things that not all saved receive. Christ Jesus is used to tell us about things that all saved receive, but which God then increases for each Christian based upon their spiritual maturity. All of the other verses that use Christ Jesus are doctrinal statements about things that all saved receive, but which are then perfected by the ongoing ministry of Christ.

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Summary: Lord Jesus Christ

Please see the verses under Lord Jesus Christ in the Verses document for the reverences to notes which provide the details which support this summary.

Lord Jesus Christ occurs 106 times. Most of the times it is used to let us know about a combination of blessings that come through each of God's roles: that of Lord, Jesus and of Christ. Often, especially in Ephesians, Lord Jesus Christ is linked to God (the Father) to let us know that God the Father is only dealing with man through our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said in John 14:6 no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 5:22says For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son. These and other verses support this claim that God the Father is, in this age, dealing with man only through the Lord Jesus Christ.

Most often the order of the Son of God's names, in the Bible is Lord Jesus Christ. As seen in other places, the order is important. We first have to approach the Lord to clear up our legal problem due to sin. After we agree with the Lord that we are guilty, then He can apply the sacrifice of Jesus to clear the record and then provide the cleansing and perfecting ministry of Christ to make us suitable citizens of Heaven. The exceptions to the standard order of our Lord Jesus Christ's name are:

(Acts 2:36) Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

The Jews knew Him as the man named Jesus. Peter had to tell them that He was also both Lord and Christ. Notice that Peter names Lord before he names Christ. Peter is telling them that they will be judged by this man that they crucified. However, if they take care of the legal problem involved with their Lord, then they can stat to receive the promised blessings that God (in the Old Testament) told them would be available through Christ.

(Acts 10:36) The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

This is what Peter said to Cornelius. Cornelius knew of the man named Jesus and also knew the Old Testament teachings about Christ. Peter started with Cornelius' knowledge and immediately told Cornelius that the man named Jesus was also Lord of all. As a soldier, Cornelius would understand the implications of getting right with the Lord of all.

(Romans 6:11) Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Jesus Christ our Lord appears 10 times in the Bible. In every occurrence the verse is a doctrinal statement to the saved telling us of how our relationship to God should mature since our initial profession and that we will face judgment by our Lord for how much we let Jesus Christ spiritually mature us after our initial profession. Each of these verses deal with cases where people are tempted to claim that God is giving us too hard of a task to do. In these cases, Lord is used as the ultimate human leader. Someone might complain that a Spirit (God the Father) can't understand how difficult it is to not respond (to be dead) to sin. But, since Jesus is God in human flesh, Jesus knows the human problems with overcoming the temptations of sin.

(Romans 8:38-39) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord..

Christ Jesus our Lord appears 8 times in the Bible. In every occurrence the verse is a doctrinal statement telling the saved how they have a legal right to a blessing that is only received if they are spiritually matured by Christ. These blessings are only to saved people who have spiritually matured after their initial profession. These blessings also increase with spiritual maturity. They are also guaranteed as a legal right by our Lord. For example, all who become U. S. citizens have a legal right to start their own business, but not all do so. Romans 8:38-39 is a result of John 10:24-29 where the Jews asked Jesus if He was the Christ and His answer, was that He gave eternal life to His sheep, which heard His voice. All who are saved (His sheep) have a legal right to all of the rewards of eternal life even while still in this life. However, only those that meet the additional requirements of spiritually maturing in Christ actually receive the blessings.

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Summary: Son

Please see the Verses - Son section in the Verses document for the reverences to notes which provide the details which support this summary.

In the Bible, son is used to describe a person who has a spirit like their father. John 1:12-13 tells us But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Obviously, the sons of God in these verses is not limited to males. When we combine this verse with Romans 8:14 (For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God), we see that true Biblical sons of God are led by the Spirit of God, which makes them have the same Spirit as their Father. Further, those who refuse to be led by the Spirit of God can not claim to be the sons of God. We also see this in John 21:15-17 where three times ...Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas... Like Jonas, Peter had run away from the ministry that God called him to. In fact, John 21:3 tells us of Peter's decision to leave the ministry. Also, like Jonas, God planned to use Peter to bring many people to salvation. For those who don't know it, Jonas reportedly preached the message that resulted in the greatest number of people being saved in all of the Old Testament. While I could go on, I will quit with one more reference. In John 14:7 we read If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. This is just before Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us (John 14:8). Most people know the rest of the story where Jesus tells them / us that He revealed the Spirit of the Father so much that looking at His life was seeing the Father. This is the same truth that Paul meant when he declared For to me to live is Christ.. in Philippians 1:21. Hopefully, people can understand why I say that the Bible uses Son to describe a person who has a spirit like their father. Please see the Verses - Son section for the reverences to notes which provide supporting details.

In the Bible, Son can be sub-categorized by the type of Son. We are told that the Son of God Is Jesus, Christ, Jesus Christ, Saviour and Lord. We are also told that God the Father is also Saviour and Lord. Therefore, we can see how the Son of God is like God the Father. In addition, the Jews clearly understood from the Old Testament that Christ would be the Son of God because only the Son of God would be able to do the things that were prophesied about Christ and He would act like the Father. Since Jesus is Christ, the Son of God being Jesus, Christ and Jesus Christ also matches. Further, as already noted above, Jesus acted like the Father so much that He declared that He revealed the Father in John 14. In addition, to these facts, we are told in Hebrews 7:3that Melchisedec was a type of the Son of God so that Old Testament saints would have an example. We are also told that Adam was a son of God (Luke 3:38), but a lower-case son was used for Adam just like it is used for all saved people.

There are several verses which use Son of David and which tell us that the Son of David is Lord, Jesus and Christ. Son of David was another Jewish name for the Messiah. Basically, these verses show the basis of the Jewish belief that Christ would be the Son of God and Lord and a human man (Jesus), although they did not know His human name of Jesus.

While there are many similarities in the prophecies of Christ and of Son of David, the phrase Son of David is more often used similar to Lord and / or King since David is mainly known as the best king that the Jewish people and David was promised by God that his physical descendent would rule Israel. However, the title of Messias / Christ is more associated with the role of a prophet, which is the messenger from God.

We are told that the Son of man is Lord, Jesus, Christ, Saviour and 'God in human flesh'. We are told that the Son of man has physically returned to Heaven. The term of Son of man is used to emphasize His human nature. While His body was put into the ground, the Son of man would be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Hell) [Matthew 12:39-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-30, 32; John 21:15-17]. That is, His soul and Spirit went to hell for us. While His Spirit came from God and His body came from Mary, His soul (mind, will and emotions) were human and trained just like ours are. That's what Hebrews 5 teaches us. Hebrews 5:8 says ...learned he obedience.. and Hebrews 5:28 says Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. Our soul is what makes us different from all animals and is the identifying part of us as humans. The Bible uses Son of man when emphasizing the human soul of the Son of God.

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Summary: King

Please see the Verses - King section in the Verses document for the reverences to notes which provide supporting details.

Lord and King are very close and often are confused. Think of Joseph, after being removed from jail in Egypt, and pharaoh. Joseph had the role of Lord (Genesis 45:9-11) and pharaoh was king of Egypt (Genesis 41:46). The King makes whatever laws he wants and answers to no one except God. As we see at the time of Moses, God can make His displeasure very clear to a King (pharaoh). The Lord does the day-to-day running of the kingdom and can make any laws and judgments that he wants so long as they are in line with the wishes of his King. Hopefully, this is adequate to explain that difference.

Directly related to a King is his kingdom and the type of kingdom, the type of laws and the type of people who are promoted in the kingdom all reflect the character of the King. Within the Bible, there are several kingdoms mentioned. While some are not of God, more than one is of God. We find the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are both related to God and yet are different. It also appears as if the Son of God rules the Kingdom of God through His role as Lord and the Kingdom of Heaven through His role as Christ. While the doctrinal differences between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven have not been studied yet, it is believed that the difference between Lord as King and Christ as King are related to the differences between these two kingdoms. That is, the child of God has a personal relationship through the role of Christ but God's role as Lord is no respecter of persons (Leviticus 19:15; 2Chronicles 19:7; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Colossians 3:25). Please see the Verses - King section for the reverences to notes which provide supporting details.

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Summary: Prepositions used with the Names of the Son of God

Please see the Verses - Prepositions section in the Verses document for the reverences to notes which provide details which support this summary.

There are certain common (general) themes that can be found in all of the verses in the Bible which use certain prepositions along with one or more of the names of the Son of God.

Verses which use in Christ tell us about blessings that are available to only those saved people who are in Christ and which are denied to those saved people who are not in Christ. Among these places in the Bible is the proof that there is error in the Baptist doctrine that all saved people are in Christ. Among these places in the Bible is the proof that there is error in the Baptist doctrine that all saved people are in Christ. Many people are upset by this Bible truth because they have been taught the erroneous doctrine that saved are always in Christ. That erroneous doctrine is a subtle denial of the Trinity. The truth is that the saved always have the Holy Ghost but the Holy Ghost and Christ are two different persons in the Trinity. Always having the Holy Ghost does not guarantee that a saved person will always be in Christ. Further, a saved person who was in Christ can stop being in Christ. These blessings are gradually lost (after they have been received) the longer that a saved person stays out of being in Christ.
Verses which use under Christ in tell us about blessings that we receive only after we get Christ in us. Further, we have to keep Christ in us to retain them. (Not all saved people receive these blessings.) Again, many people are upset by this Bible truth because they have been taught the erroneous doctrine which denies the Trinity and claims that all saved always have Christ in us.
Verses which use of Christ tell us about blessings / things that belong to of Christ and that are (usually) only given directly by of Christ. (Not all saved people receive these blessings.)
Verses which use with Christ tell us about blessings that we have only while we are with Christ and loose as soon as we are not with Christ. There is a time factor difference from verses that use of Christ. A child might use the car 'of' their parent, but eventually they loose the privilege to use it if they sever relations with the parent. However, a child that is 'with' their parent has the parent driving the car and looses their transportation as soon as they sever relations with the parent.
Verses which use in Christ Jesus are best described by the definition of the Biblical word quickened ('made spiritually alive'). That is: all saved are supposed to be changed so that they respond in this physical world to the spiritual promptings from God. The more that saved people respond to these spiritual promptings, the more of these blessings are given in Christ Jesus. Further, those saved people who refused to be quickened (refuse to respond in the physical world according to God's spiritual promptings) are denied these blessings and the spiritual maturity that comes with them.
There are only two verses that tell us to have Christ Jesus in us but both of these are required before any saved person can receive any of the blessings for being in Christ Jesus.
There are only two verses that tell us to have things of Christ Jesus. These are things that Christ Jesus gives us when we let Christ Jesus be in us. These are given so that we can be in Christ Jesus.
Verses which use in Jesus Christ tell us about blessings that are given by the Son of God to all saved at their initial profession (through His role as Jesus) and that are to remain and grow all of their life on this Earth. The spiritual growth is provided by the Son of God through His role as Christ. These are the spiritual gifts which provide the initial spiritual growth after our initial profession.
Verses which use of Jesus Christ tell us about blessings that belong to the Son of God and which He gives by through His role as Jesus and also through His role as Christ. The Son of God provides these blessings at our initial profession and expects us to keep using these gifts all through our saved life on Earth. These gifts increased in the life of saved in proportion to the spiritual maturity achieved through the ministry of Christ.
Blessings that are provided by Jesus Christ were paid for at one time. I (personally) believe that each of these things, except for creation, was paid for at the cross. Each of these blessings are given to each saved person at their initial profession and then more of the blessing is added as they walk with Christ. So, for example, John 1:17 tells us Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. But 1Corinthians 3:1 says And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. So, the truth, which came by Jesus Christ Is given to us a little at a time. We are given some truth at our initial profession and the amount of additional truth which is revealed to us is dependent upon our own personal spiritual maturity and ability to handle that truth.
Only two verses use Jesus Christ in. These things are to be in all saved (Jesus) and remain evident (Christ) their entire saved life.
There is only one verse that uses Lord Jesus Christ in. Please see that note. It gives us the why of verses that use in Lord Jesus Christ and that use of Lord Jesus Christ.
There are only three verses that uses in Lord Jesus Christ. These are things that all saved (Jesus) are to do in obedience to the Lord. They require spiritual maturing that only comes through the ministry of Christ. Those saved people who fail to do these things fill face punishment by the Lord for disobedience.
Verses which use of Lord Jesus Christ tell us of things provided by the Son of God through each and every role of His which allow us to obey the commandments of the verses which use in Lord Jesus Christ.
Verses which use by Lord Jesus Christ tell us of things provided by the Son of God through each and every role of His. These things vary in detail based upon which role provides the item. For example, salvation (1 Thessalonians 5:9) requires the Son of God ministering to us through each and every role of His. He paid the price of our initial salvation (on the cross) as Jesus (Romans 3:26). He Blott(ed) out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us as Lord. He is providing the ongoing personal relationship and spiritual maturing as Christ. Each and every one of these ministries are required to provide 'God's life in us', which is the true Biblical definition of salvation.

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