Daily Devotions

“Christ” isn’t strictly speaking a name among the names of Jesus, but a title, although we often do use it as a name.

It is the Greek translation of a Hebrew word that means “the anointed one”.

In the Old Testament, priests, kings, and prophets were anointed. They were anointed by having oil poured on their heads as a sign of the special call of the Holy Spirit upon their lives, because they were to represent God before the people.

• Priests represented God in the religious sanctuary and temple services.
• Kings represented God as the rulers of the nation.
• Prophets represented God by conveying his message to the people.

In the New Testament, Jesus is called “Christ” because he is the ultimate anointed one, to whom priests, kings, and prophets all pointed. He is the one who came to earth with a special mission: to fully represent who God was to the world.

In Acts 4 we  find Peter and John before the Sanhedrin to answer why they healed a man. “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Jesus is“‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.”

Clearly, there was no longer any doubt in Peter’s mind who Jesus is; he is the Christ. What of us? Do we claim him as the Christ?

In Christ We Have:

A love that can never be fathomed
A life that can never die
A righteousness that can never be tarnished
A peace that can never be understood
A rest that can never be disturbed
A joy that can never be diminished
A hope that can never be disappointed
A glory that can never be clouded
A light that can never be darkened
A purity that can never be defiled
A beauty that can never be marred
A wisdom that can never be baffled
Resources that can never be exhausted.

Prayer

Christ under me; Christ over me; Christ beside me on my left and on my right. This day be within and without me, Lowly and meek and all powerful. Be within the heart of each to whom I speak; In the mouth of each who speaks unto me. This day be within and without me, lowly and meek, yet all powerful. Amen