Why is he called “Christ,” meaning “anointed”?
Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source
Because he has been ordained by God the Father and has been anointed with the Holy Spirit to be our chief prophet and teacher who fully reveals to us the secret counsel and will of God concerning our deliverance; our only high priest who has delivered us by the one sacrifice of his body, and who continually pleads our cause with the Father; and our eternal king who governs us by his Word and Spirit, and who guards us and keeps us in the freedom he has won for us.
Scripture proofs
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- Luke 3:21-22; 4:14-19 (Isa. 61:1); Heb. 1:9 (Ps. 45:7)
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- Acts 3:22 (Deut. 18:15)
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- John 1:18; 15:15
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- Heb. 7:17 (Ps. 110:4)
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- Heb. 9:12; 10:11-14
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- Rom. 8:34; Heb. 9:24
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- Matt. 21:5 (Zech. 9:9)
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- Matt. 28:18-20; John 10:28; Rev. 12:10-11