Jesus in the New Testament
as the only one (Joh_14:6, Act_4:12, Joh_6:40) whom the Father has declared we must "have".... and to "hath the Son hath life" 1Jn_5:10-12 (to not believe this is to call God a liar 1Jn_5:10) -- Let us explore what it means to "have" Jesus: (557)
as the Subject of the "School of the Father" (see Joh_6:45 -- "taught of God" and "learned of the Father" ) --- a school that teaches one thing: YOU MUST COME TO JESUS ! (see Joh_6:45, Joh_6:65, 1Jn_5:9-12) This fact applies to Jews and Gentiles alike.(Col_1:27, Eph_3:5-7) Furthermore, the "eternal life" Jesus gives does not mean you won't die on this earth [ even at the hands of evil people ...Mat_5:11, Mat_23:37, Joh_15:20,Joh_16:2;Joh_16:4] but that He will raise you up in the last day (Joh_6:40; Joh_6:54). This eternal life is found (only -- Joh_14:6, Act_4:12, 1Co_3:11, 1Ti_2:5) in the Son as the following verse makes so plain: "and this life is in the Son" (1Jn_5:11) (443)
as one who changes the fate of (283)
the Lord (138)
as one who is responsible for taking ------------ [list]children of disobedience (Eph_5:6), [list]those who were dead in trespasses and sins (Eph_2:1, Eph_5:14, Col_1:21), [list]aliens and strangers to the covenants of promise (Eph_2:12, Col_1:21), [list]those with "no hope and without God in the world (Eph_2:12), [list]the ungodly (Rom_5:6) [list]sinners (Rom_5:8), [list]enemies (Rom_5:10, Col_1:21), [list]those who are carnally minded (Rom_8:6), [list]those who are at enmity against God (Rom_8:7), [list]those who walk after the flesh (Rom_8:4), [list]those who know not God (Gal_4:8, 1Th_4:5, 2Th_1:8), [list]friends of the world (Jas_4:4), [list]those from beneath (Joh_8:23), [list]those of this world (Joh_8:23), [list]those servants of sin (Joh_8:34), [list]those children of Satan (Joh_8:44), [list]those who are termed "darkness" (Eph_5:8), [list]men with "corrupt minds" (1Ti_6:5), [list]men "destitute of the truth" (1Ti_6:5), [list]captives of Satan(2Ti_2:26), [list]men who "oppose themselves" (2Ti_2:25), [list]resisters of truth (2Ti_3:8), [list]despisers of those that are good (2Ti_3:3), [list]"evil men and seducers [that are] deceivers (2Ti_3:13), [list]rejecters of Biblical doctrine (2Ti_3:13-17, 2Ti_4:3-4), [list]those "children of disobedience" (Col_3:6-7), [list]the "old man with his deeds (Col_3:9), [list]those who "obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2Th_1:8), [list]those who "believed not the truth" (2Th_2:12), [list]those who "had pleasure in un-righteousness (2Th_2:12), [list]"unreasonable and wicked men" [such men might be termed faithless] (2Th_3:2), [list]widows that live "in pleasure is dead while she liveth (1Ti_5:6), [list]vain talkers and deceivers (Tit_1:10-11), [list]those whose minds and conscience are defiled (Tit_1:15), [list]liars (Tit_1:10-13, Rev_22:15), [list]defiled and unbelieving (Tit_1:15), [list]those who profess to know God [but don't] (Tit_1:16, 2Ti_3:5), [list]those "living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another (Tit_3:3), [list]"brawlers" (Tit_3:2) -------------- [list]and making (Rom_3:22; Rom_3:25-26, Act_4:12, Joh_6:29, Joh_14:6, 1Jn_5:10-12) [list]them "light in the Lord" (Eph_5:8), [list]spiritually minded (Rom_8:6), [list]fellow citizens (Eph_2:19), [list]sons of God (Joh_1:12, 1Jn_3:1-3, Rom_8:14, Gal_4:5-6, Php_2:15), [list]new creatures in Christ (2Co_5:17, Jer_32:40), [list]alive unto God (Rom_6:11, 1Co_15:22), [list]salt of the earth (Mat_5:13), [list]children of promise (Gal_4:28, Gal_4:22-31, Rom_9:8), [list]seed of Abraham (Rom_9:7-8, Gal_3:14; Gal_3:26-29,Php_3:3, Col_1:27, Rom_11:11; Rom_11:17; Rom_11:23), [list]children of God (Rom_9:8), [list]the body of Christ (1Co_12:27, Eph_4:12, Eph_5:23; Eph_5:30; Eph_5:32), [list]without spot, wrinkle, or blemish (Eph_5:26-27), [list]faultless (Jud_1:24), [list]just (Gal_3:11, Hab_2:4, Rom_1:17), [list]justified (Gal_2:16), [list]sanctified and cleansed (Eph_5:26), [list]clean (Joh_15:3), [list]a new man (Eph_4:23-24, Col_3:10, 2Co_2:17, Rom_12:2, Gal_2:19-20, Jer_32:40), [list]undivided in spirit (Col_3:11), [list]elect of God, holy and beloved (Col_3:12), [list]received(ing?) of the love of the truth (2Th_2:10,), [list]born again of the Spirit (Joh_3:5-6), [list]the new man (Eph_4:24, Col_3:10, Eph_2:15, Rom_7:24-25, Rom_8:2, Eph_2:18,Eph_1:19-20, Eph_2:5-6, Eph_2:8, Eph_3:6, Eph_5:8, Gal_5:22-25, Jer_32:40) (115)
the Son of Man (for a complete list of verses, use search function [Search for the exact phrase] in e-Sword...... : "Son of man" (87)
as one who has a faith ---- "my faith" (Rev_2:13) (85)
Christ (84)
the one who has power on earth to forgive sins (73)
as one whose followers have fled youthful lusts and follow "righteousness, faithfulness, charity, peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart" (72)
as one who is glorious (67)
as the one in whom our redemption is found (63)
as God (63)
as one who gave (died) Himself for our sins (60)
as the one who takes away the sins of the Jews (59)
as Christ Jesus (55)
as the one who called God "My Father" (54)
as "our Lord Jesus Christ" (54)
as one whose Father has "abundant mercy" (49)
as one whose word should "dwell in you richly in all wisdom" (49)
as the one whose cross triumphs (Col_2:14-15) over principalities and powers (see #'s 1,2,3, below).....(new covenant vs old covenant.... Law done away?) (49)
as one who declared that to believe on Him is "the work of God" which is what all mankind should do (48)
as the one that his people serve (47)
as the one who extends peace (45)
as the one whom the Father Himself sent into the world (45)
as Jesus Christ (45)
as the Sent of God (44)
as Famous (44)
as Jesus (44)
as one whose "name is called the Word of God" (43)
as the Word of life (43)
as one who promised (to those that love him) a crown of life (42)
as one whose gospel is associated with afflictions (42)
as one who is "formed in you" (42)
as our Hope (41)
the Risen one (40)
as one whose followers are "of the truth" (39)
as one who declared that disciples "continue in my word" (38)
the Son of God (38)
as the only way sinners can receive the promise given to Abraham and Christ (Gal_3:16-17, Gal_3:8-9, Gal_3:29) -- of an inheritance with God (Gal_3:18 -- i.e. by "believ[ing]" in God's Son Jesus [1Jn_5:11; 1Jn_5:13, Act_15:7-11, Joh_3:16-17, 1Jn_5:10, Joh_14:6, Mar_9:42, Joh_1:12, Joh_4:42, Joh_6:29, Joh_6:69, Joh_8:24, Joh_9:35-38, Joh_11:27, Joh_11:42, Joh_12:36, Joh_13:19, Joh_14:1, Joh_14:29, Joh_16:9, Joh_16:30, Joh_17:20-21, Joh_20:31, Act_8:37, Act_13:39, Act_16:31, Rom_3:22, Rom_4:11, Rom_10:9, 1Co_1:21, Gal_3:22, 1Jn_3:23]) (37)
as "that eternal life" 1Jn_1:2 (36)
as "that spiritual Rock" (36)
as the one who trod the winepress alone is our Father (some keyword search terms: lonely, loneliness) (36)
as one whose blood is the blood of the new covenant -- whereas the blood of animals "sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh" [first covenant -- see Heb_9:1; Heb_9:7].--...... the "blood of the new testament [1Co_11:25] will [via the Holy Spirit] "purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God." (35)
as one who shed His blood "for many for the remission of sins" (35)
as one whose name is glorified in his saints (33)
as the one by whom were "all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (33)
as the one whose faith brings us righteousness (33)
as declaring that in this world we will have tribulation (33)
as the captain of our salvation whose words were about the "so great salvation" (Heb_2:3) that God has gifted us with in Him (32)
the Healer (32)
as the man of Authority (even over demons) (32)
as one who will "save His people from their sins" (31)
as the True one (31)
as the one who has Life in Himself (31)
as one in whose power and might His believers can be strong (30)
as the one whose disciples believed on (30)
as one to who is ascribed (29)
as the "righteous" [one] (29)
as one whose 2nd coming will be with power (29)
as the one through whom the Father can show for all eternity "the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us" (29)
as one who affirmed the resurrection of the dead as being what really does happen (compared to the teaching that there is no resurrection) (29)
as one who did not (Heb_4:8) give them rest in the Sabbath day but will give rest in the "Today" [by which Heb_3:13 means every day of your life] WHEN you [become] "ceased from his own works" [to make you righteous -- Rom_10:1-13, Rom_11:32 compare Rom_3:22-23] "as God did from his" [hence the speaking of the 7th day: the analogy is that on the 7th day God rested, so in "Today" we rest from our righteousness and be a "partaker" (Heb_3:14) with Christ in the righteousness that He has worked out for us -- "The Lord our Righteousness" (Jer_23:6) -- see also Rom_3:22-26, Php_3:9, Rom_4:3; Rom_4:5-6; Rom_4:11; Rom_4:13; Rom_4:22, Rom_5:17-18; Rom_5:21 Rom_9:29-31, Rom_10:3-6; Rom_10:10, 1Co_1:30, 2Co_3:9, 2Co_5:21, Gal_2:21, Php_1:11, Tit_3:5, Heb_11:7, 2Pe_1:1, Rev_19:8] (28)
as the one whom we are both to receive and to walk in (28)
as the one who through his blood, and "in the body of his flesh through death" takes the wicked and can (if they "continue in the faith" and do not [move] "away from the hope of the gospel") make them "holy and unblameable and unreprovable in his sight" ..... justified (28)
as the one the Father makes people who are dead in sins to be alive "with Christ" -- this is the Father's act of grace (28)
the Lord Jesus (28)
as one whose word when grafted into your very being "is able to save your souls" (27)
as one whose gospel comes to men with power, assurance, and the Holy Ghost (27)
as one who when people are "found in him" exchange their own righteousness [which is "of the law"] for a righteousness "which is through the faith of Christ" and "which is of God by faith" (27)
as one who has "unsearchable riches" (27)
as the one whose blood brings Gentiles[Eph_2:13] [those who "were strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world" (Eph_2:12)] into the same body [Eph_3:6 (his body)] as is available to 1) believing Jews [Rom_4:11, Rom_1:16-17, Act_16:31, Eph_1:10; Eph_1:13; Eph_1:19] and to 2) those who are partakers of the new covenant of promise through faith in Christ [Rom_4:11, Eph_3:6, Eph_2:12, Heb_8:6, Heb_9:28, Gal_3:22-29, Col_1:21-28, Rom_2:25-29, Rom_4:3-17, Rom_5:14-21, Rom_11:11-12; Rom_11:17; Rom_11:19-20; Rom_11:23; Rom_11:26-27; Rom_11:30-32, 1Jn_5:9-13, Heb_9:15] (27)
the Lord Jesus Christ (27)
as one who consecrated for us a "new and living way" (Heb_10:20) [which is] "the righteousness which is by faith" [Heb_11:7, Heb_11:6, Heb_10:38, Rom_1:17, Heb_4:2, Heb_3:19, Rom_4:9; Rom_4:11; Rom_4:13-14; Rom_4:16, 1Co_3:9, Rom_3:21-26, Rom_8:4-16, Joh_17:3, Eph_2:8, Gal_2:20, Gal_3:11-12, Gal_3:7-8; Gal_3:14, 1Jn_3:23-24, 1Jn_4:15, Rom_10:9-13, Rom_11:20, 1Jn_5:10-12, Heb_11:33-40] (26)
as declaring that we can have peace when we are "in me" (26)
as one whose children are "born again" of incorruptible seed ("which is Christ" Gal_3:16) "by the word of God" (compare Joh_1:1) which liveth (Rev_1:18) and abideth forever" (25)
as one who calls us to be holy as He is holy (25)
as the one through whom God justifies us freely by His grace "through.... Jesus Christ" (25)
as one who called men to "follow me" (25)
as He who "made me whole" (25)
as a Light which shone into mankind's darkness (25)
as one whose Father 1) sends from above "every good gift and every perfect gift", 2) has "no variableness, neither shadow of turning", 3) is the Father of lights, 4) willed that Jesus' followers would be "a kind of firstfruits of his creatures", 5) willed that we be born "with the word of truth" (24)
as one who sits at the right hand of God (24)
as one whose infinite [implied] sacrifice is the measure of the Father's grace bestowed upon believers (24)
as one who has given us a liberty and has made us free (24)
as one whose Father has "begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (23)
as one whose children will deal with (23)
as one whose servants "must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves.... that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil.... (23)
as the Savior of the world (23)
as declaring that those that obtain heaven had to be "accounted worthy" first or [was He expecting that men would search out how to be worthy?: that the only way is to "believeth in me" Joh_11:25? 1Jn_5:10-12, Joh_17:3, Joh_6:29, Rom_5:1, Gal_2:16, Rom_3:24; Rom_3:28, Joh_6:40; Joh_6:44; Joh_6:51 also search this document on the word "justified" and /or "faith"] (23)
as knowing his own future (how he'd die, that he'd rise) (23)
as he that is true (22)
as one whose followers are distinct from the world's followers (22)
as one whose blood established an "everlasting covenant" (22)
as the one who "made peace through the blood of his cross" (22)
as our Redeemer (22)
as one whom His people are changed by the Spirit into a better and better likeness of (22)
as one who declared that the Father in heaven was "your Father" (22)
as one whose life fulfilled Scripture (22)
as one whose followers are companions in his "patience" (21)
as one whose Father dwells in His followers (1Jn_4:10-13, 1Jn_4:15-16, Eph_4:6) as well as Jesus himself (Joh_17:23, Joh_15:4-5, Joh_15:7, _3:17) and the Holy Spirit (1Co_6:19, Rom_8:9, Rom_8:11, Rom_8:14-16, Act_1:8, Gal_3:14, Gal_5:18, Gal_5:22-25, Eph_3:16, Jas_3:17-18, Eph_5:18, 2Ti_1:7, Tit_3:5-6, Heb_6:4) (21)
as one who at his 2nd coming is "revealed from heaven, with his mighty angels, in flaming fire" (21)
as one who has freed us from justification by the law (Gal_3:11, Gal_5:4, Gal_2:16; Gal_2:21, Gal_3:23, Gal_4:31) and set our inheritance (Gal_3:18) upon "the promise by faith of Jesus Christ... to them that believe (Gal_3:22-23) compare Rom_1:16-17, 2Co_3:6, Heb_8:6; Heb_8:10; Heb_8:13, Heb_9:15-16; Heb_9:22, Rom_8:1-16....a "righteousness by faith" (Gal_5:5, Gal_3:21, Gal_2:21) that "worketh by love" (Gal_5:6; Gal_5:13-14) (21)
as one who could see the future (knowing the future) (21)
as the Shepherd of our souls (20)
as one through whom the Father works to "make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight" (20)
as one who has his "ministers" (20)
as the Lawgiver (1Th_4:2, Col_3:25) therefore as one who condemns (Jas_2:10, Mat_12:37, Mat_12:41, Joh_3:17-19, Joh_5:24, Joh_8:11, Rom_5:18, Rom_8:1; Rom_8:3; Rom_8:34, 1Co_11:32, 2Co_3:9, Jas_5:9; Jas_5:12, 2Pe_2:6, Jud_1:14) (20)
as one who through whom the church gives glory to the Father (20)
as one who, when he dwells in us by faith, we are "filled with all the fullness of God" (20)
as the one "who loved me, and gave himself for me" (20)
as the one who sits on the right hand of God (20)
as one who has a book of life with names written therein (19)
as one whose followers "doeth righteousness" (19)
as one whose "face"... "is against them that do evil" (19)
as Holy (19)
as one who was not "a friend of the world" [although he came to save all people of the world Luk_19:10, Joh_3:16-17, Rom_5:18, Rom_3:19; Rom_3:22-23; Rom_3:25, Rom_11:26; Rom_11:32-33, Rom_10:13, Gal_3:14, Col_1:27, Eph_2:11-18, Eph_2:4-6, Rom_5:6-12; _5:15, Rom_4:13-14; Rom_4:9, 2Co_5:17-19] (19)
as one whose followers are called unto "eternal life" (19)
as one who at his 2nd coming will take vengeance "on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ" (19)
as one who came not to judge the world but to save the world (19)
as Master (19)
as "his Son" (19)
as one whose followers are "in" [as in "in Him"] (18)
as gracious (18)
as one who referred to Himself in the 3rd person (Creator, Maker, God) [on one occasion -- Mat_19:4 [compare]compare Col_1:16-17. (18)
as declaring that the world cannot receive "the Spirit of truth" (18)
as declaring that the Father will honor those who go where Jesus leads [i.e. - those who serve Jesus] (18)
as one who knows all that you've ever done (18)
as one whose followers are "born of him" (17)
as one who is glorified by his followers (17)
as "that great shepherd of the sheep" (17)
as one who "will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more? (17)
as one whose "mystery" makes evident a distinction that exists among men: those who are "without" [and by implication: those who are "within"].....[i.e., those who do not have Christ in them (Col_1:27) are the "withouts" and those who do have Christ dwelling in them are the "withins" -- (do a search on the notes in this document on the word "responsible" for a listing of verses showing that God takes the "withouts" and makes of them the "withins")] (17)
as one who has his apostles (17)
as the Saviour (17)
as the one who "by revelation" [Gal_1:16, Eph_3:3-4, Act_9:5; Act_9:15-17, Act_13:47, Act_18:9-11, Act_20:24, Act_22:4-21, Act_26:13-20] spoke to Paul of the "mystery" of Himself [Eph_3:4] also called the gospel [Col_1:23, Act_22:21, Gal_1:7-8, Rom_1:16-17, Eph_6:19-20, Php_1:17, Php_1:27] (17)
as one who gives away grace (17)
as one who knew the Scriptures (17)
as declaring: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." (17)
as one who calls His disciples (His church) "my lambs" and "my sheep" (17)
as the Giver of Eternal Life (17)
as the one who declared "it is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing" (17)
as one who sent His Spirit to dwell in us (17)
as the Lamb of God (17)
as the one who brought grace and truth to men (contrasted to Moses who brought the Law) (17)
as the Crucified one (17)
as one who can read thoughts (17)
as a Man (17)
as one whose children are engaged in a war -- who are counseled to "war a good warfare" (16)
as one who will be with us (16)
as one who distinguishes right and wrong doling out the proper reward for each with "no respect of persons" (16)
as the one who nailed to the cross [list]the thing [--- the "handwriting of ordinances" (compare Eph_2:15) that was against us, which was contrary to us" (2Co_3:6-18 compare Gal_3:8; Gal_3:14; Gal_3:16-29)] [list]which was in the way (of our attaining to this new covenant (Heb_8:13, Heb_12:24) faith, [list]this new testament (Mat_26:28, Mar_14:24, Luk_22:20, 1Co_11:25, 2Co_3:6, Heb_9:15), [list]this access (Eph_2:18) to God via faith in Christ, this salvation based on better promises (Heb_8:6) (16)
as one who notices what service men render and their motives for that service, and rewards accordingly (16)
as the one who possesses truth (16)
as the one whose gospel message is: the Father will not call you to an account [2Co_5:19] for sin if you decide [2Co_5:20, Luk_18:22-23, Luk_9:23, Mat_11:28, Joh_12:32,,Joh_3:16] to be "in me" [2Co_5:17] and be changed from being spiritually dead to being spiritually alive [2Co_5:14-15 compare 2Co_5:16-17] by faith [2Co_5:7, Eph_2:8, Rom_10:17, 1Jn_5:11-12, Joh_17:3, Rom_10:9] (16)
as one who sends out His disciples [to save the world] just like His Father sent Him [to save the world.... albeit, the disciples' only joy is to tell of Him whereas His job was to "give his life a ransom" Mat_20:28, Mar_10:45 (see also Joh_10:11, Joh_15:13, Rom_5:5-10, 1Jn_3:16, 1Jn_4:10, Rom_6:23, Eph_2:8, Gen_3:15, 2Co_5:18, Col_2:13-15, 1Ti_3:16 ) (16)
as the one who kept His disciples "in thy name" and not losing one [except the son of perdition - Judas] (16)
as doing works "which none other man did" (16)
as commanding His disciples to "love one another, as I have loved you" (16)
as one who knew why He came to this world (16)
as one who declared that the Old Testament prophets were writing about himself (16)
as one who had old testament men and women who acted/lived by the faith which is necessary in the new covenant [which is based in the cross-- Heb_10:19-20, Col_2:14, 1Co_3:14; 1Co_3:8-9][also known as the gospel..... the everlasting gospel..... (which existed before man did)...] (15)
as one who made possible that hope which was "set before us" [Eph_1:1-14, Col_1:27, Col_1:5; Col_1:13-14, Rom_3:19-26, Rom_9:25, Eph_2:12-13, Joh_3:16-17, Joh_1:12, Rom_9:8; Rom_9:11,Eph_2:8-10,Rom_8:14, Rom_15:8-13] which is "an anchor of the soul" (15)
as one whose church communicates "effectively" by "the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus" (15)
as one whose followers follow after "righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, [and] meekness" (15)
as one who has grace (15)
as one who will return (2nd coming) in like manner (in the clouds) that He left (15)
as declaring "whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted" (15)
as one who noticed "faith" (15)
as one who taught that His disciples will be persecuted (15)
as Jesus "is the Christ" (15)
as declaring that those who kill His followers do so because they do not know God (15)
as one who knew that the Father "had given all things into his hands" (15)
as a Dispeller of the darkness for all who choose to believe in Him (15)
as declaring that eating/drinking His flesh/blood equals a mutual dwelling - you in Him and He in you (15)
as one who has the Father's "word abiding in" (15)
as one who dwells in each of us (15)
a prophet (15)
as the Cornerstone (builders rejected/disallowed, refused, a stumbling stone, a rock of offense, a stone set at nought, the foundation) (15)
