Hope In The Conquest - More Than Conquerors In Christ Series

Jesus, Christ, Lord, three names for our Saviour.

Jesus, Yeshua in Hebrew, Iesous in the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew, and our English spelling of the Greek is Jesus. In Cantonese it is YehSou. In Ghanaian Yesu. In Hawaiian Jesu.

In Italian Gesu. Whatever language you speak the root meaning of His name is “The Lord is Salvation.”

Christ, Christ is a title, it means “Messiah,” “Anointed One,” or “Chosen One.”

Lord, Adonai in Hebrew, in Greek Kyrios or kurios. The meaning is supreme master, one who has absolute control.

Jesus Christ, He is Lord of all, He is Sovereign, He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, Alpha and Omega, Beginning and the End. Saviour, Healer, Baptiser in the Holy Spirit and Coming King.

Jesus is our hope and He brings light into our darkest hours. We are secure in Him, He is with us, Jesus is Lord of all. If you are feeling discouraged by circumstances or situations in your life, remember Jesus loves you, He is your certain hope.

There is an amazing relationship that is created when Jesus you call Jesus your Lord, as a follower of Christ you are called to follow Him, you are called to serve God, but He does not call you a servant, He calls you His friend. Listen to the words of Jesus recorded in John 15:9-13, ‘As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in His love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit – fruit that will last – and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: love each other.

Jesus loves us, He calls you, He calls me His friend. He was willing to lay down His life so that we could be saved. Before we knew Him, before we were His friends, while we were His enemies, dead in our trespasses and sins, He died so that we could be reconciled to Him. Do you understand the depth of His love?

Can you comprehend His willingness to suffer in your place so that He could call you friend? At the Cross is where He paid the price for your sin and mine. At the Cross is where our salvation was assured. Christ lay down His life so that we could become more than just a friend of God, we are adopted into the family of God. God is our Heavenly Father, if we are in Christ we are children of the Living God.

What do I mean when I say if we are in Christ? I mean we have become a Christian by repenting from our sin and accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour. He is our Lord and we are His follower, His disciples. We follow His teaching, we trust His words, we obey His commands. He is meant to have first place in our lives. We are meant to willingly surrender ourselves to God’s will and purpose for our lives.