Jesus the Christ

When you think of Jesus's last name. Think of Jesus's elected offices. Dr. Tony Evans explains why we need to think of Jesus as a prophet and priest, if we understood that Jesus Christ would be all wiped out by the circumstances of life. This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Hunter speaker, pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas Texas and president of the urban alternative Jesus death on the cross brought us redemption, but today Dr. Evans explains that other facets of his ministry. Broadus relationship and more and they're all described by the word Christ. Let's join him as he explains my name is Anthony Tyrone evidence that's the name my pellets gave me most people know my name is Tony Evans, Tony Evans is my personal identity. Dr. is a title and pastor is a role or responsibility. Jesus is human name was Jesus meaning. Save your or deliver.

So when Jesus's name was referenced. It was a reference to one role it was and is to rescue or deliver people out of something predominantly sin, but he also spent three years of ministry, delivering people out of circumstances. What was trouble or disease or demonic oppression. He was in the rescuing business which was consistent with his name and title in the his name is Lord Lord Jesus gives the title to the name Jesus. Our focus today is on Christ. Now that's not his last name that is his role will all office name. The word Christ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word for Messiah.

That's why it says in verse 41 of John one. We have found the Messiah, which is insulated Christ. So when you hear the word Christ which is spoken of over 500 times in the New Testament, you are literally hearing the Old Testament word Messiah. Now the word Messiah from which we get our Greek word translated in English as Christ meant anointed one. That's Messiah me that's what Christ means it means anointed one. When Drew says we have found the Messiah is talking about something they were looking for when you say you found something that implies when looking for the whole Old Testament is written in anticipation of the one, two, called the Messiah it was called the messianic you can understand the Old Testament and the Old Testament will never make full sense. Unless you understand the messianic hope that is the anticipation of Messiah generation after generation after generation after generation was looking forward to this person that God would send would have the anointing to fulfill the purposes of God for not only his people Israel, but for the whole world, and that person would be the Messiah, which is translated Christ in Luke chapter 24 when Jesus is on the Emmaus Road. He walks beside people do not recognize who is it is on the road within the verses 25 to 27. They didn't recognize him and he tried to explain, did not the Christ have to suffer these things and he took the Old Testament. It said and explained about himself from the whole Old Testament so the whole Old Testament while not using Jesus's name anticipates Jesus's person from Genesis 315 that the woman would have a C because no man would be involved. Whenever you talk about the birth of a child talking about the seed of a man, but since no man would be involved because of the virgin birth. He speaks about the seed of a woman so the Messiah would come through the seed of the woman God will set up a whole system of sacrifices in anticipation of the coming of Messiah set up a whole festival regime in anticipation of the coming of Messiah would make certain promises to Israel to the whole world that would be filled by the reign of Messiah. And so you would see prayers in the Bible. Looking forward to the coming of Messiah, you would see sermons in the Bible how justice would rain at the coming of Messiah. Everything was in anticipation of this one wants to, who would be the messianic hope the Messiah, whose name means in Greek Christ. So when he says we have found him saying we have found all that the Old Testament anticipated all that the Old Testament prophesied and that was the coming of the anointed one, the anointed one split in three categories.

There were three classifications of people that were anointed.

The first classification of an anointed person in the Old Testament, which has to do with the meaning of the word Messiah was the prophet, the prophet was the person who spoke for God you would always have the prophet safe, thus saith the Lord. Not only did they speak for God, but they not only foretold, they also foretold they foretold the future so they would predict the nature they would say what God said they would declare things that had not happened yet on our behalf of God to the people. That was until they were anointed to be prophet.

The second category of anointing was the priest. Now, the priest would get anointed. There was a whole line of priest. This line of priest would be anointed for the purpose of standing as a mediator between God and men, men because men are sinful could not go directly to God and God because he was holy would not mix up with the sinfulness of man. So God created all anointed mediator, somebody would stand between him and the people, for the purpose of sacrificing for the forgiveness of sins, so that God could have fellowship with the people and bring blessing upon the people by means of this mediator called a priest among the priest that was the chief priest called the high priest. He would go into the holy of holies once a year offer sacrifices for the nation of Israel so that God could bring blessing on the people and they would not be judged for their sins that priesthood was unwilling to well. The third category of anointing was the king.

The king was anointed for his civil responsibility of ruling over the nation.

So we went through an official anointing ceremony to say you are elected under God over the nation. And so each one of those, fulfilled a messianic role as human beings, but when Messiah would come this Messiah would fulfill all three roles in his one person he would be anointed as a prophet he would be anointed as priest and he would be anointed as King. That's why at his baptism in Matthew 316 heaven opened up. He was anointed by the Holy Spirit. The Bible says this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. And that launched him into his fivefold ministry of being prophet, priest and king that every time you hear the name Christ. You must think the name Messiah. And every time you hear the name Christ and now you're thinking, word Messiah, you must now think the word anointed one, and every time you hear the word Christ now that you're thinking of Messiah. And now that you know that means anointed one. You are to remember he's anointed prophet, priest and king. He has all three anointing is fulfilled in one person. So when Christ will think of Jesus's last name. Think of Jesus's three elected offices that he possesses all three offices. So now let's walk through the offices of Messiah whose name is translated Christ to see how those three operate with him number one. He is anointed as prophet. He is a spokesperson for God and he is a proclaimer of the future.

Well now, if Jesus is anointed Messiah as prophet. That means that he speaks as God speaks now. Why is that important what all the other prophet said, saith the Lord, when Jesus comes on the scene, he says, I say unto you, all the other prophets were simply articulated what God told him to tell them when Jesus spoke he spoke with the authority of God. But why wouldn't John 11 says in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. John one says the reason he could speak with that kind of authority is that it was actually God doing the talking in the beginning was the word the word was with God and the Word was God. Jesus Christ and his prophetic word is the final word on any subject matter.

You pick the subject and whatever Jesus has to say about the subject is the final word on the subject okay because it is God's word authoritatively on the subject.

The problem today is Jesus was been anointed as Messiah, which means translated Christ, which means he's the anointed one is not allowed to be the last word on every subject he's the last word on your definition of being a woman is your last word on the definition of being a man is your last word on the definition of when life begins, the last word on the definition of marriage. The last word on the definition of government. The devil last word on the definition of justice. He's the last word on the definition of righteousness. The last word on the subject matter. You bring up. He is a prophetic statement of God which means you'll save a lot of time and frustration in your life when you asked the question up front what does Jesus say, rather than putting him in a debate with what your friend say donate was save the television said what everybody else has to say. He is the voice of God because he's been anointed as prophet Dr. Evans will tell us more about how Jesus has been anointed and what that means for us in our daily lives.

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Not only is Jesus.

Since Christ is the Greek for Messiah Messiah, anointed, and that belongs to Christ. He is also anointed as first Timothy chapter 2 verse five says that there is one mediator between God and man.

That is the man Christ Jesus. He is the in between person who grabs God and grabs man and hooks the two up, he is our priest. Jesus says I am the way the truth and the life no man comes to the father but by me. A lot of people use the name God will skip Jesus then what you have done is disconnected from God. But not only is he our priest. He is out. Hebrews chapter 4 verses 14 to 16 says that we have a high priest who can be touched with our infirmities, who can be touched with our weakness and was thrown can bring mercy and grace in time of difficulty. So you not only have trees, you have the chief priest in charge if we understood the priesthood of Jesus Christ, we wouldn't be all wiped out by the circumstances of life because we would understand that somebody between God who can get us to God because he can feel it in a way that the father can tell the third area of anointing is that of key King David was anointed with the rule over Israel. He was the government or the head of the government.

The Bible says that the government shall rest on his shoulders. The Bible calls Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of lords. Revelation chapter 11 verse 15 says that the kingdoms of the world, that the kingship of Christ.

Ephesians chapter 1 verse 10 says that God's philosophy of history is that all things will come under the rulership of Jesus Christ. So let's review. Let's talk rolled it back. Let's do a ring wine Christ means of Messiah. Messiah is translated Christ Messiah means anointed one.

He's anointed one in three categories. He's profit. He's priest and he's king. What if he's profit that means he's the last word.

If he sprays it means he is your connecting point with God the father if he is King.

It means that he is rolling over you now with each one of those titles.

Profit priest and king comes anointing the unknowing team has to do with his official designation in that area over your life.

So if there is rejection of Christ you have just rejected the unknowing team so you not only lose fellowship with the person of Christ you lose the ability to benefit from the anointing of Christ that raises the question. I'm glad you ask, I will not get this anointed one to anoint me so that his presence his word is authority is connecting me between earth and heaven is the priest's ruling and overruling in my life and circumstances work for me. Let me quote one of my favorite verses. Galatians 220 I am crucified with Christ with Christ. Nevertheless I live yet not I it's Christ who lives in me and the life which I now live. I live by faith in the son of God, not me and gave himself for me. There are many verses like that in the New Testament where the word Christ is used, but know that you have an understanding that Christ's is from Messiah and Messiah is from anointing. Let me requote the verse I am crucified with the anointing of the last night I it is the anointing of the anointed one that lives in me. So the life which I now live.

I live by faith in this anointed one me and gave himself for me. Because remember, stay with me now.

Christ means Messiah means anointed means profit priest and K.

So to have Christ is to have an officer operating inside of you go back.

I am crucified with Christ.

Let me tell you why. Paul even says that Paul is dealing with the racial issue a racial issue in the church has become very Jewish is segregating himself in the Gentiles, beginning in Galatians 2, verse 11, Paul sees the segregation take place, and he stands before Peter really tells people what you just did with that other race is evil because God is spoken about race and you don't need 250 years. The fix it if you start with the anointing Jesus says what you just did was evil and what you just did was wrong. In fact, I don't think you know you because what you just did what you put your Jewish heritage in front of your Christian commitment and where will you if it shouts being a Christian then it all. He says I am crucified with Christ that speaks of his you and with Christ.

I have been called identify with Christ. I am sitting in sync with him.

Okay when I get to the office I get a morning cup of coffee. It comes when it's poured black. It is a cup of decaf black coffee have not been able to figure out my life. Why anybody drinks black coffee OKs me is all okay but know when the coffee gets to me from the time it's been poured enhanced cream and sugar. It comes out black but by the time it believes where it came out and gets to me. It has been transformed. It still coffee but it doesn't look like it originally was poor. What was now black has now become brown and what was in my view, Biddle has now become sweet because that was a stammering which occurred and that's starring intermingled coffee with white cream and white sugar, which means I still have coffee but I don't have it, like it started with different look at a different taste because eight and has occurred. Now the about this union is that I now own cream.

I now on she'll go off the coffee because the union between the cream and the sugar and the coffee changed the nature of the coffee without getting read of the coffee. What Paul is saying is, now that you have a union with Christ still whole you are created to be what you've been started.

You been. Start with the person of Christ the life of Christ and the transforming presence of Christ you been anointed with cream and you been anointed which which means that you still know but you want to be tasting different and looking different because of the field that has occurred. So it says I have been crucified with Christ not lost my personality, not lost my identity not lost my racial orientation. He says I crucified with Christ. Nevertheless I live still being me being me. In this mixture I'm still coffee but I been changed because I've been you with Jesus Christ. He says nevertheless I live but that is not it's Christ who lives in me. So I given Christ permission to let his anointing flow through me so that those that I now live here it is.

I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. He says now don't live my life like the way I used to live my life. I don't drink coffee like the way I used to drink coffee because of the union that has now occurred in my life. The life which I now live mail flow flow with Christ that is the unknowing takes is my final word is my mediated priest and he is my overruling of circumstances in life, which means he is free to flow the anointing in me to retreat before me that he can flow. How do I get the anointing to flow. He says I live by faith in the son of God. What we live if we live by flesh that is confidence in ourselves.

We talk about confidence. We brag about our confidence. I have all had a bag of chips I can do this and I'm all that Paul says the way I did things you can do without God, but the way I did happen to amplify what I do with my hands with my feet and with my mouth and let my tongue with my body the way I did happen right on my ability to independently of God. Jesus Christ do this if you're ready to have Christ live in you. There's no better time to start the flow of his anointing right now.

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Dr. Evans will tell us about next week. I hope you'll join them. Right now though he's back to close our message for today just as well and they take their goal is to jump over the ball and they make it to approximately 8 feet high and you do good if you could jump 8 feet high pole jumpers will jump is wrong with a long pole they stick the pole in the box the probands and then the pole propels them now pull jumper goals 18 now both of them a try to do the same thing they trying to get over the bar, but one is doing it with their own human effort and all they can do is 8 feet, but the other is leaving on something else to propel them then they could ever go on himself. You may be able to get so far on your own without God we get anointing when you get the pole propelling you. You'll find out that you can handle things you didn't think you can handle.

You can live people you think you can love you can be kind you would normally be me. You can control yourself when you would normally lose. You could be pure when you would normally be in tomorrow. You can still identify yourself for who you are created to be and not what some secular world tells you you now when you get propel by the anointing working through you will find your ability to go above and beyond what you thought you could do as a human being because his name is Christ and prices from Messiah, the Messiah means anointed prophecy three. You already have is made possible by the