150 Titles of Christ from the Scriptures

There are many, many titles of Christ in both the New and Old Testaments. 

Presented below are over 150 titles of Christ. Advocate – 1 John 2:1Alpha and Omega – Revelation 1:8; 22:13

The Almighty – Revelation 1:8
Amen – Revelation 3:14
Apostle and High Priest of our Confession – Hebrews 3:1
Author and Finisher of our Faith – Hebrews 12:2
Beloved – Matthew 12:18
Beloved Son – Colossians 1:13
Bread of God – John 6:33; 50
Bread of life – John 6:35
Living Bread – John 6:51
Bridegroom – John 3:29
Brother – Matthew 12:50
Captain of our Salvation – Hebrews 2:10
Carpenter – Mark 6:3
Carpenter’s Son – Matthew 13:55
Chief Shepherd – 1 Peter 5:4
Chosen One – Luke 23:35
Christ – Matthew 16:20
Christ Jesus – 1 Timothy 1:15; Colossians 1:1
Christ of God – Luke 9:20
Christ the Lord – Luke 2:11
Christ who is above all – Romans 9:5
Consolation of Israel – Luke 2:25
Chief Cornerstone – Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6
Dayspring – Luke 1:78
Deliverer – Romans 11:26
Deliverer from the wrath to come – 1 Thessalonians 1:10
Eldest of many brothers – Romans 8:29
Emmanuel – Matthew 1:23
Faithful and True Witness – Revelation 1:5; 3:14
Father Forever – Isaiah 9:6
First and Last – Revelation 1:17; 2:8
Firstborn among many brothers – Romans 8:29
First born from the dead – Revelation 1:5
Firstborn of all creation – Colossians 1:15
First Fruits – 1 Corinthians 15:20
Friend of tax collectors and sinners – Matthew 11:19
Gate of the sheepfold – John 10:7
Glory – Luke 2:32
Good Shepherd – John 10:11; 14
Grain of Wheat – John 12:24
Great Shepherd of the sheep – Hebrews 13:20
Head – Ephesians 4:15
Head of the Church – Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22
Hidden Manna – Revelation 2:17
High Priest – Hebrews 3:1; 4:14; 7:26
He Who Holds of the Keys of David – Revelation 3:7
He who is coming amid the clouds – Revelation 1:7
Holy One – Acts 2:27
Holy One of God – Mark 1:24
Holy Servant  – Acts 4:27
Hope – 1 Timothy 1:1
Horn of Salvation – Luke 1:69
I Am – John 8:58
Image of God – 2 Corithinians 4:4; Colossians 1:15
Indescribable Gift – 2 Corinthians 9:15
Intercessor – Hebrews 7:25
Jesus – Matthew 1:21
Jesus the Nazarene – John 18:5
Judge of the World – 2 Timothy 4:1; Acts 10:42
Just One – Acts 7:52
Just Judge – 2 Timothy 4:8
King – Matthew 21:5
King of Israel – John 1:49
King of Kings – Revelation 17:14; 19:16; 1 Timothy 6:15
King of Nations – Revelation 15:3
King of the Jews – Matthew 2:2
Lamb of God – John 1:29
Last Adam – 1 Corinthians 15:45
Leader – Matthew 2:6; Hebrews 2:10
Leader and Perfecter of Faith – Hebrews 12:2
Leader and Savior – Acts 5:31
Life – John 14:6; Colossians 3:4
Light – John 1:9; John 12:35
Light of all – Luke 2:32; John 1:4
Light of the world – John 8:12
Lion of the tribe of Judah – Revelation 5:5
Lord – Luke 1:25
One Lord – Ephesians 4:5
My Lord my God – John 20:28
Lord both of the dead and the living – Romans 14:9
Lord God Almighty – Revelation 15:3
Lord Jesus – Acts 7:59
Jesus is Lord – 1 Corinthians 12:3
Lord Jesus Christ – Acts 15:11
Lord of all – Acts 10:36
Lord of Glory – 1 Corinthians 2:8
Lord of lords – 1 Timothy 6:15
Lord of Peace – 2 Thessalonians 3:16
The Man – John 19:5
Master – Luke 5:5
Mediator – 1 Timothy 2:5
Messiah – John 1:41; 4:25
Mighty God – Isaiah 9:6
Morning Star – 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 2:28; Revelation 22:16
Nazarene – Matthew 2:23
Passover – 1 Corinthians 5:7
Power and wisdom of God – 1 Corinthians 1:24
Power for salvation – Luke 1:69
Priest forever – Hebrews 5:6
Prince of Life – Acts 3:15
Prince of Peace – Isaiah 9:6
Rabboni – John 20:16
Ransom – 1 Timothy 2:6
Redeemer – Isaiah 59:20
Rescuer from this Present Evil Age – Galatians 1:4
Radiance of God’s Glory – Hebrews 1:3
Resurrection and Life – John 11:25
Rising Sun – Luke 1:78
Root of David – Revelation 5:5
Root of David’s line – Revelation 22:16
Root of Jesse – Isaiah 11:10
Ruler – Matthew 2:6
Ruler of the kings of the earth – Revelation 1:5
Ruler and Savior – Acts 5:31
Savior – 2 Peter 2:20; 3:18
Savior of the world – 1 John 4:14; John 4:42
Second Adam – Romans 5:14
Servant of the Jews – Romans 15:8
Shepherd and Guardian of our souls – 1 Peter 2:25
Slave – Philippians 2:7
Son – Galatians 4:4
Beloved Son – Colossians 1:13
Firstborn Son – Luke 2:7
Son of Abraham – Matthew 1:1
Son of David – Matthew 1:1
Son of God – Luke 1:35
Son of Joseph – John 1:45
Son of Man – John 5:27
Son of Mary – Mark 6:3
Son of the Blessed One – Mark 14:61
Son of the Father – 2 John 1:3
Son of the Living God – Matthew 16:16
Son of the Most High – Luke 1:32
Son of the Most High God – Mark 5:7
Only Son of the Father – John 1:14
Source of God’s creation – Revelation 3:14
Spiritual Rock – 1 Corinthians 10:4
Living Stone – 1 Peter 2:4
Stone rejected by the builders – Matthew 21:42; 1 Peter 2:8
Stumbling Stone – 1 Peter 2:8
Teacher – Matthew 8:19; Matthew 23:10
Testator of the New Covenant – Hebrews 9:16
True God – 1 John 5:20
True Vine – John 15:1
The Way the Truth and the Life – John 14:6
The One who is, is was, and who is to come – Revelation 3:7
Wisdom of God – 1 Corinthians 1:24
Wonderful Counselor – Isaiah 9:6
Word – John 1:1; 14
Word of God – Revelation 19:13
Word of Life – 1 John 1:1

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The Wonderful gift of Coal

"He's Make-n a list and checking it twice. Gonna find out whose naughty or nice. 

Santa Claus is coming to town."

 At Christmas time, every boy and girl is so eager to learn if he or she is on the  naughty or nice list. Will their stocking be filled with goodies and toys or an old lump of coal?   I've always wondered, why would Santa give a naughty child coal? The tradition goes back for centuries,  but  there really isn't much of an answer except that coal was the closest thing for Santa to grab from the fireplace. And to a child, coal is useless, undesirable, and worthless. No one wants to find coal in their stocking. But as I was studying  in the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 16: 6-7 (Isaiah chapter 6), my eyes were opened to a whole new understanding for the application of Santa giving coal for Christmas. Giving coal to those who are naughty couldn't be more appropriate. In fact, we should all desire the gift of coal for Christmas when we can understand and see what it represents.

vs 6. Then flew one of the seraphim  unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the alter,
vs 7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

The live coal from the sacrificial altar represents the element that cleanses our soul, fire. Coal then represents or becomes a symbol of the greatest gift given to man. The gift of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. 

The use of coal as a symbol for Christ's Atonement is perfect and wonderful. And I was able to comprehend its meaning a little more fully when I could see a few different ways in which it is used.  Here are three illustrations to consider:

My husband and I love dutch oven cooking. Using coal to cook dutch oven food is a process, Like the atonement.  One of our favorite  desserts is dutch oven cake. First, we heat the coals until they become very hot. We take our dry and wet ingredients and combine them in the oven and cover with the lid.  The heated coals are put down on the ground and the oven placed on the coals. More coals are then placed on top of the lid. Over a period of time the heat from coal begins to cook, changing the content of the food. These ingredients  become something greater than they were. A few simple, individual items converted to something more enjoyable and desirable.  Cake! Through the atonement, we too become changed,  we become new creatures.   Our very nature or desires turn from that of the world to our God to whom we belong. 

My favorite illustration is that of metal melting. A fuel source, such as coal, is heated to extremely high temperatures in a furnace. Solid metals are places in a large crucible in a furnace. As the metal is heated through, it begins to change from a solid to a liquid. Many metals  have impurities and need to go through a refining process. Often times a coal agent is added to separate the several types of metals from each other, also removing gasses, and removal of other unwanted slag which could make the final metal product susceptible to imperfection and weakness. As we apply the atonement to our own lives, we find that we go through a similar process. We place our sins, imperfection, and/or weakness at the feet of our savior. We  become refined. Our sinned and imperfections become removed or take from our minds and hearts. Our weakness become strengthened. The atonement is the process of making us holy, or pure and strong like that of metal.

The first two illustration dealt with the use of coal,  as the scriptures stated in vs 6, as living coal.  It was heated or living. But my last illustration is the use of coal in it's cold, non-living, non-burning, state.

When hiking in areas that are abundant in water, there is no need to pack large quantities of  drinking water. The one necessary piece of equipment would be a good water filter attached to a water bottle. (I realize there are many filters that are void of a charcoal filtration system, but that would not aid in my concept) A good Charcoal filter uses charcoal or carbon as an absorption system.  As the water passes through the charcoal, contaminants and impurities are trapped in the carbon allowing cleaner water to be consumed.  Again, we see that the use of coal, or charcoal, like the atonement, brings about cleansing and a more purified state.   

In the illustration of dutch oven cooking and metal melting, one can see the application of living, burning, coal as it becomes a symbol for the atonement.  In the illustration of purifying water, the coal was non-living, not burning,  and also shows the symbolism of the atonement. So what then is the significance between living and non-living coal?   For me it means that atonement knows no bounds. It does not only apply to the living, but also to those who have passed on beyond the veil of life. The atonement is for both the living and the dead.  Our loved ones on the other side will continue to learn, grow, and have the opportunity to develop a change in desires and thought when they except Christ as their Savior and  Redeemer. They too will be covered  under the atonement and be brought into the fold of the lamb through sacred  temple ordinances performed vicariously in their behalf by the living.

The giving of coal could not be more appropriate. Coal becomes the symbol of Jesus Christ's greatest gift of love and sacrifice. The gift of the Atonement. Christ says, "To this end was I born". We celebrate  His miraculous  birth  in anticipation of what His life would be and mean. For this purpose he came into the world. To give is own life, to atone for all the sins, trials, hardships, sorrows, etc. that we might humbly place at his feel to take away, strengthen, lift, or purify.  

So, as Santa comes and fills our stocking, I hope we all receive the wonderful gift of coal. The greatest gift that will bring us back into the presence of our Heavenly Father.

 Merry Christmas to all!





picture of coal used from:screensaver.com
picture of Isaiah used from: olivedrivechurch.com
Pictures of dutch ovens used from: datehookup.com
picture of metal used from: greycastfounder.net

Mothers Day

Had a great Mothers day.  Went to church and got to hear Scott talk about mothers. He did a wonderful job  and gave a wonderful tribute to his mom. Wish she was there to hear him talk.

The Elders quorum presidency handed out both flowers and tomatoes plants. We  brought home two tomatoes plants and potted them. They are almost ready to start producing tomatoes.

We were also able to skype with my parents that night too. We don't  skype often enough. We need to do that more. The kids and I really miss all our family back home. 

We are so grateful for our moms and they do for us, even living on the other side of the country. They are always thinking about us and  Praying for us all the time. We sure do miss them and spending time with our moms. We love you and happy Mothers Days.

Penguins

Ethen and I were able to go see Jocelyn perform a class play. It was about penguins. She brought home a script and had to memorize several lines as she was narrator number 1.  She did a wonderful job. She was one of the few who you could actually hear and understand.  They  were three acts and in between each act, the class would sing a song.

  

This is Kelsie, Jocelyns best friend.

 Mrs. Bransons first grade class

Friends stick together.

A B Honor Role

A few nights before the kids last day of school, Elizabeth was presented with a little trophy for her greades in school. She is on the A, B honor role. More B's than A's, but that's okay. We are just glad she is learning and loving school.  Here she is with her homeroom teacher Mrs. Garrison. She loved being in her class.  We are very proud of both girls and how wonderful they did in school. 

Sister Missionaries!

Our family has been so blessed with the  opportunity to know and work with these two awesome and amazing sister missionaries. They truly are some of the Lord's most valiant servants!  They are beautiful, fun, talented, silly, and so inspiring.   

Sister Bowie is from Australia and taught us much about her home country. Some of the tradition, customs, and food.   Her family would send candy and other  food items for her to share with companions and families that feed them. Which we did about once a week for  several months. She was so loving to our children,  so tender and playful with them.    The kids especially loved to listen to her talk. 

Sister Skillings is a Utah home grown girl with many wonderful talents. She wrote, sang, and played the guitar with grace and skill.  If they came to eat, she knew she had to sing and play for us. We are so grateful for this talent and the wonderful spirit it brought into our home. We could sit and listen to her for hours. 

We will miss both of them dearly and will be keeping contact with them for sure. Can't wait to see what life brings them when they get  home and the many wonderful things they will accomplish!

We love you girls! You're in our hearts forever!

Easter Blessings

Easter was wonderful this year. We were able to stay home with our family and watch General conference on TV. It was so nice not having anywhere to go. The kids were able to get up and have a great Easter morning, take their time going through their bucket of goodies, have an egg hunt and enjoy a  lovely breakfast un-rushed.  This was one of the best holidays we have enjoyed. Plus we were blessed to have the sister missionaries come over for the second conference and have dinner with us too.

I really wanted Easter to be special this year. I didn't want it to be all about the candy. So I poured over blog after blog in search for the perfect ideas. I found a wonderful blog  by: https://fhelessons.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/christ-centered-easter-baskets/  

Christ Centered Easter Baskets.

There were few a candy items, but each gift had something to do with Chirst  and the Resurrection. It gave a scripture or quote for each item.  Each item was something useful for them to have. I also put together a basket for each of the sister missionaries and they loved it. I was a great surprise for them.

As you can see there were items like a stuffed lamb, flashlight, flip flops, note book, hand soap, scarves, and then a few colored eggs for the candy. I think my favorite item was the scarf. I found a lovely story that talks about the folded linens and napkins found in the tomb  after Christ's resurrection.

Here they are checking out their goodies.  We got to sleep in a bit before having to get up.  Ethen slept up stair so that he would not catch the Easter Bunny leaving his eggs around the house. He loves camping out with the girls, too bad they don't really enjoy having him up there with  them.

The kids didn't seem to miss all the candy.  They enjoyed reading each of the scriptures or quotes to see what the item meant. I think they really had a better understanding of what this holiday means.

We wish we could have been able to see family. We miss having all those family dinner and egg hunts with the cousins.

Happy spring! Spring has finally come and the flowers are out and the leaves are coming on the trees. The weather is warming up and  we will be able to spend more time outside. We have lots of yard work to do, raking leaves, burning piles of down sticks and branches, planting new flowers to spruce things up.  

I bought the kids some rain boots and they have had so much fun tromping around in the creek.  I  have been looking for some boots too to do yard work in and finally found these really cute ones.  I am excited to get out there and get some work done and look cute doing it!