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December 14, 2025
The Christ
Luke 2:11 / John 1:19-41
The Anointed One / The Chosen One
- 2 Samuel 7:11-12, 7:16
- Psalm 2:2, 110:1
- Matthew 22:41-42
Says Who? Anointed by Whom?
Identity of The Christ
“It’s not me!”
- Malachi 4:5-6
- Isaiah 40:3
- Luke 1:76-77
- John 3:28-30
Anointed/Chosen by God
- Isaiah 11:1-2
- Acts 10:37-39
Declared by God: “My Beloved Son.”
- Psalm 2:7
- Mark 1:9-11
- Hebrews 1:1-5
- 2 Peter 1:16-18
Claimed by Jesus
- Isaiah 61:1-2
- Matthew 16:16, 26:63-68
- Luke 4:16-21
- John 4:25-26, 20:30-31
- 1 John 2:22-23
‘Christ-ians’
Disciple (follower)
- Joshua 14:8
- Jeremiah 3:19
- Matthew 4:19, 10:24-25, 28:19-20
Anointed
- Isaiah 61:1-2
- Luke 4:18
- 2 Corinthians 1:20-21
- 1 John 2:20, 2:27
For purpose
- John 15:16
- Colossians 3:12
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13
A message from Pastor Mike
The second term used by the messenger had deep roots in Israel. A priest or king approved by God would undergo an anointing ceremony and thus, became God’s anointed. It usually involved oil being smeared or poured on the servant’s head as a symbol of God’s Spirit upon them. In God’s Word, there would come a final Anointed One: sent, approved, and anointed by God Himself; this is the term Messiah (Hebrew) or Christ (Greek). This Anointed One, foretold in Scripture would be God’s very own Son of whom David spoke in Psalm 2. As the angel declares the birth of Jesus, so also, he declares that Jesus is the long awaited Anointed One of God. Therefore, as we see Jesus begin His public ministry, He is seen to be anointed by the Holy Spirit and we hear the voice of Father God: “You are My Beloved Son…” With the Trinity in full view, The Anointed One is declared, for whom Israel and the world was waiting, It is Him… He is the Christ. Have you received Him as the Christ from God? As Paul says, He is ‘Christ in you, your hope of glory.’ (Colossians 1:27)
