What Does "Christ" Mean?

[Richard Aberdeen]

Greek "christos" means "anointed" or "the anointed one". In Hebrew, "mashiach" means the same thing, which is translated as "Messiah" into English. Most English bibles leave this untranslated as "Christ", which is based on the Greek for Messiah. Whether we say Jesus Christ or Jesus Messiah is perhaps of little importance, but it is extremely important to understand that Christ means Messiah, the anointed one, the chosen one of God to save us from our sins.

Likewise, whether we call Jesus of Nazareth, "Jesus" or "Yeshua", the same name will save us as long as we are referring in our hearts to Jesus of Nazareth, who is called "Messiah", rather than to someone else. The name "Jesus" traces from Latin; in Aramaic, it is "Yeshua" and in Hebrew "Yehoshua" or "Yeshu". Regardless of translation, there is ultimate power in the name of Jesus, who is able to save us to the uttermost when referring to Jesus of Nazareth.

It is important to remember that the Lord does "not see as people see; for people look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" I Samuel 16:7. God understands our intentions regardless of our understanding, what language we speak or what translation we are familiar with.

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