Who is Jesus? The Titles of Jesus from John Ch.1 - A Dose of Encouragement

Who is Jesus?

Today I thought I would have a short study looking at the titles we find for Jesus in just one chapter of 

the Bible.

That chapter is in the Gospel of John in the

New Testament

 

Let's Look at the Gospel of John chapter 1

The first 2 verses tell us that Jesus is 

The Eternal Word

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God."

Verse 3 tells us that Jesus is 

The Creator

"All things were made through Him, 

and without Him nothing was made that was made."

Verse 4 tells us that Jesus is 

The Life

"In Him was life," 

"and the life was the light of men."

Verses 4 & 5 tell us that Jesus is 

The Light

"and the life was the light of men.

And the light shines in the darkness, 

and the darkness did not comprehend it."

Now lets look at verses 6 - 9 

 

we read here how there was to be no confusion that John the Baptist was this light - no Jesus is

The True Light

Then in verse 10 

we read again of Jesus as The Creator

Verses 12 & 13 tell us that Jesus is 

The Adopter of Believers into the Family of God 

"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,

to those who believe in His name:

who were born, not of blood,

nor of the will of the flesh,

nor of the will of man,

but of God."

Verses 14 - 18  

Verse 14 again tells us that Jesus is The Word

Verses 14 and 18 both point us to Jesus as The Only Begotten Son

Going further on in this chapter we hear from John the Baptist who declares that Jesus is    The Lamb of God

John chapter 1 verse 29

   "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him,              and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who             takes away the sin of the world!"

John the Baptist also spoke of Jesus in verse 34

where he said

   "And I have seen and testified that this is

the Son of God"

 

So John also called Him The Son of God

We also read of John again calling Him The Lamb of God in verse 36

 "And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, 

"Behold the Lamb of God""

Verses 40 - 42  

The next day we find the first disciples Andrew and Peter being chosen.  

Andrew met Jesus and then told his brother Simon (Peter) that Jesus is The Messiah (Christ)

and then he brought him to Jesus.

One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 

He first found his own brother Simon, 

and said to him, 

“We have found the Messiah” 

(which is translated, the Christ). 

And he brought him to Jesus.

A few verses later in verse 49 we read of Nathaniel having the revelation of Jesus as the Son of God and The King of Israel when he met Him

Nathanael answered and said to Him, 

“Rabbi, You are the Son of God! 

You are the King of Israel!”

The Last Title we read in this chapter is spoken by Jesus himself in verse 51 in response to Nathaniel

And He said to him, 

“Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

Who is Jesus? - Summary

We can see here the 17 times where 

Jesus was given a descriptive title

in the first chapter of the Gospel of John.

Jesus Is:

The Eternal Word

The Creator

The Life

The Light

The True Light

The Creator

The Adopter of Believers into the Family of God

The Word

The Only Begotten Son

The Only Begotten Son

The Lamb of God

The Son of God

The Lamb of God

The Messiah (Christ)

The Son of God

The King of Israel

The Son of Man

Throughout this passage we see 

11 individual Titles for Jesus

The Word

The Creator

The Life

The Light

The Adopter of Believers

The Only Begotten Son

The Lamb of God

The Son of God

The Messiah

The King of Israel

The Son of Man

8 Titles were spoken by 

the Disciple John

the author of this Gospel

The Eternal Word

The Creator

The Life

The Light

The True Light

The Word

The Adopter of Believers

The Only Begotten Son

 2 Titles were spoken by

John the Baptist

The Lamb of God

The Son of God

1 Title was spoken by Andrew

The Messiah

2 Titles were spoken by Nathaniel

The Son of God 

The King of Israel

AND

1 Title was spoken by Jesus

The Son of Man

All the Titles in order as proclaimed by

The Disciple John

John the Baptist

Andrew

Nathaniel

JESUS

The Eternal Word (v1-2)

The Creator (v3)

The Life (v4)

The Light (v4-5)

The True Light (v9)

The Creator (v10)

The Adopter of Believers (v12-13)

The Word (v14)

The Only Begotten Son (v14)

The Only Begotten Son (v18)

The Lamb of God (v29)

The Son of God (v34)

The Lamb of God (v36)

The Messiah (v41)

The Son of God (v49)

The King of Israel (v49)

The Son of Man (v51)

I Love Reading - A Dose of Encouragement

The greatest thing about Reading is the fact that it is
one of the easiest hobbies to have.

I was encouraged to read at a young age because my mother was an avid reader using the library as if it were her own personal set of book shelves.

Everyone who worked in the library knew my mum.

When the library started to really confine each person to only 4 books at a time it wasn't good enough for my mum so she got a library card in my gran's name and one in my dad's name and took out the extra books for herself using them.  Of course the librarians knew and just let her do it - all books were always returned and quickly as she needed to come for her next fix of reading material.

We also had several books at home because she used to go to house auctions and buy box loads of books.

So I was intrigued by the books of Enid Blyton such as the The Faraway Tree and of course the Famous Five and the Secret Seven to start with and then on to The Chalet Girls by Elinor Brent-Dyer and Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield.

Eventually I got caught up with Agatha Christie mysteries and fell in love with Miss Marple and Poirot.   I believe that my enjoyment of her novels are one of the reasons why I mostly still tend to pick out Mysteries and crime novels to read.

But that was all years ago so what about my love of reading today.




Why do I read?

Because even though many years have passed it still gives me great pleasure 

to sit down and read.


I get so engrossed in a good book that time slips by so quickly and what do they say?

"Time flies when you are enjoying yourself"

So I am obviously enjoying myself.

Where do I read?

Anywhere at all provided I have something to read.

In the summer months I like to sit in the back garden and read.

I know that some people have a particular place in the house to sit and read but I will sit anywhere although I quite like to be in one of our recliner chairs or have my feet curled up under me on the couch.
I like my comfort!





What do I read?

I'm not a newspaper person at all.

I'm not really a magazine person either.

It used to be books but then it became ebooks as well.

When we travelled we used to have to think about space and weight in our suitcase because of the books we wanted to take on the trip.

When I was going out for the day I wanted to make sure I had a handbag that would hold my current book.

Now with ebooks things have changed and I just have to make sure my handbag is not too small that I can't have my kindle in it

or my iPad because of course I have the Kindle app as well.



But now I am also into reading blogs.

As I mentioned previously I tend to read a lot of crime or murder or mystery stories but with reading more blogs now I get a lot more of a mixture of topics with much more non fiction and how-to tutorials.

However the main book I come back to all the time is the Bible 

because I believe it is God's Word 

so therefore 

it is the most important book to read.





When do I read?

When I am in bed - I am rather a night owl so propping up the pillows and a cold drink beside me is ideal.  My lighted cover for my kindle is good for this so that I don't disturb Fred as he falls asleep.



When I am relaxing by the pool or on the beach on holiday - in fact that is almost all we do on some of our holidays.

When I am waiting for something to cook - unfortunately I get caught up in the story and I am known for burning the sausages!

When I am waiting to meet someone in a coffee shop.


When I have to spend time waiting in the car.


When I am in front of the computer supposedly writing my blog - I can be easily distracted.


Anytime I have some time.





Who do I read?

Well I don't think I can remember the last time I read Enid Blyton.

But I do still read Agatha Christie as you can see in my blog post

  I Love Poirot


I am also fond of books by:      

Randall Arthur
Lynwood Barclay
Terri Blackstock
Sigmund Brouwer
Davis Bunn
Brandilyn Collins
Nelson DeMille
John Grisham
Dee Henderson
Karen Kingsbury
Frank Peretti
Penelope Stokes



I have had the pleasure to meet Randall Arthur (although that is his pen name) when he accepted my request for him to come and speak at a Ladies Brunch I helped to lead in Belgium once a month.

Just like his books he is a lovely, gracious man.


I was also pleased to be involved in the launch of one of 

Davis Bunn's books

Most of the authors listed above are Christian authors and I do prefer to read Christian fictions because of the bad language that I find in most other books and the terrible unhealthy descriptions of despicable acts that people seem to think must be included these days.

Because of that type of thing I stopped reading a book, after a few chapters, one day as I rode the tram home in Belgium and threw the book into the rubbish bin.

I do not believe in putting things into my mind that are 

disgusting or brutal.



So What Would I Recommend?

Often when another woman would ask me to suggest a novel my first thought will be the first one I read by Penelope Stokes called                       The Blue Bottle Club     

I loved that book and have gone back and read it twice since.

         


Another book I would tell others about is the first one I read by Davis Bunn called                   The Presence               

and when you read it you will understand the title.

A non Christian book that my daughter and I both loved and talk about with great affection is 

The Time Traveller's Wife  

and some day I will read it again and review it on the blog.

I have reviewed various books on my blog so if you are looking for a book to read do have a look at the Book Reviews Page  and then enjoy a good read.

I can not finish this blog post without recommending the most important book of all, the book that can change your life forever and I truly mean forever 

- that book is the Bible.

That book can be found in most of the bookshops and libraries.

That book can be found freely on the internet.

That book can be read on a kindle

That book can be read via an app on your or iPad or any other tablet.

There is no excuse for not being able to get a copy of the Bible now but if you would like some advice or help in starting to read it then just head over to Reading The Bible which is my page with help and tips about reading the Bible and the books of the Bible.

You can also have a look at the very short 321 video at the top of my side bar.

If you enjoy reading in apps then you might like to try some of the Bible Apps available for phone and if you like to listen to audio books you could also try the Bible App read by David Suchet 

*I am not compensated by anyone or any organisation mentioned in this blog post