Calling on Jesus

NAMES OF JESUS

 

ATTORNEY

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.

1 John 2:1

LAMB OF GOD

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

John 1:29

THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life.
Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.

John 11:25

SHEPHERD AND GUARDIAN OF SOULS

Once you were like sheep
      who wandered away.
   But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
      the Guardian of your souls.

1 Peter 2:25

JUDGE

And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all—the living and the dead.

Acts 10:42

LORD OF LORDS

For at just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords.

1 Timothy 6:15

MAN OF SORROWS

He was despised and rejected—
      a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
   We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
      He was despised, and we did not care.

Isaiah 53:3

HEAD OF THE CHURCH

For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.

Ephesians 5:23

TEACHER

Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

Matthew 8:19

TRUE AND FAITHFUL WITNESS

"Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning
of God's new creation."

Revelation 3:14

ROCK

And all of them drank the same spiritual water. For they drank from the spiritual rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:4

HIGH PRIEST

Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 6:20

DOOR

Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved.
They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.

John 10:9

LIVING WATER

Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water."

John 4:10

BREAD OF LIFE

Jesus replied, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."

John 6:35

ROSE OF SHARON

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Songs of Solomon 2:1

ALPHA AND OMEGA

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."

Revelation 22:13

TRUE VINE

"I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener."

John 15:1

MESSIAH

" Know therefore and understand,
      That from the going forth of the command
      To restore and build Jerusalem
      Until Messiah the Prince,
      There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
      The street shall be built again, and the wall,
      Even in troublesome times."

Daniel 9:25

HOLY

Saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!"

Mark 1:24

GOOD SHEPHERD

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep."

John 10:11

LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

John 8:12

MEDIATOR

For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 2:5

BELOVED

To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

Ephesians 1:6

BRANCH

There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,
      And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

Isaiah 11:1

CARPENTER

Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?" So they were offended at Him.

Mark 6:3

IMAGE OF GOD INVISIBLE

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Colossians 1:15

THE WORD

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

John 1:1

CORNERSTONE

Having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone.

Ephesians 2:20

SAVIOR

For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2:11

SERVANT

"Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen,
      My Beloved
in whom My soul is well pleased!
      I will put My Spirit upon Him,
      And He will declare justice to the Gentiles."

      Matthew 12:18

AUTHOR AND CONSUMER OF OUR FAITH

Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:2

ALMIGHTY

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Revelations 1:8

ETERNAL FATHER

For unto us a Child is born,
      Unto us a Son is given;
      And the government will be upon His shoulder.
      And His name will be called
      Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
      Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

LION OF JUDAH

But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals."

Revelation 5:5

I AM

Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."

John 8:58

BRIDEGROOM

And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:15

KING OF KINGS

Which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

1 Timothy 6:15

PRINCE OF PEACE

Isaiah 9:6

ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

ADMIRABLE COUNSELOR

Isaiah 9:6

IMMANUEL

"Behold,
the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

Matthew 1:23

SON OF MAN

"Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

Matthew 20:28

THE AMEN

Revelation 3:14

KING OF THE JEWS

And the inscription of His accusation was written above:
      THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Mark 15:26

PROPHET

So the multitudes said, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."

Matthew 21:11

ANCHOR

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil.

Hebrews 6:19

MORNING STAR

"I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star."

Revelation 22:16

THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

John 14:6