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Its Frequency our Lord Jesus Christ?
There is an air of dignity and sense of Attention should be drawn to its usage
majesty when we hear the full title and by James and John. They were half-broth-
name given to our Savior: the Lord Jesus ers of the Lord, had grown up in the same
Christ. Though not found in the four Gos- home with Him, and faced the danger of
pel records, it is first seen in Acts 11:17. familiarity. Yet James does not refer to Him
From that point onward, it occurs, in our as my elder brother. He does not even em-
A.V., some 85 times. If we include Peter’s ploy His name “Jesus.” Rather, He refers
variation, “our Lord and Savior Jesus to Him as “our Lord Jesus Christ” (1:1;
Christ,” we increase the frequency to 88. 2:1). To add to the dignity he affords Him,
The name Lord Jesus Christ is more he adds “the Glory” (2:1). Jude, in like
than a name. It contains a title denoting manner, in his short epistle of 25 verses,
employs His full title three times, ascrib-
both authority and purpose, humanity ing to Him the honor deserved (vv4,17,21).
and deity. It is found in every NT epistle
except for Hebrews, 1 John and 3 John. And what of John who leaned on His
It is employed by Peter and Paul in their breast and was the most intimate with the
preaching (Acts), and by Paul, Peter, Jude, Savior? The final usage of this title comes
James and John in their epistles. from his pen, and it closes and seals the
canon of Scripture: “The grace of our Lord
Its Significant Usage Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (Rev
1
The first thing to notice is that it is used 22:21). Intimacy did not degenerate into
in 1 and 2 Thessalonians 20 times, more familiarity but maintained a sense of rev-
erence for the Person. We should not miss
than any other epistle, or over 20% of its the lesson being taught to us by the Spirit
occurrences. Was it because Thessalonica of God: “Holy and reverend is his name”
was the capital of Roman Macedonia and (Psa 111:9). We pray in the Name of our
was accorded the rank of being a “free Lord Jesus Christ, approaching the Father
city” known for its loyalty to Caesar? Or
is it related to Paul’s view, especially in his 1 Bible quotations in this article are from the
second epistle, of the coming kingdom of KJV.

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