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 |'''Christ''' (Greek: anointed) refers to the fulfillment of the promised '''[[Messiah]]'''.  The word "Christ" is mentioned on its own 264 times in the New Testament, and as part of the compound name of Jesus 258 times.  The compound name "Lord Jesus Christ" appears 81 times in the New Testament, beginning in the book of Acts. Christ and Messiah both mean "anointed".
-The Lord Jesus Christ is the fullness of the Godhead in the form of Adam's race.  He is the seed of the woman, being born of a virgin, and is the only one worthy to atone for our sins.  The entire New Testament was written by Jewish Christians who had no imagination of a trinity of Gods, persons, or co-existence of persons.  When these men opened their letters with the greeting "Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ", they were identifying themselves as Jews (from God our Father) who had accepted the sacrifice of the sinless, spotless lamb of God, the anointed Messiah.
-These same Jews were later shocked to learn that "God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham" when Gentiles also received the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of Christ.
 ==Commentary by William Branham==