Christological Collection
Jesus asked the question Himself. Scripture answers it with dozens of names — each one showing a different angle of the same person.
Traditionally understood as God with us
Scripture
Matthew 1:23
Context
Matthew applies Isaiah's sign to the birth of Christ.
Reflection
The promise is not primarily rescue from a distance but presence in the middle of it.
Immanuel, be with me in the ordinary hours as well as the hard ones.
Traditionally understood as the LORD saves
Scripture
Matthew 1:21
Context
The name given by the angel to Joseph before the birth.
Reflection
His name was announced with its purpose attached — a rare thing even in Scripture.
Jesus, save me in the places I keep trying to save myself.
Traditionally understood as the Anointed One
Scripture
John 1:41
Context
Andrew's first words to his brother Simon after meeting Jesus.
Reflection
The title carries centuries of waiting behind a single sentence.
Anointed One, You are what the waiting was for.
Traditionally understood as the sacrifice who takes away sin
Scripture
John 1:29
Context
John the Baptist's declaration as Jesus approaches the Jordan.
Reflection
The image reaches back to Passover and forward to the cross in four words.
Lamb of God, thank You for carrying what I could not.
Traditionally understood as the one who lays down His life for the sheep
Scripture
John 10:11
Context
Spoken to a people who knew exactly how much a shepherd was worth.
Reflection
Shepherding in Scripture is not sentimental. It is night watches, wilderness and risk.
Good Shepherd, lead me where I would not choose to go alone.
Traditionally understood as the ruler who brings wholeness
Scripture
Isaiah 9:6
Context
Part of Isaiah's promise of a child to be born and a government upon His shoulders.
Reflection
Peace here is not the absence of conflict but the presence of right rule.
Prince of Peace, govern what is chaotic in me.
Traditionally understood as the one who ends darkness
Scripture
John 8:12
Context
Spoken in the temple treasury, likely near the great lampstands.
Reflection
Light does not argue with darkness. It simply arrives.
Light of the World, shine where I have grown used to the dark.
Traditionally understood as the one who sustains
Scripture
John 6:35
Context
Said the day after He fed a crowd who came back looking for more bread.
Reflection
He offers Himself where people were hoping for a smaller answer.
Bread of Life, satisfy the hunger I keep taking to lesser things.
Traditionally understood as the path to the Father
Scripture
John 14:6
Context
Spoken to anxious disciples on the night before the crucifixion.
Reflection
The answer to 'how do we get there' turned out to be a person, not directions.
Lord, when I do not know the way, remind me that I know You.
Traditionally understood as the first and the last
Scripture
Revelation 1:8
Context
Among the opening declarations of the Revelation.
Reflection
He is not only present in the story. He is its bookends.
First and Last, hold the parts of my story I cannot finish.
Traditionally understood as sovereign over all authority
Scripture
Revelation 19:16
Context
The title written on the robe and thigh of the rider called Faithful and True.
Reflection
Every other authority in your life is a smaller one.
King of Kings, reign where I have handed the throne to something else.
Traditionally understood as the near relative who restores what was lost
Scripture
Ruth 4:9-10
Context
Boaz redeems the inheritance of Naomi's family and takes Ruth as his wife.
Reflection
Redemption in Ruth is legal, familial and costly — and it is how Scripture teaches the word.
Redeemer, buy back what I assumed was gone for good.
From the book
The names and titles of Jesus Christ recorded in They Shall Be Called.
Anointed One
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Bright and Morning Star
Self-explanatory in manuscript
The Bread of Life
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Everlasting Father
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Fairest of Ten Thousand
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Immanuel
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Lily of the Valley
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Messiah
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Mighty God
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Prince of Peace
Self-explanatory in manuscript
The Redeemer
Self-explanatory in manuscript
The Rock of Ages
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Wonderful Counsellor
Self-explanatory in manuscript
The Word
Self-explanatory in manuscript
The True Vine
Self-explanatory in manuscript
Entries as published in They Shall Be Called by Gracy Reid.
