IV. JESUS THE MESSIAH
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THE word Christ is the translation into Greek of the Hebrew word Messiah. The Hebrew Messiah, or "Anointed One," was to be the deliverer of their race. Jesus claimed to be that Messiah. When the woman of Samaria said to Jesus, "I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he." (John 4:25—26.) His claim to be the Messiah could not have been more unequivocal.
And his religion is founded upon that claim. On one occasion he asked his disciples, "Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ [the Messiah], the Son of the living God. And Jesus
