This combination presents a very full presentation of our Lord. It occurs about 75 times. It does not occur in the Gospels, as we might expect, and only once in the Acts of the Apostles. It is fairly common throughout the Epistles. It forms the benediction of eight of Paul's epistles, and ends the Revelation likewise. There is a wonderful majesty in this combination. When the Philippian jailor cried in anguish of deep conviction of sin, "What must I do to be saved?" the memorable answer was given, "Believe on THE LORD JESUS CHRIST: and thou shalt be saved." (Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31)).
So we have the combination of the names of the LORD to whom we bow, and whose claims we recognize; of JESUS, the Savior, whom we trust for salvation; of CHRIST, the Anointed, sent to be the great Mediator between God and man. When it was a question of the Corinthian assembly being called to excommunicate a man from their midst, who had sinned grievously, the solemnity of their action was emphasized by the use of the combination of the three names of our Lord appearing twice. We read, "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." (1 Cor. 5:4, 54In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. (1 Corinthians 5:4‑5)).
We may remember, too, the beautiful doxology, that graces the close of Paul's second epistle to the Corinthians, "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love. of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen." (2 Cor. 13, 14).