JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD

When a born again believers says that he believes Jesus Christ is the Son of God, exactly what does that mean?  Some believe that Jesus, like all "sons of God," became God's Son by faith in the Father.  After all, doesn't the Word of God say, "But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name" (Jn. 1:12)?  Yes, of course it does, but the "Him's" in that verse refer to Jesus.  All the rest of us who are called the "sons of God," have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.  Jesus, on the other hand, is the Father's "only begotten Son" (sired by God); that is, His father actually was God, The Father (Jn. 3:16; Mt. 3:17; 17:5; Lk. 3:38; etc.)!  The Word says, "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God" (Lk. 1:35).

Okay, Jesus is "the only begotten Son of God"; so what does that mean?  Well, the religious leaders who opposed Jesus throughout His earthly ministry, knew the implications of Him being called the "Son of God."  We read, "But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.  Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God" (Jn. 5:17-18).  The Apostle Paul confirmed that Jesus understood that He was, in fact, equal to the Father; he wrote, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God" (Phil. 2:5-6).

Die-hard opponents of Christianity are quick to say that Jesus never claimed to be the Son of God, and that Christians are as foolish as those who believe the Greek and Roman myths about the gods mating with mankind.  There are dozens of verses that make the claim that Jesus is the Son of God.  Let's look at what Jesus said:

"Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is He, Lord, that I might believe on Him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped Him" (Jn. 9:35-38).

 

 

Like this man, when you truly meet the Son of God, you will worship Him!