Jesus, Son of God
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Introduction
Introduction
Mark 1:
With the opening words of their gospels, every gospel writer (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) wanted to make a particular point about Jesus.
Matthew began by referring to Jesus as the Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
Luke began by rooting Jesus in verifiable history—with eyewitness accounts from the days of Herod, king of Judea.
John began by referring to Jesus as the Word who was with God and was God and was made flesh and dwelt among us.
Mark begins with these words in ...
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
This isn’t to say that Matthew, Luke, and John didn’t declare Jesus to be the Son of God as well.
Matthew repeatedly declares Him to be the Son of God.
Luke also repeatedly declares Him to the Son of God.
And John said that the whole purpose of his gospel was so that its readers would know that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God...
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Of course, this title—Son of God—is used of Jesus when His birth is announced in .
The angel Gabriel was sent by God to tell Mary that she would be the mother of Jesus, but Mary, a virgin, was confused and asked in ...
And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
Gabriel responded in with...
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
We love to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Son of God, at Christmas, but what does it mean that Jesus is the Son of God? What do we do with that fact? And how does it affect how we live and how we die?
What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of God? And how does it affect how we live and how we die?
We’ll spend out time tonight answering those QUESTIONS, but before we do, let’s ask God to help us.
[Prayer]
Major Ideas
Major Ideas
Question #1: What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of God?
Question #1: What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of God?
Jesus, the Son of God is divine.
We’ve already been over in reference to the gospels, but let me reiterate the fact that what the whole argument of the NT is that Jesus is the Son of God. To see Him as anything less that the Son of God is to deny what God’s Word presents to us.
Jesus is called the son of God...
…by Satan.
And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “ ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “ ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ” And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ ” And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,
…by demons.
And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
…by John the Baptist.
And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
...by His Followers.
And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
...by angels.
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
...by a Roman Centurion.
When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
..by Jesus.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
The phrase “sons of God” is used the OT to refer to angels and fallen angels (, ; ; , , ). It used that way in the NT as well (). But I couldn’t find one example of an individual ever specifically referred to as “Son of God” in the OT, and it is clear that in the NT Jesus is not being referred to as an angelic being.
Jesus is referred to; He refers to Himself as the Son of God—as One equal in divinity with YAHWEH Himself.
That’s what it means that Jesus is the Son of God—He is divine! He is deity! He is very God of very God!
This brings us to our next QUESTION...
Question #2: What should we do with the fact that Jesus is the Son of God?
Question #2: What should we do with the fact that Jesus is the Son of God?
Most of the Jews in Jesus’ day wouldn’t embrace Jesus as the Son of God, because they rightly saw His claim to the Son of God as a claim of equality with God.
Most of the Jews in Jesus’ day wouldn’t embrace Jesus as the Son of God, because they rightly saw His claim to the Son of God as a claim of equality with God.
They didn’t have faith to see that what Jesus claimed about Himself was true.
And because they didn’t have faith to see the truth about Jesus, they wanted to kill Him for what they erroneously perceived as blasphemy— “This is why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him… He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God,” ().
After His arrest, when He was being “tried” before religious leaders who had already decided He was guilty, the charge against Him was that He claimed to be the Son of God.
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20
Jesus is called the Son of God...
And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “ ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “ ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ” And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ ” And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,
…by demons.
And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
In they asked Him, “Are you the Son of God?” When Jesus said, “You say that I am,” they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves form His own lips.”
…by John the Baptist.
Jesus is called the Son of God by John the Baptist.
And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
...by His Followers.
And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
Jesus is called the Son of God by His Followers.
Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
John 3:11
John 11:27
And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
...by angels.
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
...by a Roman Centurion.
When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54
..by Jesus.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
The phrase “sons of God” is used the OT to refer to angels and fallen angels (, ; ; , , ), but I couldn’t find one example of an individual is ever specifically referred to as “Son of God,” and it is clear that in the uses above Jesus is not being referred to as an angelic being.
Jesus is referred to as the Son of God—not just an angelic being, but One equal in divinity with YAHWEH Himself.
He referenced Himself in this way.
Most of the Jews in Jesus’ day wouldn’t embrace Him as the Son of God, because they rightly saw it as a claim of equality with God.
They didn’t have faith to see that what Jesus claimed about Himself was true.
And because they didn’t have faith to see the truth about Jesus, they wanted to kill Him for what they erroneously perceived as blasphemy— “This is why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him… He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God,” ().
do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
John 10:
After His arrest, when He was being “tried” before religious leaders who had already decided He was guilty, the charge against Him was that He claimed to be the Son of God. In they asked Him, “Are you the Son of God?” When Jesus said, “You say that I am,” they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves form His own lips.”
It would’ve made no difference to them what Jesus said.
It didn’t make any difference to them who Jesus was.
He had demonstrated that He was indeed the divine Son of God, but they had ignored these proofs.
He healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, made the lame walk, and the deaf hear.
He cast out demons.
He turned water into wine, calmed a storm and withered a fig tree with a command.
He turned water
He walked on water.
He raised the dead.
Who could do these things but the Son of God?
Yet, they would not believe Him. And many of them wouldn’t even believe the sign of Jonah—when Jesus was raised from the dead.
When He was hanging on the cross, some who passed Jesus by derided Him by saying, “If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross,” ().
So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.”
When He was hanging on the cross, some who passed Jesus by derided Him by saying, “If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross,” ().
Others joined in with derision of their own...
He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
Matthew 27:43
They didn’t yet understand the truth of ...
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
You see, the people who mocked and taunted Jesus when He was on the cross thought that if He was the Son of God, He would use that power to escape the cross.
But because Jesus was the Son of God, He used His divine power to embrace the cross.
As the Son of God, Jesus could have called down legions of angels to rescue Him (), but He didn’t.
Why?
Because God loved us and sent His only Son—Jesus, the Son of God—to live for us, die for us, and rise for us, so that who believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
This is what we should do with the fact that Jesus is the Son of God—we should believe it and live!
If we don’t believe it, nothing will change.
Jesus will still be the Son of God, and we will still be condemned.
But says...
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Jesus, the Son of God, was sent that you would believe and be saved, so believe and be saved!
And here’s why...
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
God has sent His one and only Son for you; to pay the price for your sins; to rise so you could be right with God.
The way to access who Jesus is as the Son of God and what He has done for you as the Son of God, is to believe.
Believing on Him as the Son of God...
…sounds like a prayer.
“Lord, have mercy on me a sinner.”
“Lord, I believe! Help my unbelief.”
…looks like obedience.
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
John 3:19-21
The real thing that keeps us from embracing Jesus as the light, the Son of God, is our love for sin.
Don’t let your love for sin rob you of eternal life.
Repent. Believe. And be saved.
Final Question: How does the fact that Jesus is the Son of God affect how we live and how we die?
Final Question: How does the fact that Jesus is the Son of God affect how we live and how we die?
Since Jesus is the Son of God, let us...
Since Jesus is the Son of God, let us...
…proclaim Him and live for Him.
When Saul, the persecutor of Christians, became Paul, the Apostle of Christ, says that...
And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”
Paul not only proclaimed Jesus as the Son of God, but lived his life by faith in Jesus as the Son of God, who loved Him and gave Himself for Him ().
How are you living your life? Is by faith in Jesus as the Son of God?
You might ask, “What does that even mean? How am I suppose to live my life by faith in Jesus as the Son of God?”
If we think of faith as weight, I could ask it like this, “In your life, are you putting your full weight on the fact that Jesus is the Son of God?”
In Paul said...
For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
For Paul life was lived in the reality of Jesus as the Son of God, and he faced death believing that fact.
If he died, he’d go to be with Christ Jesus, and that would be to his gain.
But if he lived, he would live for Christ Jesus because He was and is the Son of God.
This should be the outlook of everyone Christian.
…hold fast to our confession of Him.
…hold fast to our confession of Him.
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
We live in world of abandoned commitments. People make agreements and break them without a care it seems. Marriages are abandoned; families too.
But we Christians must be different, and that difference begins with our commitment to or confession of Jesus, the Son of God.
Since He is the Son of God we must keep our commitment to Him. To do anything less it to abandon God as we abandon the Son of God.
The theme of perseverance or holding fast to our confession is one we find throughout Hebrews.
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
Because Jesus is the Son of God, He is worth holding on to.
Are you paying closer attention to the things of God so as to hold on to the Son of God?
Are you boasting in the things of God so as to hold on to the Son of God?
Are you exhorting one another in the things of God so as to hold on to the Son of God?
Are you striving in the things of God so as to hold on to the things of God?
…not trample Him underfoot.
…not trample Him underfoot.
Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 10:
In the context of , to trample the Son of God underfoot is to mock His sacrifice upon the cross by persisting in sins for which He died. ...
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
If we have come to believe that Jesus is the Son of God who died to pay for our sins and died to set us free from the curse of sin and death, then we must give up all sin.
To embrace sin or to dabble in sin is to trample the Son of God under foot.
There will be no mercy for those who do.
How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
…be assured.
…be assured.
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Because Jesus is the Son of God we can know for sure that we have eternal life if we have Him in faith.
1 John 5:12
1 John
If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God sent to save you, you have no reason to doubt your salvation.
You salvation is as certain as the fact that Jesus is the Son of God.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Finally, I referenced earlier and said that John wrote his gospel so that his readers would believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
That’s only part of what John said in . As the full verse says, John wrote his gospel...
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
As we have seen with many of the Names of Jesus, the most important question is do you believe?
Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God?
Do you have life in His Name?