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| IV. JESUS: God and Son of God. Some Christians believe that Jesus was God incarnate, and some Christians argue that Jesus is unique above all of the other Founders of religion because Jesus was the "only begotten son of God". I must say, it does sound confusing because all human beings are begotten of their father, but it doesn't mean that they ARE their father.... John Chapter10: 29: My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30: I and my Father are one. 31: Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32: Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33: The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34: Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?*** (see Psalms 82:6) 35: If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36: Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? ***Psalms 82:6: I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. So we are all the sons (and daughters) of God, children of the most High? So, in Verse 34, Jesus is saying that we are all gods, and when He says "Is it not written in your law?", Jesus is making a reference to Psalms 82:6. Which not only states that we are all gods but that we are all children of the Most High. We are all the sons of God? So what does that say about this verse? John 3: 16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. It would appear to say that something here is contradictory, at one point Jesus says we are all the sons of God, and then later, the Bible says that Jesus is the only son. THERE IS A REASON WHY JESUS IS SAID TO BE THE ONLY SON OF GOD. The clues are in the Old Testament. Gen:22:2: And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Gen:22:12: And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. Gen:22:16: And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: Jer:6:26: O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. Amos:8:10: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. Zech:12:10: And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. So, there is some significance to being an only son. Mourning for an only son is the most bitter form of lamentation. I would bet to say that being an only son in a family during Bible times puts one in a pretty improtant and prominent position within the family. Does this describe Jesus? And does His sacrifice cause the most bitter of lamentations? |
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