SON OF GOD FIRSTBORN ONLY BEGOTTEN

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SON OF GOD / FIRST-BORN / ONLY BEGOTTEN

• Introduction
• In this lesson we look at three terms applied
  to Jesus of Nazareth who died to save man
  eternally. But first
• 1. When asked by the high priest if he was the
  Christ, the Son of the Blessed, he answered I
  am, Mark 1461.
• 2. The Jews understood that Jesus claimed to
  be just that! Jn. 1030-33, I and the Father are
  one. 31 The Jews took up stones again to stone
  him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works
  have I showed you from the Father for which of
  those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews
  answered

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him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for
blasphemy and because that thou, being a man,
makest thyself God.

• 3. When Peter attributed deity to him, he said
  nothing to the contrary, Jn. 668, Simon Peter
  answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou
  hast the words of eternal life.
• 4. But Modernists claim that he was a great
  moralist, philosopher, and teacher, but not a
  divine being. They try to uphold Jesus ethical
  teachings, while denying his divinity (by
  claiming that Jesus did not affirm his deity, but
  that his followers affirmed it after he had
  died)!
• But N.T. teaching denies this explanation of
  man.

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How can a liar, an imposter, be such a great
teacher of morals? If Jesus was not what he
claimed to be, he was not worthy of any credence!

• The undeniable testimony of so many
  eye-witness-es, both of men and women, causes us
  to make ours the words of Martha, Jn. 1127, Yea,
  Lord I have be-lieved that thou art the Christ,
  the Son of God, even he that cometh into the
  world.
• 5. To deny the deity of Jesus is to condemn
  oneself to eternal damnation he will die in his
  sins! Jn. 824, I said therefore unto you, that
  ye shall die in your sins for except ye believe
  that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

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Now to the significant phrases or terms applied
to Jesus of Nazareth

• I. SON OF GOD
• Son of , in the figurative sense, denotes
  sameness of nature.
• It does not imply that one has a mother and a
  father, that the father has a wife!
• This is the big mistake of the Muslims
  argu-ment. He ignores the idiomatic meaning of
  the Jews speech, and gives to this expression a
  literal application, as if reference were made to
  a literal sonship from father and mother.
• Of course God doesnt have a wife! Who claims
  that He does? Certainly not the Bible!

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Gen. 420,21, And Adah bare Jabal he was the
father of such as dwell in tents and have
cattle. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal he
was the father of all such as handle the harp and
pipe.

• Those who dwelt in tents were sons of Jabal,
  in the sense of identifying with him in the
  nature of their living habits. -- Those who
  played instruments of music identified with Judal
  in the nature of their musical skills.
• They were not literally descendents of those
  two men!
• Gen. 174, As for me, behold, my covenant is
  with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a
  multitude of nations.

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The many nations, or tribes, did not have the
same father and mother, but were sons of Abraham
in that they identified with Abrahams line of
descent.

• Mar. 317, James the son of Zebedee, and John
  the brother of James and them he surnamed
  Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder.
• Does thunder have a wife, that together they
  might have sons? Does anyone have a problem
  under-standing this idiomatic expression of the
  Jews language? Why, then, the problem
  understanding the figurative expression, Son of
  God?
• Lk. 106, And if a son of peace be there, your
  peace shall rest upon him but if not, it shall
  turn to you again.

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A son of peace is one who is of the nature of
peace, one who is characterized by peace.

• Obviously peace does not have a wife, that
  togeth-er they might have children!
• Lk. 2034-36, And Jesus said unto them, The
  sons of this world marry, and are given in
  marriage 35 but they that are accounted worthy
  to attain to that world, and the resurrection
  from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
  marriage 36 for neither can they die any more
  for they are equal unto the angels and are sons
  of God, being sons of the resurrection.
• Reference is made to those identified with an
  ungodly world, and to others identified with God,
  and with the resurrection.

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Jn. 1712, While I was with them, I kept them in
thy name which thou hast given me and I guarded
them, and not one of them perished, but the son
of perdition that the scripture might be
fulfilled.

• Judas Iscariot was one identified with
  perdition (a state of being lost).
• Who was the wife of perdition, that Judas
  should be called the son of perdition?
• Acts 436, And Joseph, who by the apostles was
  surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted,
  Son of exhortation)
• Who was Barnabas mother? Was his father named
  Exhortation?
• Any problem here? Of course not!

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So Jesus, in calling himself the Son of God,
made himself equal with God, Jn. 518, For this
cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill
him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but
also called God his own Father, making himself
equal with God.

• The expression, Son of God, sets forth position,
  not derivation! Rom. 14, who was declared to
  be the Son of God with power, according to the
  spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the
  dead.
• Son of God title, equal to Messiah, Matt.
  2663,64, And the high priest said unto him, I
  adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us
  whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 64
  Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said.

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Jesus did not refer to himself as a son of
God, but as the son of God.

• Jesus taught his disciples, in praying, to say
  our father, but he always referred to God as
  my father. He identified with deity is of the
  same na-ture.
• The role of Sonship (subjection) had a
  beginning. (But as to deity and eternity Jesus
  Christ is the Word, Jn. 11).

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II. FIRST-BORN

• proto first tikto bring forth
• (a) in time --
• Esau, Gen. 2719, And Jacob said unto his
  father, I am Esau thy first-born.
• In Egypt, Exod. 1115, and all the first-born
  in the land of Egypt shall die, from the
  first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his
  throne, even unto the first-born of the
  maid-servant that is behind the mill and all the
  first-born of cattle.
• Jesus, Lk. 27, And she brought forth her
  first-born son and she wrapped him in swaddling
  clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there
  was no room for them in the inn.

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(b) in position

• disease, Job 1813, The members of his body
  shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death
  shall devour his members. ( the most powerful)
• poor, Isa. 1430, And the first-born of the
  poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in
  safety and I will kill thy root with famine, and
  thy remnant shall be slain. ( the most needy
  of all)
• Israel, Exod. 422,23, And thou shalt say unto
  Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my
  first-born 23 and I have said unto thee, Let
  my son go, that he may serve me and thou hast
  refused to let him go behold, I will slay thy
  son, thy first-born.
• ( Israel, a special one of preeminence)

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Ephraim, Jer. 319, They shall come with
weeping and with supplications will I lead them
I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in
a straight way wherein they shall not stumble
for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my
first-born. ( Israel, Ephraim, Gods
special people)

• King David, Ps. 8927, I also will make him
  my first-born, The highest of the kings of the
  earth.
• (David was not the oldest child in his family,
  but God exalted him in position above all the
  kings of the earth).
• Christians, Heb. 1223, to the general
  assembly and church of the firstborn who are
  enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all,
  and to the spirits of just men made perfect

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( the church is made up of first-born ones
that is, of preeminent ones. What a privilege to
be a Christian!)

• Christ, Rom. 829, that he might be the
  firstborn among many brethren.
• Col. 115-18, who is the image of the
  in-visible God, the firstborn of all creation
  16 for in him were all things created, in the
  heavens and upon the earth, things visible and
  things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
  principalities or powers all things have been
  created through him, and unto him 17 and he is
  before all things, and in him all things consist.
  18 And he is the head of the body, the church
  who is the beginning, the firstborn from the
  dead that in all things he might have the
  pre-eminence.

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Rev. 15, Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler
of the kings of the earth.

• First-born (in the figurative sense) does not
  say, first created (per the Jeh. Witnesses),
  nor sug-gests a mother and father, but denotes
  preeminence (because the first born got the
  primogeniture)!
• III. ONLY BEGOTTEN
• Hebrew, yalad Greek, gennao
• Compare Psalms 2 (Messianic) plus Heb. 15, For
  unto which of the angels said he at any time,
  Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee?
• (a) bring forth, as a mother, Gen. 41, And the
  man knew Eve his wife and she conceived, and
  bare Cain.

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Lk. 113, But the angel said unto him, Fear
not, Zacharias because thy supplication is
heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a
son.

• (b) beget, as a father, Gen. 418, Irad begat
  Mehujael and Mehujael begat Methushael and
  Methushael begat Lamech.
• Matt. 12, Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac
  begat Jacob and Jacob begat Judah and his
  brethren.
• Figuratively, 1 Cor. 415, For though ye have
  ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not
  many fathers for in Christ Jesus I begat you
  through the gospel.

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(c) Christ in his human role was begotten by
the Holy Spirit, Matt. 120, Heb. 105, Joseph,
thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife for that which is conceived in her
is of the Holy Spirit ... Wherefore when he
cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and
offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou
prepare for me. ( associated w/ deity)

• (d) In reference to Christ, only begotten is
  a statement of his singular position, not his
  origin!
• Greek Monogenes, Jn. 114,18, And the Word
  be-came flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld
  his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the
  Father), full of grace and truth No man hath
  seen God at any time the only begotten Son, who
  is in the .

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bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

• Jn. 316,18, For God so loved the world, that
  he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
  be-lieveth on him should not perish, but have
  eternal life 18 He that believeth on him is
  not judged he that believeth not hath been
  judged already, be-cause he hath not believed on
  the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• Isaac is called Abrahams only begotten son
  (Heb. 1117), yet Abraham had more sons (Gal.
  422, Ishmael). Therefore, Isaac is designated,
  by the term only begotten, as the son of
  promise and purpose!

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CONCLUSION

• 1. Psalms 2, Why do the nations rage, And the
  peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of
  the earth set themselves, And the rulers take
  counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against
  his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their
  bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
  4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh
  The Lord will have them in derision. 5 Then
  will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex
  them in his sore displeasure 6 Yet I have set
  my king Upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will
  tell of the decree Jehovah said unto me, Thou
  art my son This day have I begotten thee.

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8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations
for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of
the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt
break them with a rod of iron Thou shalt dash
them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

• Verse 7 sets forth the time of Christs
  Kingship, universal dominion, coronation and
  Priesthood.
• 2. Christs role of Sonship began as he arose
  from the dead, ascended on high and sent forth
  the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost (and not
  at his miracu-lous birth!).
• 3. The phrase, first-born, has no reference to
  his miraculous birth, but to his position of
  preeminence.

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4. The term only begotten has no reference to
physical birth of a father and mother, but to the
uniqueness of his role as the Son of God (that
is, God with us, deity!).

• 5. All this being true, the last four verses of
  Ps. 2 have specific meaning!
• 10 Now therefore be wise, O ye kings Be
  instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve
  Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
  12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish
  in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled.
  Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
• 6. Are YOU serving Jehovah with fear?

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