GOD'S MINISTRY

 

THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH

BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

 

Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Daniels

 

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SONSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST - PART I

 

Whom say ye that Jesus The Christ is?

 

Matthew 16:13-15  When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? [14] And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. [15] He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

 

Matthew 16:16  And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

[17] And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. [18] And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [19] And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

 

Either you believe that Jesus Christ “is” The Son of {of meaning from}

God or you don’t,

 

Whom say ye that Jesus The Christ is?

 

[Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God] Such confession from the heart brings and confirms the new birth (1 John 5:1).

 

[Christ] See  Matthew 1:1.

 

[Son] Expresses His relationship to the Father.  He is a separate and distinct person from the Father.

 

Fourteen Testimonies of Sonship:

 

God declared Jesus to be "My beloved Son" (Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5).  Jesus said, "I am the Son of God" (John 10:36). 

 

And Demons (Matthew 8:29; Luke 4:41); Gabriel (Luke 1:32-35); disciples (Matthew 14:33); the Centurian (Matthew 27:54); Peter (Matthew 16:16; John 6:69); John the Baptist (John 1:34); Martha (John 11:27); Mark (Mark 1:1); the Eunuch (Acts 8:26-38); Nathaniel (John 1:49); Paul (Acts 9:20; Galatians 2:20); and John (John 20:31) all called Jesus "The Son of God."  John called Him "the only begotten Son" and "the Son of the Father" (John 1:18; John 3:16-18; 1 John 4:9; 2 John 1:3). 

 

Satan, Pharisees, and others also understood Him to claim Sonship (Matthew 4:3-6; Matthew 27:40-43; John 19:7).  "The Son of God" is used 47 times; "only begotten Son" 5 times; "My Son" 8 times; "the Son" 34 times; and "His Son" 24 times.

 

[living God] Living, in contrast to lifeless gods.

 

Fourteen Living Things

 

1. God. It is used 31 times; 15 in the Old Testament and 16 in the New Testament (Deut. 5:26; Daniel 6:20, 26; Matthew 16:16; etc.)

2. Christ (Hebrews 7:25; Rev. 1:18)

3. Word (1 Peter 1:23)

4. Creatures (animals, Genesis 1:21-28; Genesis 2:19)

5. Creatures (cherubim, Ezekiel 1)

6. Soul (Genesis 2:7; 1 Cor. 15:45)

7. Substance (Genesis 7:4, 23)

8. Bread (John 6:51)

9. Sacrifice (Romans 12:1-2)

10. Way (Hebrews 10:20; cp. John 14:6)

11. Stones (1 Peter 2:4-5)

12. Fountains (Rev. 7:17)

13. Hope (1 Peter 1:3)

14. John 6:69 and we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

 

Waters (John 4:10-11; John 7:37-39)

 

[We believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God]

 

Four things Peter was sure of:

 

1. No one else to go to.

2. Christ alone had the words of eternal life.

3. Jesus was the Christ.

4. Christ was and is the Son of the living God. This kind of confession brings the new birth (1 John 5:1)

 

1 John 5:1  Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

 

The Heavenly Father called His Son by His (Fathers) own name “God” simply because Jesus The Christ (Jesus The Anointed One) is His own Begotten Son

 

Hebrews 1:1   God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, [2] Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; [3] Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; [4] Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. [5] For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

 

Hebrews 1:6  And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. [7] And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. [8] But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

 

[9] Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. [10] And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: [11] They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

 

Notice notice notice

 

In Hebrews 1:9 ....(The Heavenly Father) is saying to His own Son, “even thy God (meaning, Your God), hath anointed thee” (thee meaning, You)!

 

John 14:1-7  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. [2] In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. [3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. [4] And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. [5] Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? [6] Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. [7] If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

 

John 14:8   Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. [9] Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? [10] Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

 

Words are Spirit!

 

Remember, it is Jesus Christ The Son of God that is making the statement!

 

John 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

 

John 6:63  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

 

John 14:11   Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. [12] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. [13] And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. [14] If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. [15] If ye love me, keep my commandments. [16] And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; [17] Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

 

John 14:23   Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. [24] He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

 

John 14:28  Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

 

God sent His own Son

 

Romans 8:3   For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: [4] That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [5] For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. [6] For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. [7] Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. [8] So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. [9] But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

 

[10] And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. [11] But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

 

[12] Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. [13] For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. [14] For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. [15] For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. [16] The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

 

[17] And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. [18] For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. [19] For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. [20] For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, [21] Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. [22] For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. [23] And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. [24] For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? [25] But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

 

[26] Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. [27] And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. [28] And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

 

Rev. 3:21  To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

 

Romans 10:9   That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. [11] For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. [12] For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. [13] For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 

And your answer is?

 

 

 

Revs. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Daniels Sui Juris