The Son of God
“This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.“
Mark 1:1 NLT
Mark’s Gospel proclaims Jesus as the Son of God. The One who saved us by taking the penalty for our sins on Himself and dying in our place.
Mark tells us that Jesus is “the Son of God“, right from the beginning.
Believing He is God’s one and only Son, through which we have the offer of forgiveness, salvation, and the right to spend eternity in His presence, boggles the mind. We can’t fathom it, and many reject the idea without looking more deeply into it.
“The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.“ C.S. Lewis
In John 5, the Jewish leaders were arguing with Jesus about healing a man on the Sabbath. Jesus answered them, saying, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” That’s when they began trying harder to kill Him because “he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.“
“John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message. But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me. And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face, and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you. “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.“ (John 5:35-40 NLT)
“When the child of God, looks into the Word of God, and sees the Son of God, he is changed by the Spirit of God, into the image of God, for the glory of God“ Warren Wiersbe
John prepared the way for Jesus in Matthew 3:3 “The prophet Isaiah was speaking about John when he said, “He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the LORD’s coming! Clear the road for him!’” (NLT) John also identified Jesus as the Son of God in John 1:33.
”And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.” (John 1:32-34 ESV)
”Turn to God from idols. For the sword of His wrath that had been aimed at you has been sheathed into the heart of His Son. And the arrows of His anger that had been put against your breast were loosed into the Lord Jesus Christ. Because He has died for you, you were forgiven.” Paris Reidhead