The Only Begotten and the Adopted Children
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
2/5/2017 AM
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Text:
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Romans 8;
Lord's Day 13
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Psalters: |
418, 326, 375, 125 |
- Jesus.
- That Jesus is the Son of God and that He is begotten is extremely important, for it demonstrates that Jesus is also divine.
- But Jesus shares the divine nature of God (Col. 1:15-17), and did not shed His Godhead when He became man (John 1:14)
- Jesus did not become the Son of God, but always was the eternal God the Son.
- Faith enabled some to identify Jesus as the Son of God: Nathaniel (John 1:49); Peter (Matt. 16:16); Thomas (John 20:28).
- John and Paul gave clear testimony: John 1:1-3,14,18,34; 3:16; I John 5:5,20; Rom. 9:5; I Tim. 3:16.
- And Scripture identifies Jesus as God’s “begotten” Son.
- Jesus’ Sonship is “only.”
- Because God Himself sheds His life’s blood, His cross is surely efficacious.
- In the Son of God, God adopted us and gives us the privilege of being His children (Rom. 8:16; John 1:12; I Peter 1:23).
- Although we are truly God’s children, there is a distinction between Jesus, God’s only begotten Son, and us.
- How is our childhood realized?
- It began in election (Eph. 1:4,5) and we were predestinated to be conformed to the image of God’s Son (Rom. 8:29).
- It was realized on the cross when the only begotten Son of God earned for us the right to be called the children of God.
- The Spirit of the Son of God actually makes us God’s children (not step-children).
- God graciously adopted us and gave us the glorious privilege of being called His children (Gal. 4:4,5).
- Abide in the happy and peace-giving confidence that we are in His family and that He will take us into His home to dwell with Him forever.