Jan. 28, 2024

Believe Again

The Only Son

Primary Text: Matthew 16:15-17        

1)  Lord Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 1:3-4:  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles…. 

Acts 11:15-17:  "As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.  Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'  So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?" 

Acts 16:29-31:  The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.  He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"  They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household." 

1 Corinthians 8:5-6:  For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"), yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. 

DQ 1) What is the meaning of “Lord” as used most commonly in the New Testament?  

DQ 2) What is the meaning of “Lord Jesus Christ” as used in the New Testament?  

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2)  The Son

John 3:16:  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

Matthew 3:16-17:  As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water.  At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him.  And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." 

Matthew 14:32-33:  And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.  Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." 

Matthew 16:15-17:  "But what about you?" he asked.  "Who do you say I am?"  Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."  Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven." 

DQ 3) What do the Scriptures tell us about the nature of the Son of God?

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3)  Begotten, Not Made

John 1:1-2:  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.   

John 14:8-10:  Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."  Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?  Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.  How can you say, 'Show us the Father’?  Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?  The words I say to you are not just my own.  Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.” 

Hebrews 1:3:  The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.  After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.  

DQ 4) What does it mean that Jesus is “begotten, not made”?

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