Category: The Son

Relating to Jesus specifically

No Other Savior

January 12, 2017
“I have been the LORD your God ever since I brought you out of Egypt. You must acknowledge no God but me, for there is no other savior.”

‭‭Hosea‬ ‭13:4‬ ‭NLT‬‬

 

This nugget popped out during my devotional reading this morning, and I wanted to take quick note of it. To me, this alludes to a Triuneness as Jesus is the ultimate Savior of mankind for eternity, and not only the historical event of being led out of Egypt as mentioned in the context of this verse.

 

The greater saving of separation from God was seen from the foundation of the world. In God’s timelessness, He saw that flawed humans would need a Savior willing to die for them, it was not something that a person could do on their own. (The insurmountable task is pictured in the flight through the Red Sea.) God had to be willing to die for people, Genesis 3:15.

 

God has shown His persistent love in His relationship with Israel and then with everyone tainted by he corruption of sin the world. His desire from the Garden was to save people from themselves. Their willingness to lean on their own limited understanding, Isaiah 55:8-9.

 

In His absolute statement, God says no one can save but Him. He is Immanuel, Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23. We see the unity of the person of Jesus who is God and God who is throughout both Testaments; that humans cannot save themselves, only God can, and He does it freely. For that, I am ever thankful.

Jesus, the Son of God! Of Who? Of God. Hmm. . . .

January 3, 2017

 

 

In the King James version of the Bible, the phrase Son of God appears 47 times (once in the book of Daniel). Never once in the New Testament is the Jesus referred to as the Son of the Holy Spirit, and yet Matthew 1:20, the Holy Spirit is clearly listed as the conceiver. It would have been just as easy for Matthew to say the LORD is the conceiver, but he did not.

 

He states eight times that Jesus is the Son of God, (G2316 theos), so the distinction can be

 

considered purposeful, John 14:26. This theos is the same that is used in Matthew 3:9.

 

The two statements cannot disagree, either God is the father of Jesus or He is not. Either the God is triune or He is not. If He is not, the Matthew 1:20 is misleading at best, and incorrect at worst, which scripture is not; Romans 3:4, Psalm 119:160, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, John 17:17 and 1 Thessalonians 2:13.
As a human, it is not in my ability to know the fullness of God. He will always have mystery about Him. (Job 11:7, Daniel 2:28a, Ephesians 3:4,9, Matthew 13:11, Romans 16:25, and so on.) If I live to be a thousand years, God would still be new to me. He is a good mystery.