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.