Sermonette: What Is "Son of God"?

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Given 12-Mar-94; 21 minutes

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An article in the Charlotte Observer, "Who Do You Say I Am?," contains modern characterizations of Jesus Christ that are shallow, disrespectful, downright limiting characterizations advanced by scholars. Some 'scholarly' opinions claim that only 18% of the things Christ said were original with Him. Most scoff at the idea of a virgin birth because it would 'take a miracle.' They further suggest that Jesus was married at least twice. Jesus Christ, in their opinion, was an itinerant Jewish teacher who gained a following, several billions of followers. The Baby Boomers of the 1930s and 1940s, who left the established in droves, are now having issues as they approach old-age, are coming back to the churches, but with a desire to re-define Jesus in terms that suits them, attempting to create Jesus in their own flawed image, allegedly bringing Him out of the clouds and putting Him back on earth. Our concept of God determines how we will worship Him. The fact that so many misunderstandings about Him while He was on the earth indicates they didn't listen to Him. The term "Son of Man" suggests or connotes a being just like any other man. Jesus had to be made into a man like us in every way in order to empathize and serve as High Priest for us. Humanity is guilty of every heinous sin imaginable. Someone had to pay that debt. A spiritual God cannot represent man, but a Man who lived a perfect life could. Christ would have to take on all the mortal limitations we are subject to, including hunger, thirst, temptation, and subjection to death. Even with the mind of God and the Holy Spirit without measure, the redeeming was undertaken with a certain degree of risk, but Jesus overcame the world, living without sin, and paying for all the sins of mankind.




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