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. John 3:16 John3:16 elevates Christ to thin-air loftiness crowning Him with the most regal of titles: One and Only Son. The Greek word for one and only, monogenes, highlights the particular relationship between Jesus and God. Though God is the father of all humanity, Jesus alone is the monogenetic Son of God, because only Christ has Gods genes or genetic makeup. The familiar translation only begotten Son conveys this truth. When parents beget or conceive a child, they transfer their DNA to the newborn. Jesus shares Gods DNA. Jesus isnt begotten in the sense that He began but in the sense that He and God have the same essence, eternal life span, unending wisdom, and tireless energy. Every quality we attribute to God, we can attribute to Jesus. ~ Max Lucado
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:56:01 +0000
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