God the Son, Student Workbook, SW10
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G O D T H E S O N
b. In him alone do we have eternal life, 1 John 5.11-13.
c. No access to God is possible without a relationship with God through him, John 14.6.
2. “The Only Begotten Son of God”: The Creed confesses the unique relationship and sonship Jesus possessed with God the Father .
a. Jesus has a unique relationship to the Father.
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(1) Ps. 2.7
(2) Heb. 1.5
b. Jesus is one with the Father.
(1) John 10.30
(2) John 1.1
(3) John 17.21
c. Jesus is Messiah, Son of the Blessed.
(1) Mark 14.61-62
Search, then, and see if the divinity of Christ is true. ~ Tertullian (c. 197, W) 3.36. David W. Bercot, ed. A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs . Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1998. p. 96.
(2) Luke 22.70
3. “God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God”: The Creed confesses that Jesus of Nazareth was begotten of God in the sense that he shared the same essence and substance as the Father .
a. Titus 2.13
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