When Jesus said he was the son of God?

Question

Do you ever once wonder.....he did not mean it literally?

I mean...I am also God's child, just as you all are.

Answer 1

Christ’s divinity is shown over and over again in the New Testament. For example, in John 5:18 we are told that Jesus’ opponents sought to kill him because he "called God his Father, making himself equal with God."

In John 8:58, when quizzed about how he has special knowledge of Abraham, Jesus replies, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I Am"—invoking and applying to himself the personal name of God—"I Am" (Ex. 3:14). His audience understood exactly what he was claiming about himself. "So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple" (John 8:59).

In John 20:28, Thomas falls at Jesus’ feet, exclaiming, "My Lord and my God!" (Greek: Ho Kurios mou kai ho Theos mou—literally, "The Lord of me and the God of me!")

In Philippians 2:6, Paul tells us that Christ Jesus "[w]ho, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped" (New International Version). So Jesus chose to be born in humble, human form though he could have simply remained in equal glory with the Father for he was "in very nature God."

Also significant are passages that apply the title "the First and the Last" to Jesus. This is one of the Old Testament titles of Yahweh: "Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of armies: ‘I am the First and I am the Last; besides me there is no god’" (Is. 44:6; cf. 41:4, 48:12).

This title is directly applied to Jesus three times in the book of Revelation: "When I saw him [Christ], I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, ‘Fear not, I am the First and the Last’" (Rev. 1:17). "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the First and the Last, who died and came to life’" (Rev. 2:8). "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the end" (Rev. 22:12–13).

This last quote is especially significant since it applies to Jesus the parallel title "the Alpha and the Omega," which Revelation earlier applied to the Lord God: "‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" (Rev. 1:8).

Answer 2

Well for one thing, the Bible never says we are all God's children, in fact the Bible shows the requirements in BECOMING a child of God.

John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the RIGHT to BECOME children of God—

Does that say everyone is God's child? No....

Jesus meant it literally, because He truely IS the physical part of the Father.

Answer 3

No I never wondered that. But he did mean it literally. You're right we are also God's children, but in a much different way. Notice Jesus is THE Son of God not "a" son of God.

Answer 4

Some of the Jews claimed to have Abraham as their Father; Jesus told them they were of their father, the devil. So, it is not enough to be God's children by creation.

Christians are God's children by adoption.

But Christ clearly taught that His relationship with the Father was totally different. He said that He and the Father are one; that those who have seen Him have seen the Father. He even claimed to be the "I AM".

In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God.

And in the last book of the Bible, Jesus is "the Alpha and the Omega"; the same name of God in the O.T. ("the aleph and the tau"); the One who was dead and behold is alive forevermore.

After the Resurrection, Jesus stressed the distinctive difference between Himself and His Disciples: He said "I ascend to My Father and your Father, to MY God and your God". It was the same Father God; but the relationship He had and that they had was different.

Jesus was eternally the son of God.

Answer 5

John 20:17 Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' "

31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

I Corinthians 8:6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

He is the Son of God and not God.

Answer 6

We are all children of God, but only one was part of God in Heaven that became flesh on Earth. God created us, each and every one of us, but it is not said that we are from him, a part of him. The Bible says we were formed of the earth in his image and given life.
I gave birth to 3 children. They are a part of me. They are half me and half my husband. If I adopted a child would that child be any less my child because it was not from my flesh? Would I not be that child's mother and my husband their father? It would be up to me to raise that child, to mold that child in "my image" to be good and kind, respectful, honest and to be a follower of Jesus. To teach by example.
Jesus was sent here to teach by example. This is the image God intended.

Answer 7

When the angel of the Lord came and told Mary that she was to have the son of God, the holy spirit conceived the child inside of her (Jesus). I say that to bring you to the next point, God the father, God the son, and God the holy spirit. they are three in one to make the perfect community of love and balance.

Answer 8

Don't you realize this is were Christians get the idea not that jesus was the son of a God but that he was in fact a God! The statement of oneness to Christians is viewed as sameness. Makes one wonder if they think married couples are somehow one person and not two seperate beings that are united!

Jesus also said in Luke that the Kingdom of God is within you! BUT THE CHRISTIANS IGNORE THAT HERESY!

Answer 9

A huge portion of the Bible is figurative. For example, during the flood, it's written that the doors in the sky opened and let out the rain. Obviously this is a metaphor, since there are no doors in the sky.

If we accept that there is at least ONE metaphor, then we have to cast doubt on every aspect of the Bible and have to admit that anything can be figurative.

Answer 10

I think he had a deeper connection with God, before he came to earth, God sent him here to do what he did to help us. And God gave him higher authority over us. We are God's children too. There's way more to it.

Answer 11

How could he not mean that? He died for us and for god. So he must of meant it. Everyones Gods child. Just cuz he said "Im the son of god" doesnt mean that he is the only child of god.