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On two occasions, human witnesses heard God speak with a voice they understood, confirming that Jesus was his son.
The first of these occasions was Jesus’ baptism. It is recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke:
…suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, who I love. I am very pleased with him.” (Matthew 3:16-17 – See also Mark 1:10-11; Luke 3:21-22.)
The second occasion was on the mountain where Jesus was transfigured, and is also recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke. On this occasion, God not only said that Jesus was his son, but also commanded the disciples who were with Jesus to listen to him:
…suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, who I love. I am very pleased with him. Listen to him!” (Matthew 17:1-8 – See also Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36.)
The apostle Peter was with Jesus on the mountain on this second occasion and later confirmed that he and his companions heard God acknowledge Jesus as his son:
“For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, ‘This is my Son, who I love. I am very pleased with him.’ We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.” (2 Peter 1:17-18)
May our loving, heavenly Father bless you, strengthen you and keep you safe.
Peter O
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Did God not do it a 3rd time in John 12 (v28)?
Brother Malcolm
He spoke. But, on that occasion, He didn’t say Jesus was his son.
Peter O
The Bible teaches us that Jesus has the same Father and God that we have. Consider Ephesians 1:17 and John 20:17.
The father and God are indeed the same. But we are to call upon him by 1 name only, that is the name of Jesus. We have a portion of God within us when we receive the infilling of the HolyGhost which comes with the evidence of speaking in Tongues, as they did in the upper room.
On the day of Pentecost
– Galatians chapter 5 verses 13 to 15,
– Galatians chapter 5 verse 26,
– Galatians chapter 6 verses 1 to 10.
– Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6.
The finite creation will never truly comprehend the infinite Creator.
Why do people say that Jesus is God when God says that Jesus is his son?
Hello Ken
Thanks for your question. We read that God did say Jesus was his son but we also read that Jesus said he and his father were the same being. Read more in the article “Did Jesus say he was God? Yes! So… Was he mad?”
I respectfully beg to differ. Jesus said that he and his father are one. That doesn’t mean that they are the same person. It’s not possible by any standard that they are the same being. However it is possible for them to be one unit made of more than one being. When Jesus said that he is going to his father who is our father, going to his God, who is our God; he is saying that he is not God. How can he be going to God when he is God? Neither God nor Jesus lie. So there is a misunderstand because our thoughts aren’t God’s. We try to read things into what isn’t there. Jesus never said he was God. God said Jesus was his son. There is no getting around that. Others called Jesus God. Even Satan knew that they were two different beings. He tempted the son to make the father act. He knew that they existed simultaneously in two different places. Jesus told everyone that he doesn’t do his will but his father’s. He said he was sent by the father. He never said he came on his own behalf. If we keep with not adding or taking away from the word, there is no way that anyone can come to the conclusion that Jesus is his father.
Good points to consider.
Absolute TRUTH! TOTALLY AGREE KEN! JESUS IS NOT GOD, HE IS THE SON OFGOD! AND THE REFORMATION GOES ON! VIVA LA REFORMATION!
Well you almost can make a point but he did say he was God.
“Before abraham was , I AM ”
I am refers to God. The ancient of days. He is part of the trinity, God, the son, and holy spirit
When jesus was born he was fully human like us to be tempted by the devil and win as God cannot be tempted , paid for our sins took them to hell and arose to heaven fully Man , Now fully God and destroyed death by rising from the dead and mankind’s sin debt paid for as he paid for it. Now we Go straight to heaven and jesus is fully restored to God . My Reconing.
I agree with you. 100% people are reading into what they think. It should be, but they’re not looking at the simplicity of it. God the beginning said there will be no other before me. He is a jealous god. That in itself makes a statement when he says this is my son and he is pleased in him. Listen to him, he loves his son. He created his son before he created us. His son had all the power and authority of God, so therefore, God was with him. There’s a difference.
Notably the grounds for blasphemy charges against Jesus did not include an assertion that he is God. Why not? Wouldn’t that assertion have been top of the list of complaints against him?
Also compare the prayer for unity in John 17: 20-23.
20 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
In both Matthew 26 and Mark 14, the high priest tore his clothes in response to Jesus’ alleged blasphemy, and “all the people” condemned him as worthy of death for what they thought was unquestionably a blasphemy for Jesus to call Himself the Messiah. In Luke 22, “the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law” were offended in the same way.
Here’s Mark 14: 61b-64:
Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”
62 “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
63 The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked.
64 “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”
They all condemned him as worthy of death.
This alone, the alleged blasphemy by calling Himself the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One, was enough grounds for the Jews to condemn Jesus as worthy of death. See Luke 22: 71 Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.”