“And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’” (Matt. 3:17 NIV)

Names of God

God has many names and titles in the Bible. Each one tells us something important about Him—His character and how He relates to us. And how we must relate to Him. Here is another one of His many Names, which is Son of God.

Jesus - Son of God

Even before His birth, Jesus Christ held the title of the Son of God. When the angel Gabriel came to Mary to give her the news that she would be the mother of the Christ, he made the assertion twice. 

“He will be called great and will be called the Son of the Most High.” (Luke 1:32)

“...therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35)

Jesus claimed to be the Son of God

“‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world.  Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work. But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.” (John 10:37-38 NLT)

Demons recognized Him as the Son of God

“And demons also came out of many, crying, ‘You are the Son of God!’ But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.” (Luke 4:41)

“And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, ‘You are the Son of God.’” (Mark 3:11)

John the Baptist affirms Jesus as the Son of God

“And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.” (John 1:34)

The Apostles and Disciples said Jesus is the Son of God

“And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God.’” (Matt. 14:33)

“He said to them, ‘But who do you say I am?’ Simon Peter replied, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’” (Matt. 16:15-16)

God called Jesus His Son

“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased...” (Matt. 17:5)  

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

Therefore

For us today, it means our faith in Jesus for salvation is well-founded. He advocates for those the Father has entrusted to Him. The action by God the Father that proves Christ’s nature is also the mechanism by which humanity is blessed by His nature - that as the Son of God, He died for our sins. As summarized by the Apostle Paul in Romans 1:4, “[He] was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.”