"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near."

Do You Believe Jesus is the Son of God?

Luke 10:22

Faith Family,

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I continue to give thanks to our gracious God for allowing me the privilege of serving as your Senior Pastor. Your faithfulness and your enthusiasm fill my heart with joy and help complete my hope in Christ. Every day I look forward to serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ alongside each of you and growing in our discipleship journey together. I pray as God has continued blessing us, may we continue to be a blessing to others.

We are continuing with the Catechism teaching that is our Weekly Newsletter. We are on question #8. This week’s question is a follow up to last week’s question. In fact, the next few questions will center on our belief in Jesus Christ.  “Do you believe Jesus is the Son of God?” The Answer according to the Catechism is, “Yes, the Son is eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, being one with the Father.” 

There is a lot of “Theological” wordage. Let’s break it down on this edition of the Shepherd Scroll.

John 1 tells us that God and Jesus were there at the very beginning. In fact, the chapter shares that not only was Jesus there, but He had a hand in the creation. The first part of this answer teaches us that Jesus has always been the Son (eternally begotten). This truth insinuates, like God the Father; the Son has no beginning and no end. Jesus was always and always will be. Jesus is true God from true God; Light from Light. The next part says Jesus was not made but was begotten. This can present some confusion as we apply an English definition to a Greek Term. The Greek word monogenes means only begotten. The definition means “one of it’s kind.”  Therefore, we believe like God, Jesus is like no other. We do not believe Jesus was an element of Creation. God did not create the Son, like He did the sun, moon, stars, water, land, animals, humanity.

In fact, like God, we really do not know what Christ looked like before He was incarnated as a man. Not to jump ahead to other Catechism questions, Jesus while in Heaven was like God. It wasn’t until He was born, that He took on a physical presence. This physical presence enabled him to feel like we do, look like we do, and die like we will. Jesus, as the Son of God, was the ultimate sacrifice to demonstrate God’s love for us. It is true that on the cross God was present.

I am blessed to serve Jesus, the Anointed One, who is the authority of my life. I am privilege to know Jesus not just as my Savior, but my Lord as well.

Have a blessed Week!

Pastor Frank