Sonship!

Sonship!

If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 1 John 4:15 NIV

This is the heart of the gospel; the fulcrum on which the whole of our Christianity rests: Jesus is the Son of God. This has been the subject of so many debates by people, learned and unlearned, but there has not been any argument that has been able to conclusively and successfully prove that Jesus is not the Son of God. All of the tenets of our faith rest on this one truth, and if I will enjoy the benefits and blessings of the faith I claim to profess, I must start with this truth: Jesus is the Son of God. 

Of course, a son must look like his father. All that Jesus claims to be is also all that his father is. If He is love, God is love. If Jesus is holy, God is also holy. If Jesus is the Truth, of course, God is also True. Any argument that seeks to make Jesus out to be what his father is not is not a valid argument. This is where it gets sticky: I have the power to choose who to believe, but I must know that what I get from life is a measure of the faith I place on it. If I know and accept that the God I follow is the One Jesus came to the earth to introduce to me, then I can access all that Jesus is and offers. 

How can I put my trust in a God who cannot raise the dead, if indeed Jesus was not raised from the dead? How can I trust a God whose word is subject to emotions and feelings like man, if indeed He is not the Way, the Truth and the Life? I note the use of the word: acknowledge. It is not enough to say it or mean it; my life must be a daily, living, breathing, speaking testimony to that truth that Jesus is the Son of God. He is in God, just as God is in him. Even the devil knows that, so just knowing it is not enough. I must live it out daily, so that men who come in contact with me know who I am, serve and follow wholeheartedly. There is no room for hypocrisy and eye-service here; the son of God, in and by whom all things, including the human heart was made, knows all things. 

It also means that if my life denies him, I cannot lay claim to living in God. God is not found in anything that denies his name and identity, and God's identity is defined by the person of Jesus. He is the image of the invisible God, the One who makes God known. Acknowledging that Jesus is the Son of God means that I have found my life's worth in God. I know I am nothing outside of him; He is all I need. I know I have and get nothing of value outside of him, and if my life will be all that God has created it to be, it must have its full foundation and expression in and through Jesus. 

He has been introduced to the world as God's Son, and all who accept him get all the blessings and benefits of that new relationship. Does God live in you? Is He your all in all, or do I have viable alternatives? Do I consider him as just one of the many possible options, or would I trust that Jesus is sufficient for all I need? He is indeed all that I need; nothing and no one else will satisfy that deep hunger that has been put there by God and which he alone can fill. May I come to know Jesus as the son of God and the Saviour of the world. May his life be my daily experience. God's time of favour is here.