The Affirmation of God’s Son

Declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness,by the resurrection from the dead.

Romans 1:4

Jesus Christ had to be more than a man; He also had to be God. If Jesus were only a man, even the best of men, He could not have saved believers from their sin. If He were even the right man from the seed of David, but not God, He could not have withstood the punishment of God the Father at the cross and risen from the dead. He could not have overcome Satan and the world but would have been conquered as all men are conquered.

If there was ever any question that Jesus was the Son of God, His resurrection from the dead should end it. He had to be man to reach us, but He had to be God to lift us up. When God raised Christ from the dead, He affirmed that what He said was true.

As clearly as the horizon divides the earth from the sky, so the resurrection divides Jesus from the rest of humanity. Jesus Christ is God in human flesh.

MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 22). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.

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