2 John 1:3 (KJV)
Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
I want to address this very blatant phrase calling Jesus, the Son of the Father. Those Muslims and others like the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons who like to challenge my Christological position love passages such as this because, in their view, they categorically prove Jesus is not God. I believe they are guilty of two very common hermeneutical errors:
They read into the passage their preconceptions
They already know what a son is because they are one or else a daughter, which is a female version of what they already know to be a son. Their rigid definition of a son requires that he be the offspring, or in the case of Jesus, the creation of God. Mormons would claim Him to be the literal offspring of God. Even in general linguistic terms, this is not always the case. For instance, adoption produces a relationship called son without being offspring. Mentors might often call a person they’ve trained a son. A prodigy might proudly think of themselves as the son of their teacher. Bottom line, we can’t assume our definition of the word is the one employed. This leads to the second error.
They read the passage out of context
It doesn’t take tons of biblical study to see that the term son is not always used of one’s offspring. Paul called Timothy his son in the faith. Often grandchildren and even great-grandchildren are called sons. Adam is called the son of God. Angels are called the sons of God. Stars are called the sons of God. One of the definitions of the Hebrew word, according to Strong’s Concordance, is a son as implying connection in respect of membership, service, resemblance, manifestation, destiny.
Jesus is the Son of the Father in exactly the way the Bible describes Him,
• Hebrews 1:3 “the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person,”
• John 14:9 “he that hath seen me hath seen the Father,”
• Philippians 2:6 “Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,”
• Colossians 2:9 “in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
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The Son of the Father: Defending Christ’s Deity Against Misinterpretations
- What do you believe it means for Jesus to be the Son of the Father?
- Study 2 John 1:3 and compare it with Hebrews 1:3 and Philippians 2:6 to deepen your understanding of His divine nature.
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