Date: 10/15/2008

Jesus: The Only Son of God??

Christian Missionaries say that bcz Bible called Jesus PBUH 'Son of God' thats why he is God.
Let us begin by asking: How many sons does the Bible tell us that God Almighty has?
1.Jacob is God's son and firstborn:
''Israel is my son, even my firstborn''
[Exodus 4:22]
2.Solomon is God's son:
''He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son''[/i]
[2 Samuel 7:13-14]
3.Ephraimis God's firstborn:
''for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.'' [Jeremiah 31:9]
(who is God's firstborn? Israel or Ephraim?).
4.Adam is the son of God
''Adam, which was the son of God.''
[Luke 3:38].
5.Common people(you and me) are the sons of God:
''Ye are the children of the LORD your God''
[Deuteronomy 14:1]
''For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God''
[Romans 8:14]
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name'' John 1:12]
''That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world''
[Philippians 2:15]
''Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: ... now are we the sons of God''
[1 John 3:1-2]
"When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?''
[Job 38:7]
''Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD''
[Job 2:6]
''Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD''
[Job 1:2]
''when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men''
[Genesis 6:4]
''That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair''
[Genesis 6:2]

] As we can see, the use of the term ''son of God'' when describing normal human beings was not at all an uncommon practice among Jesus' people. Well then, was Jesus the only begotten son of God?
Read Psalms 2:7
''I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me (King David), Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.''
Indeed, the Jews are even referred to as much more than this in the Bible, and this is indeed the very trait which Jesus (pbuh) held against them. When the Jews picked up stones to stone Jesus (pbuh) he defended himself with the following words ''Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, 'I said, Ye are gods?' If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken...''
[John 10:34]
(he was referring to Psalms 82:6 ''I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High..'')

As we can see from these and many other verses like them, ''son of God'' in the language of the Jews was a very innocent term used to describe a loyal servant of God. Whether the translators and editors chose to write it as ''Son of God'' (with a capital S) in reference to Jesus and ''son of God'' (with a small S) in reference to everyone else does not diminish the fact that in the original language, both cases are exactly the same. Are we beginning to see what drove the most learned men of the Anglican Church to recognize the truth? But let us move on.
Grolier's encyclopedia, under the heading ''Jesus Christ,'' says:
''During his earthly life Jesus was addressed as rabbi and was regarded as a prophet. Some of his words, too, place him in the category of sage. A title of respect for a rabbi would be ''my Lord''. Already before Easter his followers, impressed by his authority, would mean something more than usual when they addressed him as ''my Lord.'' .... it is unlikely that the title "Son of David" was ascribed to him or accepted by him during his earthly ministry.. ''Son of God,'' in former times a title of the Hebrew kings (Psalms 2:7), was first adopted in the post-Easter church as an equivalent of Messiah and had no metaphysical connotations (Romans 1:4). Jesus was conscious of a unique filial relationship with God, but it is uncertain whether the Father/Son language (Mark 18:32; Matt. 11:25-27; John passim) goes back to Jesus himself''

There seems to be only two places in the Bible where Jesus (pbuh) refers to himself as ''son of God.'' They are in John chapters 5 and 11. So we see that In the context of Bible Son of God means the slave of God or Servant of God. And if any one says 'No he is begotten Son of God', then he has to accept all the Son of God mention in the Bible as begotten Son of God. But none of the Christian will agree with that. So the truth is clear from the falsehood. Wallahu A'alam


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