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M.
You should not accept the word “son” literally, because
many Prophets are called “sons of God” and “children of God”
in the Bible. Read
Exodus 4:22
.
C
. “And thou (Moses) shalt say unto Pharaoh, thus saith the
Lord,
Israel is my son, even my firstborn.”
M
. Here it clearly states Jacob (Israel) is God’s firstborn son.
Read now
II Samuel 7:13-14 and I Chronicles 22:10.
C.
“He (Solomon) shall build a 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.”
M
. It will be even more confusing when you read
Jeremiah 31:9
:
“I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.” In
Exodus
4:22
just now, Israel was called firstborn too. Who is the real
firstborn? Israel or Ephraim? Common people can also be
children of God; read
Deuteronomy 14:1
.
C
. “Ye are the children of the Lord your God.”
M
. Common people can also be called firstborn; read
Romans
8:29
.
C.
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn
of many brethren.”
M
. If all are firstborn, what is Jesus then?
C
. He is the only “begotten son of God.
M
. Long before Jesus was born, God said to
David (
Psalm 2.7
):
“I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me (David),
Thou art My son; this day have I begotten thee
.” So David is
also God’s begotten son, and he was before Jesus. You see the