Daily Bread - FEB/08/07

Revelation 1:6 - And has made us kings and priests to God and His Father; glory and might to Him unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

Central to the New Testament is the fact that the Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God. God is called the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ three times in the New Testament (2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3; 1 Peter 1:3). Jesus calls God His Father 65 times (Matthew 10:32,33; 11:25,26,27; 12:50; 15:13; 16:17,27; 18:10,19,35; 20:23; 24:36; 25:34; 26:29,39,42,53; Mark 14:36; Luke 2:49; 9:26; 10:21,22; 22:29,42; 23:34,46; 24:49; John 2:16; 5:17,18; 6:32; 8:19; 8:28,38,49,54; 10:17,18,25,29,30,32,37;12:26; 14:2,7,20,21,23,28; 15:1,8,10,15,23,24; 16:10; 18:11; 20:17,21; Revelation 2:27; 3:5,21).

Jesus is also called God's Son 69 times (Matthew 1:23; 4:3; 4:6; 8:29; 14:33; 16:16; 26:63; 27:40,43,54; Mark 1:1; 3:11; 5:7; 15:39; Luke 1:32,35; 4:41; 22:70; John 1:14,18,34,49; 3:16,17,18,36; 5:25; 6:69; 9:35; 10:36; 11:4,27; 19:7; 20:31; Acts 3:13,26; 8:37; 9:20; 13:33; Romans 1:4, 9; 5:10; 8:3; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 15:28; 2 Corinthians 1:19; 2:20; 4:4; Ephesians 4:13; Titus 1:4; Hebrews 1:8; 4:14; 6:6; 10:29; 2 Peter 1:17; 1 John 3:8; 4:9,10,15; 5:5,9,10,11,12,13,20; 2 John 3,9; Revelation 2:18.) Jesus is the eternal God who was both God and with God throughout eternity, whom John referred to as the Word (John 1:1,14; Revelation 19:13).

God created everything by Jesus Christ who Himself also was and is God (Ephesians 3:9; John 1:3; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2). God, the Word, became the only begotten Son of God by being born of a woman to redeem all mankind making us kings and priests to God and heirs and joint heirs with Himself (Romans 8:17).

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
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