IS JESUS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD? : PART 1
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Last Updated : July 23, 2006
The Judicial System, Mock Trials, Perjury & False Witnesses,
Laws - The Zionist Tool For The Destruction Of Christianity,
A Religion Of Faith, Spiritual Blindness, Self-Inflicted
Judgments, Taking Jesus To Court, Jesus Is The Son Of God,
God Does Not Lie, Additional Firsthand Testimonies, Even The
Devils Believe And Tremble, Final Conclusions And Verdict
In our modern judiciary system, a person's innocence or
guilt concerning any given matter is sometimes determined by
the accused, or his defense attorney, presenting specific
evidence and witnesses, as well as the plaintiff, or the
prosecuting attorney, presenting his evidence and witnesses.
After both parties have had ample opportunity to present
their case before the judge and jury, it is then up to the
jury members to carefully weigh the facts which have been
set before them; and to deliberate until they can reach a
unanimous verdict. This process finds its precedent, in
part, in the Scriptures. For example, in the New Testament
we find both Jesus and the Apostle Paul reiterating what is
found in the Mosaic Law:
"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and
tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall
hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not
hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the
mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it
unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let
him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. Verily I
say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two
of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they
shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is
in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in
my name, there am I in the midst of them."
(Matthew 18:15-20)
"This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of
two or three witnesses shall every word be established."
(2 Corinthians 13:1)
"Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two
or three witnesses." (1 Timothy 5:19)
"He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or
three witnesses:" (Hebrews 10:28)
Unfortunately, due to moral and spiritual corruption, both
then and now, these cases are not always decided fairly. In
other words, they are mock trials; because the guilt or the
innocence of the accused party has already been decided even
before any evidence has been presented. In the mind of the
Christian, the most famous mock trial is undoubtedly the one
which condemned Jesus Christ to die a slow horrible death by
Roman crucifixion. In that particular case, we are clearly
told that the Sanhedrin bribed false witnesses into
testifying against the innocent Jesus:
"Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council,
sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But
found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found
they none. At the last came two false witnesses, And said,
This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God,
and to build it in three days. And the high priest arose,
and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which
these witness against thee?" (Matthew 26:59-62)
This would not be the last time that the evil unbelieving
Jews would try to silence the Voice of Truth by bribing
false witnesses into testify against the Lord's children.
Realizing how successful they had been to destroy Jesus, it
wasn't long before these unholy vipers began dragging His
followers to the judgment seat as well. This occurred in
direct fulfillment of Jesus' own words when He said:
"Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will
also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will
keep yours also." (John 15:20)
"But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up
to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and
ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for
a testimony against them." (Mark 13:9)
The Book of Acts contains quite a few examples of how the
jealous Jews fulfilled the words of our Lord. One famous
mock trial revolves around the martyr Stephen, who was
killed in Acts chapter seven. What started out as a
religious dispute in the synagogue, soon developed into a
full-fledged trial before the Sanhedrin, in which certain
false witnesses accused Stephen of blasphemy:
"Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called
the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and
Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing
with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom
and the spirit by which he spake. Then they suborned men,
which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words
against Moses, and against God. And they stirred up the
people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him,
and caught him, and brought him to the council, And set up
false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For
we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall
destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses
delivered us." (Acts 6:9-14)
Stephen delivered such a powerful testimony before the
Jewish kangaroo court, that those present had to literally
stop their ears as they dragged him outside of the gates of
Jerusalem where they stoned him:
"Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their
ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And cast him out of
the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their
clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they
stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a
loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when
he had said this, he fell asleep." (Acts 7:57-60)
These are but two examples of the many treacherous lies
perpetrated by the Satan-inspired enemies of the Lord's
children by way of their corrupt judiciary system. In the
Old Testament, about one thousand years before Jesus ever
came in the flesh, we find another perfect example of the
corruption which was rampant within the Jewish court of law.
As you will see, it was partially because of this particular
incident, that the ancient Israelites demanded that the
Prophet Samuel provide them with an Earthly king; just like
the pagan nations around them:
"And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his
sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was
Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in
Beersheba. And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned
aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together,
and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold,
thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us
a king to judge us like all the nations." (1 Samuel 8:1-5)
As I point out in my in-depth and revelatory series 'The
International Jew And The Protocols Of Zion', these acts of
perjury, that is, setting up false witnesses who knowingly
and purposely lie in the courtroom, are not limited to the
ancient Israelites or to their New Testament counterparts.
In fact, there is ample evidence to suggest that the modern
Jews, or more specifically, the Zionists, have quietly
positioned themselves within judiciary systems around the
world, all for the specific purpose of slowly destroying
Christianity by means of man-made laws. As I have pointed
out in other articles, it is through this practice of
imposing the corrupt laws made by the few upon the many,
that the Law of God has for the most part been totally
neutralized and abrogated, or abolished, precisely as was
revealed by Jesus Christ Himself in the following verses:
"Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy
disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat
bread with unwashen hands? He answered and said unto them,
Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is
written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their
heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me,
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying
aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,
as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like
things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the
commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition...
Making the word of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like
things do ye." (Mark 7:5-9, 13)
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the
weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone." (Matthew 23:23)
This crime and act of rebellion against the God of Heaven is
clearly and sadly revealed in the United States of America,
a supposedly God-fearing nation, where Christian prayer has
been prohibitted within the public school system, where
manger scenes and other religiously-oriented objects have
been outlawed on government property, where antichristian
practices such as abortion and gay and lesbian relationships
are encouraged, supported and protected by law, and where it
may eventually even become illegal to own a Bible! All of
these things have occurred as a result of allowing the
Zionist conspirators to infiltrate the American judicial
system; either directly by placing their own lawyers and
judges in positions where they can affect matters of the
law, or else by corrupting those who are in such positions
by means of various forms of bribery. As we have already
seen, this plan has been in effect since the time that Jesus
Christ was brought before the Sanhedrin. As I point out in
the aforementioned series, almost one hundred and twenty
years ago, a certain document came to light which reveals
that the Zionists have never veered from the course first
set in Jerusalem so many years ago.
On January 13, 1489, a certain Jewish Rabbi by the name of
Chemor, of Arles, a town in the region of Provence, France,
wrote a letter to the Grand Sandhedrin in which he sought
some desperately-needed advice. It seems that the French
citizens were threatening the local synagogues of that area,
and the Rabbi wasn't quite sure how to respond to the tense
situation. Following are some shocking excerpts from the cut
and dry response he received from his superiors. This is
part of a bona fide document which was published in 1880 in
the 'Revue Des Etudes Juives', a publication which just so
happened to be financed by James de Rothschild of the
influencial German-Jewish Rothschild financial empire!:
----- Begin Quote -----
"Dear beloved brethren in Moses, we have received your
letter in which you tell us of the anxieties and misfortunes
which you are enduring. We are pierced by as great pain to
hear it as yourselves."
"The advice of the Grand Satraps and Rabbis is the
following: --"
"As for the many other vexations you complain of: arrange
that your sons become advocates and lawyers, and see that
they always mix themselves up with the affairs of State, in
order that by putting Christians under your yoke you may
dominate the world and be avenged on them."
"Do not swerve from this order that we give you, because you
will find by experience that, humiliated as you are, you
will reach the actuality of power."
"Signed V. S. S.A.F. F., Prince of the Jews, 21st Caslue
(November), 1489."
----- End Of Quote -----
That these court officials are liars and perjurers of the
worst kind, is clearly revealed to us by the words of Jesus
Christ spoken almost two thousand years ago, when He boldly
accused them of the following:
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it." (John 8:44)
In the world today, even outside of the Zionist-controlled
judicial systems, there are also many false witnesses and
deceived persons who scoff at those who cling in hope to the
message of Salvation contained in the Gospels. This is in
direct fulfillment of a prophecy uttered by Peter almost two
thousand years ago:
"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days
scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where
is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell
asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning
of the creation." (2 Peter 3:3-4)
In his Epistle to the Hebrews, the Apostle Paul clearly
tells us that ours is a religion of faith; and that without
such faith, it is impossible to please God:
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen...But without faith it is
impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must
believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11:1, 6)
Despite this Biblical truth, these foul-mouthed Endtime
mockers of the Word of God demand some kind of physical or
scientific evidence before they will believe. Naturally,
short of an outright miracle, or the coming Wrath of God,
there is absolutely no way that we can meet their demands
for proof; at least not to their satisfaction. In fact, even
if they were to witness modern-day miracles, I still don't
think that it would change some of these people's hearts. As
I have explained in other articles, some of these scoffers
have had their minds darkened and their hearts hardened to
such a degree, that they are totally past feeling the
conviction of God's Spirit. This is precisely what the
Apostle Paul tells us. In fact, Peter adds that they are
brute beasts which will be destroyed:
"This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is
in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being
past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness,
to work all uncleanness with greediness."
(Ephesians 4:17-19)
"But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and
destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand
not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;"
(2 Peter 2:12)
Taking another look at the past, we know that even though
many signs and wonders were performed by the hand of Moses,
it didn't change the heart of Pharaoh King of Egypt one bit;
any more than the miracles of Jesus changed the hearts of
the unbelieving Scribes and Pharisees and their blind
obedient followers. Consider some of the things that Jesus
said concerning the enemies of His day:
"Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing
see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they
understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,
which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not
understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are
dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at
any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with
their ears, and should understand with their heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them."
(Matthew 13:13-15)
"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall
swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall
swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools
and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the
altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift
that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind: for
whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth
the gift?...Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and
swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of
the platter, but within they are full of extortion and
excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is
within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be
clean also." (Matthew 23:16-19, 24-26)
"And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the
blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?"
(Luke 6:39)
"...If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will
they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
(Luke 16:31b)
This is precisely what happened too. Even though Jesus
raised Lazarus from the dead, as well as the daughter of
Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, the hard-hearted Jews
still did not believe. It seems that the more the truth is
shown to some people, the more they harden their hearts
against it. This is certainly true in our modern day as more
and more people place their faith in science and technology,
the new gods of this world. If trying to prove the Divinity
of Christ were handled in a Earthly court of law, we would
definitely lose the case; at least in the eyes of the
unbelievers. However, by even dragging us into court for
such a thing, they might not realize it now, but THEY are
the ones who are really being put on trial by God Himself;
for you see, Jesus told us in the Gospels:
"For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words
thou shalt be condemned." (Matthew 12:37)
Many people do not realize it, but by speaking words against
the Children of God, or by causing them harm, they are
judging themselves. They are bringing God's chastisements
upon themselves. I discuss this topic more fully in the
article 'Exposing The Judge Not Fallacy'. This act of
bringing God's judgments upon oneself is precisely what
happened to Pharaoh of Egypt in the days of Moses. The final
plague of Egypt came right out of Pharaoh's own mouth:
"And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to
thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my
face thou shalt die...And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD,
About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: And
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the
firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto
the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill;
and all the firstborn of beasts. And there shall be a great
cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none
like it, nor shall be like it any more."
(Exodus 10:28, 11:4-6)
Just for the sake of argument, what if we were to hold a
trial in order to prove, or in the case of our enemies, to
disprove, the validity of the Divine Origin and unique
Sonship of Jesus Christ? Naturally, the best witnesses we
could find would be those who have firsthand knowledge of
the events surrounding this Man's life. With this in mind, I
have assembled some firsthand witnesses who are willing to
come to the defense of He who has dared to call Himself the
Son of God. Of course, we know that the Lord doesn't really
need anyone to come to His defense; but this is an imaginary
trial to simply prove a point.
Before calling the 'Accused' to the witness stand, let's
open the case by turning our attention to the first Defense
Witness. Our First Witness carries a lot of Authority, and
also has a tremendous amount of Influence on this world. I
seriously doubt that the Prosecuting Attorney, that is, A.G.
Satan, will want to cross-examine this particular Witness.
Unfortunately, this Witness felt that it was in our best
interest that He didn't make a Personal Appearance, as it
would have been too overwhelming for us mere humans. Thus,
instead, He has left this court with His Written Testimony
which He has asked us to share with you. His first piece of
evidence is the following: During Jesus' water baptism by
John, three of the Gospel writers recorded the Words of our
First Witness in the following events:
"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:17)
"And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Mark 1:11)
"And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove
upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art
my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased." (Luke 3:22)
You will recall that one of the requirements of the Law is
that for a thought to be valid, it must be established in
the mouth of two or three witnesses. As can be seen, these
statements, made by three different individuals, agree
perfectly with each other; thus, there can be no doubt that
they are valid testimony and can be admitted as evidence in
this case. Let us continue now by examining some additional
remarks provided by our First Witness. When Jesus took
Peter, James and John up into a high mountain alone and was
transfigured before them, we also find these three same
Gospel writers recording the following Words from our First
Witness:
"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him."
(Matthew 17:5)
"And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice
came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear
him." (Mark 9:7)
"And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my
beloved Son: hear him." (Luke 9:35)
An undetermined number of years later, the Apostle Peter
referred back to the above event in his second Epistle. In
recalling this wonderful experience, which undoubtedly
affected Him for the rest of his life, he wrote as follows:
"For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when
there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
(2 Peter 1:17)
This is the second powerful testimony which has now been
confirmed in the mouth of three witnesses. Just like the
previous one, it comes down straight from The Top; as such,
there is absolutely no reason why it should not also be
admitted to this court as valid testimony. Thus far, this
man, Jesus Christ, seems to be exactly who He claims to be;
that is, the Son of God. For those of you sitting up in the
balconies, it appears that the Prosecuting Attorney, A.G.
Satan, has suddenly been afflicted with a severe case of the
courtroom jitters. Could it be that he already sees his case
falling apart? For those jury members who foolishly wish to
dismiss these statements as being pure fabrications made by
our First Witness, He wisely foresaw this possibility ahead
of time, and thus left the following admonitions for your
consideration:
"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of
man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
(Numbers 23:19)
"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as
it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy
sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."
(Romans 3:4)
"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;" (Titus 1:2)
"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it." (John 8:44)
"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son."
(1 John 2:22)
"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;
because he believeth not the record that God gave of his
Son." (1 John 5:10)
"If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
his word is not in us." (1 John 1:10)
With our most powerful Witness having now presented His
Evidence, there appears to be little doubt in the jury box
that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God. At this point in
the trial, it doesn't seem likely that any of the jurors are
going to accuse Him of being a liar. As the Apostle Paul
wrote, they all seem to be fully persuaded that these things
are so:
"...Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind."
(Romans 14:5)
This isn't making A.G. Satan very happy in the least. While
he is doing his best to try to convince the jurors that the
First Witness has lied to them, clearly, only a fool would
be so stupid as to make such an accusation against Him.
Sadly, there are indeed some people today who not only deny
the existence of the Son of God, but they also reject the
existence of His Father as well. Even during the time of
King David this condition existed. It is for this reason
that he wrote in his fourteenth Psalm:
"...The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They
are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none
that doeth good." (Psalms 14:1b)
For our next witness, we will bring the 'Accused' to the
stand. Concerning His own relationship to His Father, Jesus
is recorded as having said the following in the four
Gospels:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God." (John 3:16-18)
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now
is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God:
and they that hear shall live." (John 5:25)
"Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent
into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the
Son of God?" (John 10:36)
"When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto
death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might
be glorified thereby." (John 11:4)
In addition to this, between the four Gospels and the Book
of Revelation, Jesus uses the term 'my Father' about sixty
times. One of the shortest verses in the four Gospels, yet
one of the most powerful examples of this, is found only in
the Gospel of John:
"I and my Father are one." (John 10:30)
Jesus was recognized by many people and spiritual beings as
being the Son of God, beginning with the angel Gabriel who
appeared to Mary to inform her of her forthcoming pregnancy:
"And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost
shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall
be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
(Luke 1:35)
John the Baptist not only recognized Jesus as the Son of
God, but he also referred to Him as the Lamb of God; the
very same term that the Disciple John used in the Book of
Revelation:
"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world...And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of
God...And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold
the Lamb of God!" (John 1:29, 34, 36)
Jesus was recognized as the Son of God by His Twelve
Disciples and by other followers as well. After the Lord had
walked across the choppy Sea of Galilee, following the
miracle of the loaves and the fishes, they could do nothing
but recognize Jesus for who He truly is and thus said:
"...Of a truth thou art the Son of God." (Matthew 14:33b)
Later, when they were in the coasts of Caesarea Philippi,
Jesus again tested the faith of His Disciples by asking them
who they believed Him to be. Some of them offered a few
answers, but then Simon Peter boldly exclaimed:
"...Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee,
but my Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 16:16b-17)
The Gospel writer Mark, who some people identify as the same
John Mark of the Book of Acts, and possibly the Marcus
mentioned in some of the Epistles, who accompanied Paul on
some of his missionary joureys, clearly recognized Jesus as
the Son of God. The very first words of his Gospel are the
following:
"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of
God;" (Mark 1:1)
Luke the physician, who is also believed to have accompanied
Paul on some of his missionary journeys, in writing in his
Gospel of the genealogies of Jesus Christ, recorded the
following:
"Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which
was the son of Adam, which was the son of God." (Luke 3:38)
After Jesus had called Philip to be a Disciple, Philip went
to find Nathanael to inform him that they had found the
Messiah. At first, Nathanael was incredulous, but he later
acknowledged his error when he also exclaimed with
amazement:
"...Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of
Israel." (John 1:49b)
Just prior to raising Lazarus from the dead in Bethany,
Jesus questioned Martha, the sister of Lazarus and Mary,
regarding His Divinity; and she replied:
"...Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son
of God, which should come into the world." (John 11:27b)
John the Beloved, also known as John the Revelator, author
of the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of
Revelation, and also believed by some to have been the
youngest of the Original Twelve, provides ample evidence of
the Sonship of Jesus Christ with the following remarks:
"But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have
life through his name." (John 20:31)
"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God
dwelleth in him, and he in God." (1 John 4:15)
"Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth
that Jesus is the Son of God?...He that believeth on the Son
of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not
God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the
record that God gave of his Son...He that hath the Son hath
life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the
name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have
eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son
of God...And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath
given us an understanding, that we may know him that is
true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus
Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."
(1 John 5:5, 10, 12-13, 20)
After being chased out of the Temple, Jesus passed by a
blind man whom He healed immediately. This resulted in a
confrontation with the unbelieving Pharisees, who even went
as far as to call in the man's parents. After the blind man
had been questioned and thrown out of the Temple, he
encountered the Lord a second time. Jesus used the
opportunity to test the man's faith in the following
conversation:
"Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had
found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of
God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might
believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen
him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord,
I believe. And he worshipped him." (John 9:35-38)
In yet another clear example, at the moment of Jesus' death
on the Cross, we are told by two of the Gospel writers, that
the Roman centurion, and those who were with him, also
recognized the Divine Sonship of Jesus Christ:
"Now when the centurion, and they that were with him,
watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that
were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the
Son of God." (Matthew 27:54)
"And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw
that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly
this man was the Son of God." (Mark 15:39)
Some time later, when Philip met up with the Ethiopian
eunuch in Gaza, after witnessing to him in his chariot from
the book of Isaiah, the enuch also believed in the Lord and
said:
"...I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
(Acts 8:37b)
In writing of the conversion of the Apostle Paul, and of how
he immediately began preaching the Gospel within days of his
life-changing experience, Luke tells us:
"And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that
he is the Son of God." (Acts 9:20)
Throughout his Epistles, Paul testifies to the fact that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. For example, he opens his
Epistle to the Roman brethren with the following words:
"Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of
the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be
the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:"
(Romans 1:3-4)
Paul continued to declare this very same message in other
Epistles with such remarks as the following:
"For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among
you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not
yea and nay, but in him was yea." (2 Corinthians 1:19)
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,
but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved
me, and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)
"Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:"
(Ephesians 4:13)
"Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is
passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold
fast our profession." (Hebrews 4:14)
"If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God
afresh, and put him to an open shame." (Hebrews 6:6)
"Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be
thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God,
and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was
sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the
Spirit of grace?" (Hebrews 10:29)
Not only was Jesus recognized as the Son of God by human
beings, but even the very demons He cast out were forced to
acknowledge His Divine Nature:
"And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do
with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to
torment us before the time?" (Matthew 8:29)
"And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before
him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God."
(Mark 3:11)
"And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying,
Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them
suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was
Christ." (Luke 4:41)
"When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him,
and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me
not." (Luke 8:28)
In his Epistle, James informs us that the demons are so sure
of this truth, that they fear and tremble; probably because
they know that their final judgment draws near:
"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the
devils also believe, and tremble." (James 2:19)
For any open-minded jury member, it should now be clear from
the preponderance of firsthand testimonies from witnesses
who actually knew, met and experienced the Presence and
Power of the Christ, that Jesus truly is the Son of God. To
even consider that all of these witnesses are mentally
unstable, deluded, mistaken, or outright liars, is clearly
unthinkable. They saw Him! They heard Him! They experienced
Him! They had absolutely no doubt as to who Jesus Christ is!
Why then do so many people doubt today? Could it be that
there is no longer faith on the Earth exactly as Jesus had
predicted?:
"...Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find
faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8b)
If there was anyone who was doubtful regarding Jesus Christ
being the Son of God, it was clearly Satan himself, and his
evil children, the unbelieving Jewish Elders and their blind
followers. In fact, Jesus said that these followers were
twice the children of hell as their spiritual overlords, the
Scribes and the Pharisees:
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is
made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves." (Matthew 23:15)
"And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the
Son of God, command that these stones be made bread...And
saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge
concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."
(Matthew 4:3, 6)
"And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
command this stone that it be made bread...And
he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of
the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down from hence:" (Luke 4:3, 9)
"But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and
said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou
tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God...And
saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in
three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come
down from the cross...He trusted in God; let him deliver him
now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God."
(Matthew 26:63, 27:40, 43)
"Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he
said unto them, Ye say that I am." (Luke 22:70)
"The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he
ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
(John 19:7)
Despite the ridiculous and unfounded objections and
accusations made by A.G. Satan and his spiritually-blind
gainsayers and false witnesses, it is plain to see that the
evidence is clearly in favor of the 'Accused'; thus, after
carefully considering and weighing all of these overwhelming
testimonies, the jury finds that it can only come to the
unrefutable determination that this Man, Jesus Christ, is
indeed the very Son of God! Therefore, it is my motion that
He is hereby acquitted by this court of all of the false
charges libelously and slanderously brought against Him by
the rebellious and defiant unbelievers. As King David said
in his Psalm, these false witnesses truly are fools in light
of the evidence brought against them. The Defendant is
hereby released into the custody of His Father. Furthermore,
if at any time the Defendant should choose to press charges
against His accusers, I would be more than happy to hear His
case. This court is now adjourned.
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