Pastor Martin argues that "Son of Man" — often misunderstood as a mere title of Christ's humanity — is actually a title of His deity, drawing from Daniel 7 and Christ's own self-consciousness. The title points simultaneously to Christ's heavenly pre-existence, His present state of humiliation, and His future glory. Son of God and Son of Man occupy common ground as ascriptions of deity: the former emphasizing that He who is God is God, the latter emphasizing that He who is God is truly man.
7 illustrations in this sermon
To us, names are convenient verbal labels. In Scripture, names are revelatory of the person — God's names disclose who He is, and Christ's titles disclose His person and work.
Knowing all. Omnipresence. Being present in all places, in all times, and in all circumstances. Then we brought in the third group of witnesses.
6:12 - 6:22 Read in full sermon
A man enthusiastically tells Christ he will follow wherever He goes. Christ effectively says, 'Simmer down — the foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.'
Now John chapter 6. In the previous discourse, our Lord is asserting that he is the true bread come down from heaven upon which if men feed, they shall possess eternal life. And as he opens up this truth, particularly when he says they must feed upon him as crucified, and he veils his crucifixion in language that is almost carnivorous, you must eat my flesh and drink my blood. They are offended at this.
19:44 - 20:13 Read in full sermon
In Daniel's vision, the figure 'like a son of man' comes in clouds — and to the Jewish mind, clouds are always the chariot of the Shekinah glory. Only God comes in that chariot, yet this God is like a man.
the blasphemy what is blasphemy blasphemy is that which is a direct affront upon the Godhood of God and he claims that our Lord blasphemes because this one who stands before them in apparent weakness and helplessness claims to be the son of man of Daniel's vision for you see the great problem with the Jew was this here was his great problem not that Messiah would be son of God here even this unconverted priest says art thou the Christ the son of the blessed in the mind of the Jew Messiah was to be son of God the presence of God the angel of Jehovah coming now in true human nature to deliver hi...
34:05 - 35:33 Read in full sermon
When Jesus tells a paralytic 'thy sins be forgiven thee,' the scribes are scandalized — only God can forgive sins. Jesus replies that 'the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins,' identifying Son of Man with that exclusive divine prerogative.
Mercy is over. When He comes, He sets the throne of His judgment.
49:13 - 49:20 Read in full sermon
Jesus does not say 'the Son of God is Lord of the Sabbath' but 'the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath' — claiming Jehovah's authority over the day Jehovah Himself instituted, under His humiliation title.
I'm unprepared to meet Him. Oh, dear sinner friend, man, woman, boy, girl, don't rifle, with your soul. You're dealing with the Son of Man. He is God.
49:36 - 49:50 Read in full sermon
Driving home: Son of God says, He who is God is God in the relationship of Son to the Father. Son of Man, He who is God is true man.
Pastor Martin holds his hands together above the pulpit to picture Son of God and Son of Man as two titles occupying the same ground rather than two contrasting categories — both are titles of deity.
The answer is relatively simple. It's given in Scripture. Account that the long-suffering of God is salvation.
50:30 - 50:39 Read in full sermon
Driving home: Son of God says, He who is God is God in the relationship of Son to the Father. Son of Man, He who is God is true man.
Both titles stand on the common ground of Christ's deity, but Son of God shoots an arrow upward to the mystery of the Godhead while Son of Man shoots an arrow downward into His true humanity.
He's received the vilest of sinners. He invites sinners without discrimination. Oh, come to Him. Children, boys, girls, men, women.
51:05 - 51:15 Read in full sermon