Son of God

Beginning the fourth group of witnesses to Christ's deity — names and titles of deity given to Him — Pastor Martin takes up the title Son of God. After establishing that names in biblical thought are revelatory of character, he traces the frequency of this title from Christ's conception through His ministry and apostolic testimony, then defines its meaning from John 5 and John 10, where Jesus' claim that God is His own Father and that He and the Father are one asserts an interpenetration of divine essence — He is God the Son. He applies the doctrine as essential for life, overcoming the world, and right confession, climaxing with Romans 8:32, 'He that spared not his own Son.'

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.