To Rest in the Strong Hands of Jesus Christ


Q. Why is He called God’s only‑begotten Son, 

  •  Since I am also a child of God? 

Because Christ alone 

  •  is the eternal, natural Son of God.
For the Bible Tells Me So...

John 1:1-3 

  • In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 
  • He was in the beginning with God. 
  • All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 

John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. 

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” 

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Hebrews 1

I, however, am a child of God by adoption, 

  • Through grace, for Christ’s sake.
For the Bible Tells Me So...

John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. 

Romans 8:14-17 

  • For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
  • For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 
  • The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 
  • and if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. 
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 

Ephesians 1:5,6 

  • …having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 
  • to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
The Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 13

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