Divine Names
Son of God
The Only Begotten
Description
Jesus is the Son of God in a unique sense—the only begotten of the Father. While believers become children of God by adoption, Jesus is Son by nature, eternally begotten. He is in the bosom of the Father, the exact representation of His being. The Father declared at Jesus' baptism and transfiguration, 'This is my beloved Son.' Jesus' Sonship means He shares the Father's divine nature. To deny the Son is to deny the Father; to honor the Son is to honor the Father.
Key Verses
And the Word was made 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.
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.
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.