a “rock” means a truth, and also the Lord’s divine truth. The church does
not exist in someone who does not confess the truth that Jesus is the Son
of God. That is why I said just above that this is the first step into faith in
Jesus Christ—this is faith at its very outset.
John the Baptist saw and testified that Jesus is the Son of God(John
1 : 34 ). The disciple Nathaniel said to Jesus, “You are the Son of God. You
are the King of Israel”(John 1 : 49 ). The twelve disciples said, “We have
come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God”(John
6 : 69 ). Jesus is called the only begotten Son of Godand the only begotten
from the Father,who is close to the Father’s heart (John 1 : 14 , 18 ; 3 : 16 ).
Jesus himself confessed before the high priest that he was the Son of God
(Matthew 26 : 63 , 64 ; 27 : 43 ; Mark 14 : 41 , 42 ; Luke 22 : 70 ). “Those who
were in the boat came and worshiped Jesus saying, ‘Truly you are the Son
of God’”(Matthew 14 : 33 ). The eunuch who wanted to be baptized said to
Philip, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God”(Acts 8 : 37 ). After Paul
was converted, he preached that Jesus is the Son of God(Acts 9 : 20 ). Jesus
said, “The hour is coming when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of
God,and those who hear will live” (John 5 : 25 ). “Those who do not
believe have already been judged because they have not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God”(John 3 : 18 ). “These things have
been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God,and by believing may have life in his name” (John 20 : 31 ). “I have
written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of Godso
that you may know that you have eternal life and so that you may believe
in the name of the Son of God”( 1 John 5 : 13 ). “We know that the Son of
Godcame and enabled us to know the truth. We are in the truth in the
Son of God, Jesus Christ.He is the true God and eternal life” ( 1 John 5 : 20 ).
“If any confess that Jesus is the Son of God,God lives in them, and they
live in God” ( 1 John 4 : 15 ). Also elsewhere, as in Matthew 8 : 29 ; 27 : 40 , 43 ,
54 ; Mark 1 : 1 ; 3 : 11 ; 15 : 39 ; Luke 8 : 28 ; John 9 : 35 ; 10 : 36 ; 11 : 4 , 27 ; 19 : 7 ;
Romans 1 : 4 ; 2 Corinthians 1 : 19 ; Galatians 2 : 20 ; Ephesians 4 : 13 ; Hebrews
4 : 14 ; 6 : 6 ; 7 : 3 ; 10 : 29 ; 1 John 3 : 8 ; 5 : 10 ; Revelation 2 : 18.
There are many other passages in which Jehovah mentions his Son
and the Son himself calls Jehovah God his Father, as in the following:
“Whatever the Fatherdoes, the Sondoes. As the Fatherraises the dead
and brings them to life, so does the Son.As the Fatherhas life in himself,
so he has given the Sonto have life in himself,” therefore all should honor
the Sonas they honor the Father(John 5 : 19 – 27 ). This also happens in
many other passages, including David: “I will announce this decision:
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