Today I have begotten you...

February 10, 2013 Evening:

Title: Begotten, Nat Made

Old Testament Passage: Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7, Psalm 2 – The creation of man

Gospel Reading: Luke 3:23, 38 – Jesus, Son of Adam, Son of God

Sermon Text: Hebrews 1:5 – You are my Son...

Sermon Point: Jesus is the glorious Son of God

[5] For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”?

God created angels. They have an eternal purpose that will one day be perfectly accomplished. They are servants to the heirs of salvation.

We are the heirs.

We are sons of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

We became heirs of all the blessings of God by the work of Jesus. That is why we are said to joint heirs with Him. The inheritance is His first, but because He graciously acted as our representative, His inheritance has become our inheritance.

We have been called to a great hope which will most definitely come to pass.

God is capable of calling angels His “sons.” But God never said to angels the words in the second psalm, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”?

To whom did God address those words?

Psalm 2 was written for the ultimate king of Israel. He would be the Lord's Anointed, the Christ. The nations would rage against Him, and the powerful rulers of the earth would want to be rid of Him. But the Lord and His Christ would have no ultimate cause for concern.

God was determined to set His King to reign at His right hand in the heavenly Zion. He is there now, far above all rule, power, authority, and dominion, and above every named that is named both in this age and in the one to come. God has put all things under His feet and made Him to be the Head of His body, the church, which is the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (Ephesians 1)

When did this happen? The Son of God is always the Son of God. But Jesus of Nazareth was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead. (Romans 1:4) That is when the supreme lordship of Jesus over heaven and earth was definitively declared.

What is left for us but to “Kiss the Son,” according to the strong command of God in Psalm 2? What does it mean to “kiss” the glorious Son of God. Psalm 2 tells us that we are to serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Surely His Word is above every other Word. Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. (Hebrews 2:1)