WHOSE SON IS CHRIST?

MT. 22:41-46

Adapted from Dr. Wymal Porter by Pastor Rick Jackson

I. PHYSICALLY- HE WAS THE SON OF MARY [Mt. 1:18]

1. She was a Virgin [Lk. 1:26-33, 43]

2. His body was especially prepared [Heb. 10:4-5, 11;3, 13:21]

3. She was NOT the mother of God [Micah 5:2]

4. He was Christ from Conception [Ps. 22:9-10]

II. LEGALLY- HE WAS THE SON OF JOSEPH

1. Joseph, His Step-father was considered His parent [Lk. 2:21-27, 39-49]

2. Joseph, His Step-father, gives Him the right to David’s throne [Mt. 1:1, 15-25]

3. Mary, His mother, was also of the line of David [Lk. 3:23, 31, 34, 38]

III. POSITIONALLY- HE’S THE SON OF GOD [Lk. 3:22, Mt. 3:16-17]

1. He had always been Equal with God [Jn. 1:1-3, Phil. 2:5-6]

2. He emptied Himself of that Position [Phil. 2:7ff, Jn. 14;28]

“made Himself” kenovw kenoo, ken-o'-o; from 2756; to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify:--make (of none effect, of no reputation, void), be in vain.

3. He was, is, and always has been God [Col. 1:12-20]

Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Hebrews 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,