The Son Was Born, Given, and Sent
Biblical Sonship is tied to conception, birth, messianic mission, obedience, suffering, and mediation.
Lesson thesisThe one called Son of God is the holy child begotten through the Spirit’s action in Mary, not a separately begotten divine person before creation.
Start with the main point: Biblical Sonship is tied to conception, birth, messianic mission, obedience, suffering, and mediation.
- Name what the passage says before explaining what it means.
- Use one clear Scripture before stacking several references.
- Answer the checkpoint in plain words first.
Gabriel explains why the child is called Son
Luke gives an inspired because-statement. The Holy Ghost comes upon Mary, the power of the Highest overshadows her, and therefore the holy child will be called the Son of God.
Sonship is not treated as a title imported from a previous divine life. It is grounded in the miraculous conception of the real child.
Made of a woman belongs to sending
Galatians says God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, at the fullness of time. Sending language does not erase birth-language. God sends prophets who did not literally descend from heaven, and He sends His purpose into history through appointed people.
The Son is sent as the one produced in the incarnation, carrying God’s mission and presence.
The Son is given in history and promised beforehand
Isaiah promises a child born and a Son given. Prophecy can speak of the coming Messiah in God’s settled purpose before the event occurs.
Preexistence can concern God’s Word, foreknowledge, plan, glory, and identity without requiring an eternal human offspring beside Him.
Define Sonship from birth texts
List every term connected to body, birth, descent, appointment, and mission.
- The child born carries divine titles.
- Gabriel ties Son of God to miraculous conception.
- The Son is made of a woman and given a prepared body.
- Sonship
- The incarnate relation and identity of Jesus as the miraculously begotten holy child, Messiah, and genuine man through whom God is revealed.
- Messianic sending
- God commissioning and bringing His appointed Messiah into the world to accomplish redemption.
Scripture uses sending for mission and authorization. Galatians keeps sending and being made of a woman in one sentence.
Write a careful answer to: ‘If the Son was sent, didn’t He have to exist as Son before He was born?’
Lesson check
Check your understanding
The lesson check asks for the core idea and the clearest Scripture connection.