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The Gospels refer to Jesus as God’s “only begotten son” five times, and they mention “the firstborn son” five more times. This phrase has found its way into our creeds, confessions, hymnody, and common vocabulary, but what does it mean? Ironside links together disparate passages of Scripture which contain this phrase to determine what it means for God to become flesh and dwell among us. More...

know so well—John 3:16. “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.” It was the love in the heart of God that gave Christ. Jesus did not die to enable God to love sinners. Jesus came to die because God loved sinners. Get acquainted with Christ, and when you meet God in heaven you will not have to learn Him for the first time. “There no stranger—God shall meet thee, Stranger thou in courts above, But
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