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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...

The only begotten Son subsisting (the word suggests where He always was and where He always will be—no beginning to this relationship and no ending), the only begotten Son, subsisting in the bosom of the Father, He hath told Him out. Some people have a difficulty with the expression, “No man hath seen God at any time,” because in the Old Testament we have several instances where people are said to have looked upon God, or to have seen His glory. Moses is said to have talked with Him face to face
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