The Benefits of the Son of God
37 Benefits of the Son of God
Rev. Brian Kocourek
This morning we will
continue in our mini series concerning the benefits of the Revelation of the
Doctrine of Christ. As you found last week, this series concerns the Revelation
of Christ which concerns the relationship between the Father and the Son,
because in 2 John 9 we are told that he that hath the doctrine of Christ has
both the Father and the Son. Therefore in this series we will be studying the
benefits we receive as a result of our faith in this relationship.
Since the revelation
of Christ or shall we say the doctrine of Christ is still a mystery to most of
the world, it falls into the category of a parable, and as such we have
included these studies in the series of the Parables of Christ.
Now, this week we will continue with our studies on the benefits to us
concerning the doctrine of Christ or rather understanding the relationship
between the Father and the Son. But since we have 45 more statements from the
scriptures concerning the Son of God, and each one expressing a benefit to us
concerning the revelation of Christ or the doctrine of Christ, I will at this
time lay out those scriptures in an order for us to see, because some of them
fall into the same categories of benefits, and as thus we will make
distribution of them at this time.
1) The first benefit to us
concerning our belief in the Son of God which means we actually believe the
Doctrine of Christ as Jesus, Paul, John and William Branham taught it is that
to do so will destroy the works of the devil against you, which works is
unbelief. And we found the very first promise of God concerning those who
believe in His Son is to cancel out all unbelief from us.
In our study Last
week we began this mini series with a study of 1 John 3:8 where John tells us For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil.
And we found Jesus telling us in JOHN
2) The second benefit
to us concerning our belief in the Son of God is that by actually believing the
Doctrine of Christ, we are brought into such a relationship with God Himself
that He comes into us and we come into Him and we are baptized with the Spirit
of God which is the Holy Spirit.
1 John
Chapter 4 Verse 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of
God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Galatians Chapter 3
Verse 27 For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.
3) The third benefit
to us in believing the relationship between the Father and the Son and thus
sons, is the promise of Life. We are
promised Eternal Life by believing in the Son of God.
1 John
Chapter 5 Verse 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the
Son of God hath not life.
John
Chapter 20 Verse 31 But these are written, that
ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing
ye might have life through his name.
John
Chapter 5 Verse 25 Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the
Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
4) The fourth
benefit to us in believing the relationship between the Father and the Son is to
know that we have Life, Now, this is different than to have life
for to know that we have life brings the benefit of rest. And if we know we
have Life our whole nature changes, and thus our relationship with God changes,
and thus we enter into such a peace that no man could ever rob you of your
confidence in your relationship to God and thus God’s word.
1 John
Chapter 5 Verse 13 These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe
on the name of the Son of God.
5) The fifth benefit
or promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are brought
into His Presence, and are aware of His presence because His presence is
opened up to us in a way that it is not opened for others.
1 John
Chapter 4 Verse 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of
God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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THESSALONIANS
6) The sixth benefit or promise of God to us concerning our
believing in His Son is that we are given the power to over come the world
1 John
Chapter 5 Verse 5 Who is he that overcometh the
world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
7) The seventh benefit or promise of God to us
concerning our believing in His Son is that we are given a special witness
within ourselves of this relationship.
1 John
Chapter 5 Verse 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself:
he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the
record that God gave of his Son.
8) The eighth benefit or promise of God to us
concerning our believing in His Son is that we are given an
understanding or the ability to understand.
1 John
Chapter 5 Verse 20 And we know that the Son of
God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is
true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Luke
Chapter 22 Verse 70 Then said they all, Art thou
then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
9) The ninth benefit or promise of God to us
concerning our believing in His Son is that we are given a positive
confession.
2 Corinthians
Chapter 1 Verse 19 For the Son of God, Jesus
Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and
Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
10) The tenth benefit or promise of God to us
concerning our believing in His Son is that you are given power to lay down
your life as the Son of God laid down His life, and thus you begin this through
being baptized into that name and thus ending your old life and begin a new one
created in Christ Jesus.
Acts
Chapter 8 Verse 37 And Philip said, If thou
believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
11) The eleventh
benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that God will give
you boldness to speak this revelation everywhere and to everyone.
Hebrews
Chapter 4 Verse 14 Seeing then that we have a
great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let
us hold fast our profession.
Acts
Chapter 9 Verse 20 And straightway he preached
Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
12) The twelfth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it brings
protection to us from the wrath of man.
Daniel Chapter 3
Verse 25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men
loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of
the fourth is like the Son of God.
13) The thirteenth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it brings us
into The Unity of Faith.
Ephesians
Chapter 4 Verse 13 Till we all come in the unity
of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto
the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
14) The fourteenth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it allows us
to Live by the same Faith that Jesus lived by. And remember the just shall live
by this faith. And we are justified by this Faith and this Faith alone. This is
true remission of sins.
Galatians
Chapter 2 Verse 20 I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I
now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and
gave himself for me.
Galatians
Chapter 3 Verse 24 Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Romans
Chapter 3 Verse 28 Therefore we conclude that a
man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans
Chapter 5 Verse 1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Acts
Chapter 2 Verse 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one
of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
15) The fifteenth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it protects us
from the wrath of God.
Hebrews
Chapter 10 Verse 29 Of how much sorer punishment,
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of
God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified,
an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
16) The sixteenth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it keeps us
from falling away from The Faith, the same Faith that Jesus had.
Hebrews
Chapter 6 Verse 6 If they shall fall away, to
renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of
God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
17) The seventeenth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it teaches us
our future role as Kings and Priests, for without understanding the
relationship between the Father and His Son, and that there is indeed a son who
is not the Father we thus see the example laid down for us in our future roles
and relationship with the Father and his creation.
Hebrews
Chapter 7 Verse 3 Without
father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor
end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
18) The eighteenth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we indeed se
what God sees, and bare record to The Record.
John
Chapter 1 Verse 34 And I saw, and bare record
that this is the Son of God.
19) The nineteenth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that John Chapter 1 Verse 49 Nathaniel
answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King
of
20) The twentieth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it will keep
you from blaspheming God.
John
Chapter 10 Verse 36 Say ye of him, whom the
Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I
said, I am the Son of God?
21) The Twenty-first benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are
promised resurrection which is redemption in full; because it has to do with
these bodies that we are identified with.
John
Chapter 11 Verse 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live: Verse 26
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest
thou this? Verse 27 She
saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God,
which should come into the world.
22) The Twenty second benefit
or promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are
promised healing through his name. John Chapter 11
Verse 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness
is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be
glorified thereby.
23) The Twenty third benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are no
longer under the Law, and therefore no longer able to be punished by death.
John
Chapter 19 Verse 7 The Jews answered him, We
have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of
God.
24) The Twenty fourth benefit
or promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we will not come into the judgment.
John
Chapter 3 Verse 18 He that believeth on him is
not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
25) The Twenty fifth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are given
eyes to see.
John
Chapter 9 Verse 35 Jesus heard that they had
cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on
the Son of God? John
Chapter 9 Verse 39
And Jesus
said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might
see; and that they which see might be made blind.
26) The twenty sixth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are given
power to conceive the Word of God.
Luke
Chapter 1 Verse 35 And the angel answered and
said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the
Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
27) The twenty seventh benefit
or promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we will
know our lineage runs back to God.
Luke Chapter 3
Verse 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the
son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Galatians
Chapter 4 Verse 6 And because ye are sons, God
hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
1 John
Chapter 3 Verse 2 Beloved, now are we the sons
of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he
shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
28) The twenty eighth benefit
or promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we receive
power of the Spoken Word but will only use it when the Father shows us to use
it.
Luke
Chapter 4 Verse 3 And the devil said unto him,
If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
29) The twenty ninth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are given
power to cast out devils.
Luke
Chapter 4 Verse 41 And devils also came out of many,
crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them
suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
Luke
Chapter 8 Verse 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried
out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do
with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Mark
Chapter 3 Verse 11 And unclean spirits, when
they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
Matthew
Chapter 8 Verse 29 And, behold, they cried out,
saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come
hither to torment us before the time?
30) The thirtieth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are given
power to overcome temptation to exalt self, but as an obedient son will only do
the Father’s will.
Matthew
Chapter 4 Verse 3 And when the tempter came to
him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made
bread.
Matthew Chapter 4
Verse 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of
God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge
concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time
thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luke Chapter 4
Verse 9 And he brought him to
31) The thirty first benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it is the very
beginning of the Good News that God has given us, and you can’t get to first
base without it.
Mark
Chapter 1 Verse 1 The beginning of the gospel
of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
32) The thirty second benefit
or promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that it allows you to be able to identify what is
happening in the world and tie it back to the Revelation of Christ, and the
Word of God.
Mark
Chapter 15 Verse 39 And when the centurion, which
stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he
said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
Matthew
Chapter 27 Verse 54 Now when the centurion, and
they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things
that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
33) The thirty third benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that we are able to
worship Him.
Matthew
Chapter 14 Verse 33 Then they that were in the ship
came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
34) The thirty fourth benefit
or promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that you will be
able to see Him coming in the clouds of Heaven.
God’s great picture of His son flashed across the heavens.
Matthew
Chapter 26 Verse 63 But Jesus held his peace. And
the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God,
that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Verse 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou
hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
35) The thirty fifth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that you will be
able to understand that God was in Christ and Raised Him up.
Matthew
Chapter 27 Verse 40 And saying, Thou that
destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be
the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Matthew
Chapter 27 Verse 43 He trusted in God; let him
deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
36) The thirty sixth benefit or
promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that you will be
given discernment to know right from wrong and those who are righteous from
those who are wicked.
Revelation
Chapter 2 Verse 18 And unto the angel of the
church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes
like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
37) The thirty seventh benefit
or promise of God to us concerning our believing in His Son is that you will be
able to live a life of holiness, one that is sanctified through his name and
through His atoning blood.
Romans
Chapter 1 Verse 4 And declared to be the Son of
God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from
the dead:
1
Corinthians Chapter 6 Verse 11 And such were some of you:
but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of
the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Hebrews
Chapter 10 Verse 10 By the which will we are
sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews
Chapter 10 Verse 14 For by one offering he hath
perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Jude
Chapter 1 Verse 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus
Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father,
and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Now, if you will notice
there are thirty seven different Scriptural statements of benefits to believing
in the Son of God and since 3 plus 7
equals ten. Now the number ten is one of
the perfect numbers and it is significant because it is the first decade and represents the entire numerical system. The
entire numerical system coming to a completion. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and 10
starts is all over again, because the fist two numbers 0, and 1 are both used
in this first decade showing there are no more numbers to be used. And the
number ten signifies that the whole cycle is now complete. Therefore God has laid out for us the entire
benefit package that we are to receive by simply believing that he sent forth
his son, and that indeed that son was the Son of God.