Jesus! The Son of the Living God!
Series: Eternal Life
June 24, 2026
Sr Pastor Noah Pinto
Jesus! The Son of the Living God!
Episode Notes
📌 How many times does the Bible call Jesus “the Son of God”?
Short answer:
👉 The exact phrase “Son of God” referring to Jesus appears 47 times in the New Testament.
👉 The exact phrase “Son of God” referring to Jesus appears 47 times in the New Testament.
That number is based on the Greek manuscripts, not English translation variations.
If you include:
- “the Son” (used as a divine title for Jesus)
- “My beloved Son”
- “His Son”
- “Only begotten Son”
- OT prophetic references
…then the total number of passages that identify Jesus as God’s Son rises to over 120.
But the strict phrase “Son of God” applied directly to Jesus = 47 times.
Romans 8:29-30 NKJV
[29] For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. [30] Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He/ justified, these He also glorified.
[29] For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. [30] Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He/ justified, these He also glorified.
John 17:5 NKJV
[5] And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
[5] And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Acts 7:55-56: As Stephen is martyred, he looks into heaven and declares, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
2 Corinthians 5:16–17 (NKJV)
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new Bible Gateway+1.7
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new Bible Gateway+1.7
[20] “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, [21] that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. [22] The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, [23] I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. [24] Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
PRIMARY PASSAGES — CHRIST COMPARED TO MARRIAGE (NKJV)
Ephesians 5:31-33 ESV
[31] “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” [32] This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. [33] However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
[31] “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” [32] This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. [33] However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 5:22–33 (NKJV)22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Romans 8:29-30 NKJV
[29] For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. [30] Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He/ justified, these He also glorified.
[29] For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. [30] Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He/ justified, these He also glorified.
9. Hosea 2:19–20 — God Betroths His People
“I will betroth you to Me forever…”
10. Isaiah 54:5 — God as Husband
“For your Maker is your husband…”
11. Isaiah 62:4–5 — Bridegroom Rejoices Over the Bride
“As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.”
2. Revelation 19:7–9 — The Marriage of the Lamb
“For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”
3. Revelation 21:2, 9 — The Bride, the Lamb’s Wife
“…prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
“Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
4. Revelation 22:17 — The Spirit and the Bride
“And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’”
5. John 3:29 — Jesus Called the Bridegroom
“He who has the bride is the bridegroom…”
6. Matthew 9:15 — Jesus Calls Himself the Bridegroom
“Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?”
ThemeScriptureChrist as BridegroomJohn 3:29; Matt 9:15; Matt 25:1–13Church as BrideEph 5:22–33; Rev 19:7–9; Rev 21:2,9; Rev 22:17Betrothal to Christ2 Cor 11:2God as Husband (OT foundation)Isa 54:5; Isa 62:4–5; Jer 31:31–32; Hos 2:19–20Covenant Marriage ImageryEzek 16; Ezek 23Messianic Wedding PsalmPsalm 45Bridal Love TypologySong of Solomon
John 14:9–11 — The Son is in the Father, and the Father in the Son
“He who has seen Me has seen the Father…”
“…I am in the Father and the Father in Me.”
Not the same person — but the same divine nature.
John 17:21–23 — Jesus prays that believers be one as the Father and Son are one
“…that they may be one as We are one…”
Shows unity, not collapse of persons.
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