Gospel of Luke/Jesus Christ as the Son of God

Running Head : Jesus the Son of God : Gospel of Luke

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GOSPEL OF LUKE : JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD

According to the book of Luke , Jesus is presented as the savior of both Israel and the whole human race

The birth of Jesus was foretold by Angel Gabriel when he appeared to Virgin Mary (Luke 1 :26 - 38 . He announced that Mary would give birth to a child whose name would be the Son of the Most High . Since Mary was a

virgin she wondered how this would be but the angel told her the Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you (Luke 1 : 35 . Indeed this would be a special birth

Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph who was in the linage of King David . This had to be , in the fulfillment of the Old Testament prediction that Jesus was to be born in the lineage of David

Jesus ' birth happened in Bethlehem , in manger and a great company of heavenly host appeared with the angel praising God (Luke 1 13 ) Shepherds came to see the baby at Bethlehem

At a very young age of 12 years Jesus already knew who he was and everyone was amazed at his understanding and his answers . Jesus knew he was the Son of God because after 3 days of search by his parents at Jerusalem they found him at the temple . Upon asking him where he had been , he wondered why they were searching for him yet he was in his Father 's house (Luke 2 :49

Jesus dramatic baptism also went further to prove that Jesus was not an ordinary person . As John the Baptist was baptizing Him heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in the form of a dove and a voice came from heaven declaring You are my son whom I love , with you I am well d (Luke 3 : 22

Jesus ' lineage revealed that he was in the lineage of Adam who was the Son of God . Satan also was fully aware of the Sonship of Jesus while he was tempting him in the desert . He wanted Jesus if he was the Son of God to turn stones into bread (Luke 4 : 3

It is worth noting that while it took a long time for the people including his disciples to notice that Jesus was the Son of God the demons or evil spirits could immediately recognize he was indeed the Son of God (Luke 4 : 34 , Luke 8 : 28 . In such instances , the demons identified him as the Son of the Holy one of God . Being the Son of God , Jesus had the power and authority to give s to evil spirits he was able to perform various miracles including raising some people upon the dead

Simon was the first person to come very close in identifying whom Jesus was , this could be seen when Jesus...