The Only Begotten Son
Overview
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 importantly, he shows how the life of Jesus on earth reveals to us the nature of God as a deity.
Product Details
- Title: The Only Begotten Son
- Author: H. A. Ironside
- Publisher: Loizeaux Brothers
- Publication Date: 1926
- Pages: 29
About H. A. Ironside
H. A. Ironside, one of the twentieth century’s greatest preachers, was born in Toronto, Canada on October 14, 1876. Though his education stopped with grammar school, his fondness for reading and a retentive memory put his learning to use. His scholarship was recognized in academic circles when he received honorary degrees from Wheaton College and Bob Jones University and was invited as frequent lecturer at Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Ironside was appointed to the boards of numerous Bible institutes, seminaries, and Christian organizations. He also served as director of the Africa Inland Mission. Ironside preached widely throughout the United States and abroad. He served as pastor of Moody Memorial Church from 1930 to 1948, and during his lifetime, he preached more than 7,000 sermons to over 1.25 million listeners.
Sample Pages from the Print Edition
Top Highlights
“‘only begotten’ is clearly, as I trust we all understand, a title of deity.” (Page 6)
“This is not the mystery of godliness as displayed in the incarnation. The clear, unmistakable teaching of scripture is that our Lord had a true human spirit and a true human soul as well as a real human body. Yet He never ceased to be God. ‘God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself.’ The Mystery of Piety has been manifested in flesh. He was as truly God as if He had never become man; and as truly man as if He had not been God, yet He was both God and Man in one undivided and indivisible person.” (Page 7)
“No one ever saw the Invisible God till Christ made Him manifest.” (Page 8)
“So Christ is not the first born in the sense of being created first, for He was uncreated and is Himself the Creator but He is, as man, the rightful heir of all, therefore the first born set over all creation, the Second Man, the Lord from Heaven.” (Page 19)
“Jesus did not die to enable God to love sinners. Jesus came to die because God loved sinners.” (Page 10)
- Title: The Only Begotten Son
- Author: Harry A. Ironside
- Publisher: Loizeaux Brothers
- Print Publication Date: 1926
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Christology
- Resource ID: LLS:ONLYBEGSON
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T07:27:38Z
H. A. Ironside (1876–1951) is one of the twentieth century’s greatest preachers. He has received honorary degrees from Wheaton College and Bob Jones University and was frequently invited to lecture at Dallas Theological Seminary.
After a serving as a Salvation Army officer for a brief period, Ironside joined the Plymouth Brethren and started what would become a highly successful itinerant ministry of preaching and teaching. He served as pastor at Moody Memorial Church from 1930 to 1948, and preached more than 7,000 sermons during his lifetime.
Harry A. Ironside produced close to 100 major books and pamphlets, mainly on expository and prophetic themes. He was a major figure in the popularizing of dispensationalism among American evangelicals and for the most part followed the views of the Scofield Reference Bible. Ironside’s first-edition commentaries, most-loved sermons, addresses, lectures, and tracts are available in The Works of H. A. Ironside (65 vols.).
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