Scripture:  John 5:16-30

Jesus is the Son of God because . . .

. . . He healed on the Sabbath

“But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is working until now, and I am working.’ This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.” (V16-18)

“For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” (Matthew 12:8)

. . . He called Himself equal to God the Father

“So Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel’.” (V19-20)

“My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” (John 10:29-30)

. . . He has all authority to judge

“For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.” (V22-23)

“There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy.” (James 4:12)

. . . He gives life

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment but has passed from death to life.” (v24)

“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live’.” (John 11:25)