Jesus is the only true Son of God, the Firstborn, and you are His inheritance and included in His own special people.

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Jesus is the only true Son of God, the Firstborn, and you are His inheritance and included in His own special people.

Jesus is the only true Son of God, the Firstborn, and you are His inheritance and included in His own special people.

“But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has” (Deut 21:17)

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten [monogenes=only child] of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (Jn 1:14)

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1Pet 2:9)

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.” (Lk 1:35)

“But why is this granted to me [Elizabeth], that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Lk 1:43)

“No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten [monogenes] Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.” (Jn 1:18)

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten [monogenes] Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (Jn 3:16)

“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten [monogenes] Son of God.” (Jn 3:18)

“In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten [monogenes] Son into the world, that we might live through Him.” (1Jn 4:9)

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.” (Matt 1:18)

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, God with us.” (Matt 1:23; Isa 7:14)

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” (Ps 33:12)

“From following the ewes that had young He brought him, to shepherd Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.” (Ps 78:71)

“what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints” (Eph 1:18 RSV)

“For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn [prototokos] among many brethren.” (Rom 8:29)

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn [prototokos] over all creation.” (Col 1:15)

“And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn [prototokos] from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.” (Col 1:18)

“But when He again brings the firstborn [prototokos] into the world, He says: Let all the angels of God worship Him.” (Heb 1:6)

“from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn [prototokos] from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood” (Rev 1:5)

Reading: Deut 19-21; Matt 23