Christ's Sonship to God was the aim of writing the Gospel

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III





Christ's Sonship to God was the aim of writing the Gospel. The Gospel according to St. Mark begins with the statement:
"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" (Mk. 1: 1). If Christ were a Son like all the children of God, what was the need for recording this statement and all the miracles which the Evangelist recounted thereafter? In the Gospel according to St. John, we see that the Evangelist, after having recorded miracles not mentioned by any of the other Evangelists and after having recorded all Christ's discourses that indicated His Divinity, concluded by saying: "And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book, but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name" (Jn. 20:30,3 1). Therefore, Christ's Sonship is not ordinary, but a unique Sonship which is proved by verses emphasizing His Divinity. If He were an ordinary Son, what was the need for recounting all the miracles? They were written in order that we may believe that He is the Son of God and that our belief in this Sonship may give us life.