The Life and Mission of Jesus Christ: Episode 03

Rev. Sun Myung Moon: The Life and Mission of Jesus Christ
Chapter 1: Jesus’ Birth and Youth, The Only Begotten Son, Page 5-6

The Only Begotten Son

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

In the Bible, Jesus is described as the “only begotten Son.” What does this mean? Jesus was the only person who inherited the total love and total lineage of God, and the only person who could represent it. For that reason, he had the power of God’s lineage flowing through him. That is why he is the Savior.

We know that God is the Father of mankind; furthermore, Jesus is the only begotten Son of that God. Therefore, it is only through Jesus that we can be connected to the lineage of God; otherwise, God’s lineage cannot flow through mankind.

True Parents and I
June 15, 1986

John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but shall have eternal life.” The most important part of that verse is that God loved the world. However, many Christians put the greatest emphasis upon the second part of the verse, forgetting the most important thing: that God so loved the world. God did not love the church or the individual so much that he sent his only begotten Son. It was because God loved the world, the universe, so much. Thus Jesus is the one who was meant to save the world. When we believe in Jesus, the world is very much in our minds. God is in Jesus and Jesus is in God.

Perfection of Restoration by Indemnity through Human Responsibility
March 1, 1983

 

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

 

Jesus was born without sin. Jesus came without having anything to do with satanic blood. It had been completely separated from him—God had prepared this line for a long, long time, so that Jesus could come as a sinless child. Therefore, he was indeed able to claim: “I am the only begotten Son, the only Son of God.”

In human history, this was the first time a sinless child was born on earth. “I am one with God,” Jesus said. “The person who has seen me has seen the Father,” he said. In the 14th chapter of the Book of John, Jesus says, “I am in my Father and you in me; and I in you. He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” So Jesus came to restore the sinless position of love, the love that had been lost since the time of Adam. This fact has not been known until now.

There is a reason, a most important reason, why no one could come to the Father except by going through Jesus. He is our only bridge, our only hope, our only channel for reaching God. Therefore, Jesus proclaimed, “I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life, and without going through me, no one reaches the Father.”

There have been in human history many saints, many religious geniuses, and many wise men. But no one else could play the role of Jesus, who alone brings us to the Father. This is because he came in a stainless, sinless position which no one else has. He is the only channel to reach God. Though Buddha, Confucius, and Mohammed were all religious saints, they did not have the same relationship with God that Jesus had. Therefore, the birth of Jesus as the Messiah was the day of hope for all humankind.

The New Messiah and the Formula of God in History
February 21, 1972