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10. What Have You Understood From Christ's Names and Titles?
Some prophets have special titles. Abraham is the friend of God, Moses, the spokesman of God and Christ, the word of God and a spirit from him. But in the Gospel, we read the direct revelation, when a voice from heaven came saying: "This is my Son, whom I love, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!" (Matthew 17:5).
What does the expression "Son of God" mean? A child usually has the same image as his father. In the same way we see in Christ the attributes of God, as Jesus said to his disciples: "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). You may say God forbid! He is only a prophet. But we ask you: Why do you not follow his commandments? You are already judged if you have not truly repented and become changed in your thoughts and deeds.
It is a great mystery that Jesus appeared as a slave of God to free those enslaved in sin. He came into the world as a humble human being to show us what true humanity is. So it is not might and glories that save us, but Christ's love alone. Anyone who carries a sword appears strong, but he who controls himself is stronger. Greater of all is he who lays down his life as a ransom for many. For this reason, the apostle John confessed saying: "The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).
Christ was incarnate in the form of a human being, so that we might understand that God is a Father who is kind, loving and forgiving and not a conquering, destructive or indifferent person. Thus, Christ gave us a new understanding of God. And Jesus did not only teach us the divine attributes, but he lived out Gods love before us, that we might understand the motto of the new age: Eternal love.