"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth."
— John 1:14 (NASB 1995)

Introduction

Both titles Scripture gives to Jesus of Nazareth — Son of God and Son of Man — are routinely flattened into a formula: one means He is divine, the other means He is human. Scripture will not cooperate. Each title carries both dimensions, and this six-part series works through every major passage in which each appears, then asks how the two hold together in one person.

The Series

1. Part 1 - Two Titles, One Person
2. Part 2 - The Son of God - From the Annunciation to the Throne
3. Part 3 - The Son of God - Confessed, Contested, and Sent
4. Part 4 - The Son of Man Among Us - The Title Jesus Chose for Himself
5. Part 5 - The Son of Man in Glory - Judgment, Ransom, and Return
6. Part 6 - One Person, Two Natures - And What Happens When That Is Denied

Related Studies

• Jesus is God: A Series on the Deity of Christ
• The Trinity
• Jesus in the Old Testament
• The Angel of the LORD
• The Second Coming
• Humanity - Imago Dei
• The Davidic Covenant

Two Titles, One Lord

The titles "Son of Man" and "Son of God" are not contradictory, not redundant, and not simply parallel labels for two separate natures. They are two windows into the same incomprehensible, glorious reality: Jesus of Nazareth is the eternal Son of God who became the true Son of Man — and in the union of those two identities, the redemption of the world became possible.

The Son of God title declares that the one who came is not a creature, not a prophet, not an angel, not a representative of God — He is God Himself, the exact representation of the Father's nature, the radiance of divine glory, the Creator and Sustainer of all things. The Son of Man title declares that this same eternal God entered genuinely into human experience — being born, growing, suffering, weeping, being tempted, and dying — not as a performance or an illusion, but in true solidarity with the humanity He came to save.

Together, these titles explain not only who Jesus is, but why He alone could accomplish what He came to do. He could redeem humanity because He was human; His redemption is eternal because He is God. He can sympathize with human weakness because He lived it; He can save from the ultimate depth of sin and death because He is the one with authority over both.

As Isaiah 55:8–9 reminds us: "My thoughts are not your thoughts." No single human title could contain the fullness of this Person. Both titles together only begin to reveal what the whole of Scripture proclaims — the unsurpassable beauty and glory of the one who is both the Son of God and the Son of Man, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth."
— John 1:14