The Only Begotten Of The Father

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 

John 1:14 

As we continue our consideration of the glory of Christ’s Revelation, we come today to consider that His Glory is utterly unique. That is so, because He is Himself unique. He is, according to our text, the only ‘begotten of the Father.’ To translate that perhaps more exactly, He is the ‘only-one-of-a-kind,’ Son of God. There are many other ‘sons of God,’ but they are either angels, and therefore, ‘sons’ of a lesser order, or the redeemed, who are the ‘sons’ of God by adoption. Christ is ‘the only begotten of the Father;’ therefore, He has a glory that is unique to Him Alone. Because that is so, we must gaze upon His Glory with a unique perspective.  John declares boldly, ‘we beheld His glory.’  Because they did ‘behold’ it, and wrote of it, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we can now say that we can, ‘behold His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father.’ John, and the other writers of Scripture give to us a beautiful mosaic of the Son of God which justifies our captivation with Him. We have every reason and right to center our attention upon this, ‘only begotten of the Father.’ He is the Divine Representative; ‘the Way, the Truth, and the Life.’  His is the Glory that, once we have seen it, completely transforms us and our life forever. Today, we have the privilege to dwell upon Him in this Role as ‘the only begotten of the Father.’ He is our ‘one-of-a-kind,’ with the Glory that is all His Own. 

Our Gracious God and Loving Heavenly Father, 
we praise You, for Your ‘only begotten Son,’ 
We rejoice, that He has come for our eternal good, 
and that we are satisfied, in every way, with Him. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning