Declare the Son of God

 Declare the Son of God

April 29, 2025

Romans 1:1-4

1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophetsin the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, 4 who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,

I was reading Romans this morning and was examining some commentary notes on chapter 1. One word that the commentator spent considerable time on was “declared” in verse 4. What does it Meja to “declare the Son of God…”? The most interesting comment was that it could be an allusion to Psalm 2.

Psalms 2:6-7

6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King

Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

7 “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD:

He said to Me, ‘You are My Son,

Today I have begotten You.

This psalm refers to the coronation of David as King of Israel. King David of course is a foreshadowing of Jesus, the King of Kings. In the case of David, he had ben anointed to be king by the prophet many years before, but it was not official until his coronation. At his coronation, his kingship was announced to all the world and he received the power to rule. In Jesus’ case, he had been the Son of God from the beginning of time (if not before!) but at the resurrection, His kingship was announced to all the world, including his enemies. The Devil had assumed that he had defeated his enemy, but at the resurrection Jesus’ kingship, power and authority was announced to all the world, and His enemies trembled. The Spirit of holiness was declare to be superior to the spirits of this world and the enemies, sin and death, were declared to be defeated. Praise the Lord that this same power and victory is available to us when we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. So let us join with Paul and “declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord”