WHO DO YOU SEE ON THAT CROSS?

Mark 15:37-39

³⁷ Then Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed his last. ³⁸ And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ³⁹ And after the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “This man was really the Son of God!”

really the Son of God

God had one created son—Adam, formed from the dust and given life by the breath of God. And throughout history God has gathered many adopted children, men and women who trust Him for salvation and are welcomed into His family by grace. But there has only ever been one unique, only‑begotten Son: Jesus Christ. He was not created. He did not begin in Bethlehem. His Sonship did not start in Mary’s womb. He existed before creation, sharing the glory of the Father, participating in the divine counsel when the words were spoken, “Let us make man in our image.” He is the One of whom the Father declared, “You are my Son; today I have begotten You,” revealing not a beginning but a relationship—eternal, divine, unbroken. Before the world existed, the Son shared the Father’s glory; before time began, He was already the beloved.

Maybe the centurion glimpsed this truth. Maybe he didn’t understand the theology, but he knew that Jesus’ death was unlike any other. The way He suffered, the way He prayed, the way the earth responded—it all pointed beyond humanity. Something in that moment convinced him that this crucified man was more than a victim. He was the Son of God.

And each of us must face the same reality. Who is Jesus, truly? Not who the crowds say He is, not who culture imagines Him to be, but who He has revealed Himself to be from eternity. One day He will return, and every knee will bow. On that day, no debates will remain, no theories will stand, no arguments will matter. Submission to a conquering Lord will be unavoidable. The real wisdom is shown now—when we choose, like the centurion, to see His eternal Sonship in the cross, to recognize glory hidden in suffering, and to confess Him before the day when confession becomes universal.

LORD, we confess that You are truly the Son of God.

[1] Genesis 1:26.

[2] Psalm 2:7.

[3] John 17:5.