[This sermon was not recorded] Sometimes we fail to see and appreciate the radical nature of the claims which Jesus made about himself. In this passage, the religious leaders seek to kill him because of his claim that God is his Father and he is equal to God. As Christians, we consider ourselves sons and daughters of God, but Jesus is the Son of God in a unique and unparalleled way. In fact, Jesus never referred to God as “Our Father” including us; but always as “My Father” (never including us in that unique relationship) or “Your Father” (never including himself in that general relationship). We are made the sons and daughters of God by grace. He is the Son of God by right. We are made the sons and daughters of God by adoption; he is the son of God by nature. We are made the sons and daughters of God through redemption; he is the Son of God from eternity: The unique, unmatched, unparalleled, eternal perfect fully divine Son of God.