John 12:34 says:
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
Luke 18:31-34 says:
Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
John 12:34 says:
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
Let’s look at what Jesus tells us about His life and mission as the “Son of Man”…
NO
WAS
FOR HIM
Matthew 8:20 says:
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
HIS
WAS LIFE
Luke 19:10 says:
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Matthew 20:28 says:
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
HIS
ARE
Matthew 13:36-37 says:
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
HE HAS
TO
Luke 7:34 says:
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Matthew 9:11-13 says:
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
HE HAS
TO
Mark 2:10 says:
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
HE IS OUR
FOR
Matthew 12:8 says:
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
HE IS OUR
TO
John 1:43-51 says:
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
How many times have we failed at seeing Jesus the “Son of man” because we believe He must be someone or something greater? Is it possible that we ask the same question?
John 12:34 says:
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
THE ONLY WAY WE WILL KNOW THE JESUS OF THE SCRIPTURES, IS TO KNOW THE SCRIPTURES WRITTEN ABOUT JESUS! —Steve Abney
Luke 18:31-34 says:
Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Psalms 22:1-10 - Speaks of the Son of Man as “The Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the Sheep.
John 10:11 says:
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Thank you Jesus, the Son of man, for being the good shepherd of our salvation!