How many "Sons" does God have?

Many people tell us "but the Bible clearly says that

Jesus is the Son of God. How can you say that Jesus is
not God's only begotten son when Jesus says it so
clearly in black and white in the Bible?" Well, first of
all, as seen in the previous section, we first need to
know the language of his people, the language of the
Jews to whom he was speaking. Let us see how they
understood this proclamation.

Let us begin by asking: How many sons does the Bible

tell us that God Almighty has?

Jacob is God's son and firstborn: "Israel is my son,

even my firstborn" Exodus 4:22.
Solomon is God's son "He shall build an house for my
name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for
ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son": 2
Samuel 7:13-14.
Ephraim is God's firstborn: "for I am a father to
Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn." Jeremiah 31:9
(who is God's firstborn? Israel or Ephraim?).
Adam is the son of God "Adam, which was the son of
God." Luke 3:38.
Common people (you and me) are the sons of God: "Ye
are the children of the LORD your God" Deuteronomy
14:1. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God" Romans 8:14. "But as many as
 received him, to them gave he power to become the
sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:"
John 1:12. "That ye may be blameless and harmless,
the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a
crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as
lights in the world;" Philippians 2:15. "Behold, what
manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that
we should be called the sons of God: ... now are we the
sons of God" 1 John 3:1-2. "When the morning stars
sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"
Job 38:7. "Again there was a day when the sons of God
came to present themselves before the LORD," Job 2:1.
"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to
present themselves before the LORD," Job 1:6. "when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men,"
Genesis 6:4. "That the sons of God saw the daughters
of men that they [were] fair" Genesis 6:2
As we can see, the use of the term "son of God" when
describing normal human beings was not at all an
uncommon practice among Jesus' people.

Well then, was Jesus the only begotten son of God?

Read Psalms 2:7

"I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me
(King David, King), Thou art my Son; this day have I
begotten thee.".

Indeed, the Jews are even referred to as much more

than this in the Bible, and this is indeed the very trait
which Jesus (pbuh) held against them. When the Jews
picked up stones to stone Jesus (pbuh) he defended
himself with the following words

"Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, 'I

said, Ye are gods?' If he called them gods, unto whom
the word of God came, and the ******ure cannot be
broken..."

John 10:34:

(he was referring to Psalms 82:6 "I have said, Ye are

gods; and all of you are children of the most High..")
As we can see from these and many other verses like
them, "son of God" in the language of the Jews was a
very innocent term used to describe a loyal servant of
God. Whether the translators and editors chose to
write it as "Son of God" (with a capital S) in reference
to Jesus and "son of God" (with a small S) in reference
to everyone else does not diminish the fact that in the
original language, both cases are exactly the same. Are
we beginning to see what drove the most learned men
of the Anglican Church to recognize the truth? But let
us move on.

Grolier's encyclopedia, under the heading "Jesus

Christ," says:
 "During his earthly life Jesus was addressed as rabbi
and was regarded as a prophet. Some of his words, too,
place him in the category of sage. A title of respect for a
rabbi would be "my Lord." Already before Easter his
followers, impressed by his authority, would mean
something more than usual when they addressed him
as "my Lord.".... it is unlikely that the title "Son of
David" was ascribed to him or accepted by him during
his earthly ministry. "Son of God," in former times a
title of the Hebrew kings (Psalms 2:7), was first
adopted in the post-Easter church as an *****alent of
Messiah and had no ****physical connotations
(Romans 1:4). Jesus was conscious of a unique filial
relationship with God, but it is uncertain whether the
Father/Son language (Mark 18:32; Matt. 11:25-27 par.;
John passim) goes back to Jesus himself" .

There seems to be only two places in the Bible where

Jesus (pbuh) refers to himself as "son of God." They
are in John chapters 5 and 11. Hastings in "The
dictionary of the Bible" says: "Whether Jesus used it of
himself is doubtful." Regardless, we have already seen
what is meant by this innocent title. However, Jesus is
referred to as the "son of Man" (literally: "Human
being") 81 times in the books of the Bible. In the
Gospel of Barnabas, we are told that Jesus (pbuh)
knew that mankind would make him a god after his
departure and severely cautioned his followers from
 having anything to do with such people.

Jesus was not the son of a human man (according to

both the Bible and the Qur'an). However, we find him
constantly saying "I am the son of man." Why?. It was
because in the language of the Jews, that is how you say
"I am a human being."

What was he trying to tell us by constantly repeating

and emphasizing to us throughout the New Testament
"I am a human being," "I am a human being," "I am a
human being"?. What had he foreseen? Think about
it!.

Do Christians emphasize this aspect of Jesus? The New

Testament Greek word translated as "son" are "pias"
and "paida" which mean "servant," or "son in the
sense of servant." These are translated to "son" in
reference to Jesus and "servant" in reference to all
others in some translations of the Bible (see below). As
we are beginning to see, one of the most fundamental
reasons why Jesus (pbuh) is considered God is due to
extensive mistranslation. We shall see more and more
examples of this throughout this book.

Islam teaches that Jesus (pbuh) was a human being, not

a god. Jesus (pbuh) continually emphasized this to his
 followers throughout his mission. The Gospel of
Barnabas also affirms this fact. Once again, Grolier's
encyclopedia says:

"...Most problematical of all is the title "Son of Man."

This is the only title used repeatedly by Jesus as a self-
designation, and there is no clear evidence that it was
used as a title of majesty by the post-Easter church.
Hence it is held by many to be authentic, since it passes
the criterion of dissimilarity."