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Throughout the gospels, a picture is painted showing that some recognized Jesus as the Son of God, and other didn't. Jesus knew his identity as God's Son, calling God "Abba" (or Father) in Gestheme ([[Mark 14]]) and calling the Temple is Father's house at age 12 ([[Luke 2]]). His disciple Peter acknowledged it in [[Matthew16]]. Demons recognized it, his disciples recognized and the centurion at the Cross recognized it in [[Mark 15]] and his friend Martha confesed it ([[John 16]]). Not everyone recognized it, in particular the Pharisees and religious leaders of the time did not acknowledge Jesu as the Son of God. The New Testament (in [[John 19]], [[Matthew 18]], [[Luke 22]]) shows that Jesus was in fact brought to trial and executed because of his claim to be the Son of God.
Jesus coninued continued to be recognzed as the Son of God in the early church, and is still known as such by today's Christians. As God's son, Jesus is also understood to be God himself. Understanding Jesus to have this identity is one of the foundational doctrines of Christianity. How God can have a Son, and how Jesus can be God, and at the same time human, is part of the mystery of Christianity that no person can completely understand but is accepted by faith.
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