Christ’s Eternal Sonship by W E Vine and published by Classics Publishing.
We do not confuse the Persons when we say that the Father suffered equally with the Son, for the suffering, though equal in degree, was different in kind. Who can tell what it cost the Father to give up His only begotten Son for us? How much would have been lost in the history of Abraham and Isaac if Abraham had, had no son until he began the three days’ journey? It was the relationship in which they stood to each other, that’s what gives the real significance to the scene.
The practical force, too, of 1 John 4:7 – 11 depends upon the existence of that relationship antecedently to the gift. It is this that constitutes the transcendent way in which God’s love was manifested – in sending “His Son, His only begotten, into the world, that we might live through Him.” It was a love that went out in sacrifice, imparting and communicating itself, and this is the supreme example placed before those who are begotten of God and know God. We may be thankful for all helps towards the understanding of this great mystery – some of which are explained in this book.
