While the Pharisees and many others had trouble accepting a man from Nazareth as the Messiah, they struggled even more with accepting His claim to be the Son of God. In fact, the reason the religious leaders wanted to destroy Jesus was because of his claim to be God, which was blasphemy to the unbelieving teachers of the law. Jesus had to be man so He could die. Jesus had to be God so that He could pay our debt. If Jesus were merely a good man as some claim, then He was not perfect, and His death and resurrection would have no power to save anyone. Jesus’ deity is why He is the only way of salvation. Our lives should reflect that we recognize Christ as God’s Son, bringing glory to His name.