3. We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Advocate.
The center of the Christian faith is not the Bible or even the doctrine of God. The center of our faith is the person of Jesus Christ. We love Him, believe in Him, rejoice in Him, and follow Him in our daily lives (1 Peter 1:8).
The Son of God eternally existed as the Word of God and took on the all the essential qualities of humankind to become the one and only God-Man whom the Scriptures name as Jesus Christ (John 1:1-18 (especially 1:14), John 8:56-58). He is undiminished Deity with true and lasting Humanity united together in one person for the rest of eternity. Everything that is true and essential in God and Man is true and resident in Jesus (John 1:1, Hebrews 2:14). He was born of a virgin named Mary, having been conceived by the power of the Most High (Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:34-35). This is the unanimous declaration of the historic creeds of the Christian faith, the claim of Christ Himself, and the picture of Jesus in the Scriptures (John 14:9, 20:28, Titus 2:13).
This glorious God-Man died a sacrificial death on a cruel instrument of torture (2 Corinthians 5:21, Luke 23:46). This gracious God-Man physically and supernaturally came back to life to the vindication of His glory (Luke 24:6, 1 Corinthians 15:1-5, Philippians 2:9-11)! After a short time on Earth giving proof of His resurrection and final instructions for His followers, Jesus ascended into heaven where he now intercedes for believers as High Priest and Advocate (Acts 1:9, Hebrews 5:5,10, 6:20, 7:26, 8:1, 1 John 2:1). Not only did He die for me, but He prays for and pleads for me even now.
Part of an ongoing series about what I believe about basic biblical teachings. “Credo” is Latin for “I Believe.”
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