We believe (1) that when the time was right, the eternal Son of God took on human nature, and was made like us in every way, yet without sin; (2) that, after being conceived by the Holy Spirit, He was born of the virgin Mary, was named Jesus (meaning ‘God saves’), and from conception was and always will be fully God and fully man in one person; and (3) that He is, therefore, the perfect and only mediator between God and people.
John 1:14 ESV - “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Galatians 4:4 ESV - “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,”
Philippians 2:5-8 ESV - “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
Hebrews 2:14 ESV - “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,”
Hebrews 4:15 ESV - “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.”
Luke 1:31, 35 ESV - “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. … And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy–the Son of God.”
Matthew 1:21 ESV - “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.””
Romans 1:3-4 ESV - “concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,”
1 Corinthians 15:47-48 ESV - “The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.”
Colossians 1:19 ESV - “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,”
Colossians 2:9 ESV - “For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,”
Ephesians 2:18 ESV - “For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.”
1 Timothy 2:5 ESV - “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,”
Hebrews 9:15 ESV - “Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.”
Hebrews 12:24 ESV - “and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.”
1 John 2:1 ESV - “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
Colossians 1:15-16 ESV - “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him.”