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Jesus Christ, God's only Son, Our Lord

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Jesus Christ...

We believe Jesus Christ is God, the second person of the Trinity. * He is united with the Father in nature and character. He is "God with us" (Matthew 1:23).

 

He is the only one who restores our relationship with God the Father (John 14:6-7).

 

He was an actual, historical person who walked on earth. He taught the principles of the Kingdom of God, demonstrated a sinless, compassionate life, died on the cross and rose from death.

 

He is the heavenly “God the Son” who the Father sent to join us in human form.

Saying “our Lord” is our declaration that Jesus is God (Philippians 2:9-11).

 

* Note: Christian-based cults.

Christian-based cults deny the historical teachings of the Trinity and that Jesus is exclusively divine.

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The Mormons teach that Jesus was a spirit child of God who was chosen to be the Messiah.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Jesus was the Archangel Michael who left his heavenly position and came to Earth as Jesus.

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Iglesia Ni Cristo teaches that Jesus is not God-Man but only man in nature.

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These teachings destroy the work of full grace from God through Jesus Christ. They all require additional works, church membership and rule and law keeping to maintain salvation or to achieve a greater place in heaven or paradise.

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...who was conceived by the Holy Spirit

We believe Jesus had no earthly father. He was not conceived by a “Father God” or an angelic being. God the Holy Spirit miraculously gave the spark of life to the womb just as he gave the spark of life to all living things at creation (Luke 1:35).

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Jesus is the full nature of God joined with the human limited nature of God and innocent character given to humanity at creation (Genesis 1:26-27; John 1:1-2 and 14; Galatians 4:4; Philippians 2:5-8).

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Jesus Son of God did not become “less” God or briefly stop being God. He deliberately set aside his equality with the Father to do the will of the Father (Philippians 2:7). In reality, he added humanity to himself (Hebrews 2:14).

 

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...born of the Virgin Mary

We believe Jesus was born of a virgin mother. Although the conception was unique, Mary’s pregnancy and his birth were human and normal (Luke 2:6-7). This is the Incarnation, which means “God becoming man” (John 1:14; Hebrews 2:14).

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He is not part God and part man.

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He is not God living in a human “shell.”

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He is not the God who became less God (Philippians 2:6-8)

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He is the Son of God who took on the perfect humanity we were created with. During his earthly life Jesus experienced all human emotions (Hebrews 2:18). He understood our temptation to sin (Matthew 4:1 and 3; Mark 1:14; Hebrews 2:18). As God, he could not sin. (Hebrews 4:15). He had perfect resistance to temptation.

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