III.   Jesus Christ

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God; that He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, thus to continue forever as both true God and true man—one Person with two natures. (John 1:1, 14; Luke 1:35; Phil 2:5-8) 

We believe that by His death He voluntarily offered Himself as a substitute in the sinner’s place, bearing our sins  in His own body on the cross, and satisfied the demands of God’s holiness toward our sins. (Rom. 3:24-25; 5:6-10; 1 Cor. 15:3; 1 Pet. 2:24)

 We believe that He rose again from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He suffered and died, thus guaranteeing our salvation and demonstrating the Father’s acceptance of His atoning death. (Luke 24:36-43; John 2:19-21; John 20:19-29; Acts 17:31; Rom 1:4)

 We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven, exalted on the right hand of God, where He fulfills the ministry of intercession and advocacy as His people’s High Priest. (Heb. 1:3; 4:14-16; 7:23-25; 9:24; 12:2; 1 John 2:1,2)