Christology

Jesus Christ is eternally and fully God: the uncreated Son, one in nature with the Father and personally distinct from Him.

The eternal Son of God took to Himself a true human nature, becoming man without ceasing to be God.

Jesus had a true human body and a reasonable soul. He grew, hungered, wept, and died, yet without sin.

Christ is fully God and fully man in one person, without the natures being mixed, changed, divided, or separated.

Christ died in the place of sinners, bearing the penalty of sin so that whosoever believes may be forgiven and declared righteous.

Jesus rose bodily from the dead on the third day. Without the resurrection, the apostle says, our faith is vain.

Jesus ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the Father's right hand, where He lives today as a man: our one Mediator, Intercessor, and Advocate, the Head of His church, and the One preparing a place for us.

Christ means Anointed. Jesus is the Prophet who speaks God's final word, the Priest who offered Himself once for all and lives to intercede, and the King who rules all things now and will reign on David's throne when He returns.