Jesus is God’s love toward sinful humanity, given to us for our forgiveness, life and salvation. Jesus is the eternal Son of God, who took on our human nature when He was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the virgin Mary. Therefore, Jesus is both true God and true man. He took the place of sinful humanity by perfectly obeying God’s Law for us, and suffered, died on a cross, and rose again to take away our sin, to defeat death and to overcome the power of the devil. He is now ascended into Heaven and will come again on the Last Day to judge the living and the dead. (John 3:16-17; John 20:24-29; Luke 24:36-43; Acts 1:1-11; Revelation 1:8)
