2. _Who is our Lord Jesus Christ?_ We confess _"I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son,"_ that is, God the Father's only Son. Many are called, and in truth are, God's children. _"Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."_ Gal. 3,26. All who believe in our Lord Jesus Christ are sons and daughters of God. How, then, can we say that Jesus Christ is God's only Son? Our Catechism says: _"I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, is my Lord."_ All those who believe in Christ are God's children; God has _adopted_ them as His children for Christ's sake. Christ, however, is God's _own Son, begotten, born of the Father from eternity._ Before God created heaven and earth, Christ was God's Son, begotten of the Father. God Himself says to this His only Son: _"Thou art My Son; this day_ [that is, from eternity] _have I begotten Thee."_ Ps. 2,7. _"God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."_ John 3,16. Christ is God's Son, begotten of the Father from eternity, and it is for this reason, too, that in the First Article we call God the _Father._ He is the Father of His own only Son, through whom He is also our Father. 3. Whoever is born of human parents is a true man; he has a human body and a human soul. Our Lord Jesus Christ is born of the Father from eternity, and therefore _He is true God._ We confess that we believe in Jesus Christ, true God. He is true God in the same sense as the Father is true God. _Together with the Father He is the one true God._ He himself has said: _"He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father."_ John 14,9. _"I and My Father are one."_ John 10,30 The Father is the _almighty_ God; likewise the Son, our Lord, is the _almighty_ God. _"All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth."_ Matt. 28,18. God the Father is always with us wherever we are; likewise the Son, our Lord, is with us always. _"Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."_ Matt. 28,20. God the Father has created all things; likewise the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. _"All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made."_ John 1,3. He tells us that we should _honor_ Him as we honor the Father. _"All men should honor the Son even as they honor the Father."_ John 5,23. He tells us that we should believe in Him as we believe in the Father. _"Ye believe in God, believe also in Me."_ John 14,1.