1. What does it mean to believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord? 2. What two things does our Catechism teach us about our Lord Jesus Christ? 3. Whose only Son is Jesus Christ? 4. Who also are God's children? 5. Why is Jesus called God's _only_ Son? 6. Where in the Bible is Christ called the only-begotten Son of God? John 3,16. 7. Christ is the own, the only-begotten Son of God; what must He therefore be? 8. What is Christ together with the Father? 9. Where does our Lord Himself say so? 10. Where does our Lord say that He is almighty? 11. Where does He promise that He will always be with us? 12. What great work of God the Father is also done by the Son? 13. How should we honor the Son? 14. How did Christ show, when He was dwelling visibly on earth, that He is true God? 15. What did Peter confess of the Lord? 16. What did Thomas say to Him? 17. What does the Apostle John write about the Lord? 18. What does St. Paul write? 19. How do we know that it is most certainly true that Christ is true God? 20. What must our confession regarding Christ always be? LESSON 21. The Second Article. I Believe That My Lord Is True God And True Man. Which is the Second Article? _I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried._ What does this mean? _I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord._ 1. We confess that Jesus Christ is the only Son of God, begotten of the Father from eternity and therefore true God. We also confess _that He is born of the Virgin Mary and therefore is a true man,_ with a human soul and a human body. Holy Scripture expressly calls our Lord a man. _"There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."_ 1 Tim. 2,5. Our Lord is indeed true man. While He was visibly dwelling here on earth, He lived as a man among men. He was born in Bethlehem as a little child. In the house of His mother and His foster-father Joseph He grew up like other children. He became hungry and thirsty, He ate and drank, He grew tired and slept, and lastly, He died. 2. Christ, our Lord, is _true_ man, man in the true sense of the word. He is our Brother. But there is _one great difference_ between Him and all other men. We confess in the Second Article that He was _conceived by the Holy Ghost._ Though our Lord was born of a human mother, He did not have a human father. He was conceived by the power of God the Holy Ghost without sin. _"The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee_ [the Virgin Mary], _and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that Holy Thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."_ Luke 1,35. Christ, our Lord, was born _holy, without sin,_ and during His life He never committed any sin, but always fulfilled the will of God, His Father.