I believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Ghost in a miraculous manner; born of Mary, a virgin, as the only begotten Son of God; that no other man was ever born or can be born of woman in this way, and that He is both the Son of God, and God the Son. Moreover, being born of a virgin, He is also the Son of man and thus has kinship with all mankind.
(Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 7:14; Psalm 22:7-10; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:35; Mark 1:1; John 1:14; Psalm 2:7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Galatians 4:3-5; Hebrews 2:11-16; I John 5:20; I Corinthians 15:47; Psalm 80:14-17; John 5:25-27; Acts 7:55-56).
And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis
3:15)
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a
virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip,
they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD
that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing
he delighted in him. But thou art he that took me out of
the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my
mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou
art my God from my mother's belly. (Psalm
22:7-10)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his
mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together,
she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her
husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a
publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he
thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not
to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in
her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and
thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from
their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a
virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God
with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of
the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her
not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called
his name JESUS. (Matthew 1:18-25)
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a
city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's
name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said,
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord
is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And
when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and
cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And
the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found
favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be
great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord
God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he
shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom
there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall
this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said
unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, 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 1:26-35)
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
(Mark 1:1)
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld
his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full
of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou
art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. (Psalm
2:7)
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and
offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In
burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no
pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it
is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said,
Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering
for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure
therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo,
I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he
may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for
all. (Hebrews 10:5-10)
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the
elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To
redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the
adoption of sons. (Galatians 4:3-5)
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified
are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to
call them brethren, Saying, I will declare thy name unto my
brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto
thee. And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I
and the children which God hath given me. Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself
likewise took part of the same; that through death he might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And
deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature
of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
(Hebrews 2:11-16)
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in
him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is
the true God, and eternal life. (I John 5:20)
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;
the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that
was not first which is spiritual, but that which is
natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man
is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the
Lord from heaven. (I Corinthians 15:45-47)
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven,
and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right
hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest
strong for thyself. It is burned with fire, it
is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of
man whom thou madest strong for thyself. (Psalm
80:14-17)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they
that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so
hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given
him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of
man. (John 5:25-27)
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into
heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right
hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the
Son of man standing on the right hand of God. (Acts
7:55-56)