Incarnation

God the Son assumed human nature

John 1:14 NKJV

And the Word became 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.

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Jesus Christ’s incarnation involved a supernatural conception

Luke 1:35 NKJV

And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

See also ; ; The incarnation was such that the Son was the exact representation of the Father; ; ; ;

Jesus Christ Chist’s incarnation involved a virgin birth

Matthew 1:22–23 NKJV

So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

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The cost of the incarnation

Philippians 2:6–7 NKJV

who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

See also ; The incarnation involved Jesus Christ’s suffering.

The necessity of the incarnation

Romans 8:3 NKJV

For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,

See also ; ; ; Only a person who is fully human and fully divine can be the effective mediator between God and humanity; ;