WHAT DO WE BELIEVE ABOUT JESUS?
The United Methodist doctrine is that Jesus was the Son of God, the child of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit, truly God and truly Man, who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven.
He is eternal Savior and Mediator, who intercedes for us and by him all persons will be judged.
Article II, The Confession of Faith, The Book of Discipline:
"We believe in Jesus Christ, truly God and truly man, in whom the divine and human natures are perfectly and inseparably united. He is the eternal Word made flesh, the only begotten Son of the Father, born of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit. As ministering servant he lived, suffered and died on the cross. He was buried, rose from the dead and ascended into heaven to be with the Father, from whence he shall return. He is eternal Savior and Mediator, who intercedes for us, and by him all persons are to be judged."
