4. I believe in the Christ who is God the Father’s only begotten Son.

Christ and the Young Child, by Carl Bloch, 1873

“Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob” but God the Father begat Jesus Christ. When the angel told Mary she would conceive and give birth to a son, she asked how this could be, as she was a virgin. The angel’s answer was simple, and it is all we know about how this miracle was performed: “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee,” and because of that the child shall be the “Son of God.”

“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.” (1 John 4:9 emphasis added)

 “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman” (Galatians 4:4)

“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…. 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 1:31, 34-35 emphasis added)

“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.” (Matthew 1:18)

“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 emphasis added)

“For unto which of the angels said he [the Father] at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?” (Hebrews 1:5)

I believe in the Christ who is God the Father's only begotten Son. I am a Christian. I am a Mormon.

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