God remembered his promise¹
to reconcile the world to himself;
he has come among us²
in Jesus Christ,
the eternal Word made flesh.³
He is the long-awaited Savior,⁴
fully human and fully divine,
conceived by the Spirit of God
and born of the virgin Mary.

1 2 Cor. 5:18-21
2 Gal. 4:4-7
3 John 1:1-14
4 Luke 1-2

In the events of his earthly life--¹
his temptations and suffering,²
his teaching and miracles,
his battles with demons and talks with sinners--
Jesus made present in deed and in word
the coming rule of God.

1 Luke 4
2 Phil. 2:1-11

As the second Adam he chose¹
the path we had rejected.
As our representative,
serving God perfectly,
and loving even those who scorned him,²
Christ showed us how
a righteous child of God lives.

1 Rom. 5
2 1 Pet. 2:21-25

As our substitute¹
he suffered all his years on earth,
especially in the horrible torture of the cross.
He carried God's judgment on our sin;²
his sacrifice removes our guilt.
He walked out of the grave, the Lord of life!
He conquered sin and death.³
We are set right with God,
we are given new life,
and called to walk with him⁴
in freedom from sin's dominion.

1 Isa. 53
2 Heb. 10
3 Rom. 4:18-5:11
4 Gal. 5

Being both God and man,¹
Jesus is the only Mediator
between God and his people.
He alone paid the debt of our sin;²
there is no other Savior!
In him the Father chose those³
whom he would save.
His electing love sustains our hope:
God's grace is free
to save sinners who offer nothing
but their need for mercy.

1 1 Tim. 2:5-6
2 Acts 4:10-12
3 Eph. 1:1-14

Jesus ascended in triumph¹
to his heavenly throne.²
There he hears our prayers,
pleads our cause before the Father,³
and rules the world.⁴
Blessed are all⁵
who take refuge in him.

1 Acts 1:1-11
2 Eph. 1:18-23
3 1 John 2:1-2
4 Rev. 5
5 Rom. 8:31-39