Nature of Jesus

Reformed Baptists affirm the Chalcedonian Christology as presented in the 1689 London Baptist Confession, Chapter 8. Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, begotten of the Father before all worlds. He is truly and properly God, possessing all divine attributes and being equal in power and glory with the Father.

In the incarnation, Christ assumed a true human nature, becoming human in body and rational soul, yet without sin. The two natures — divine and human — are united in one person eternally without confusion, mixture, or separation. Christ's humanity is complete: he experienced hunger, thirst, fatigue, and genuine human emotions, yet remained sinless throughout his earthly life. His sinlessness was not merely the absence of personal guilt but the active perfection of his obedience to the law of God.

Christ's person — the God-man — is the mediator between God and humans, uniquely qualified to accomplish redemption. His divine nature gives infinite worth to his suffering and death, while his human nature makes him a representative federal head for the elect. The 1689 Confession emphasizes that Christ is the eternal Word and Wisdom of God, through whom all things were created and sustained, who became incarnate for our salvation.