That means that he was born of Mary in Bethlehem, fully man, and grew up to tell people about who God is and how to live for him, before doing something that only God could do. But it also means that Jesus is God’s Son from all eternity. He is God. As Christians we worship Him, worshipping Father, Son and Holy Spirit – the Trinity. So Jesus is fully God and fully Man.

Jesus is the Saviour. The thing that Jesus came to do that no one else could do is to save his people. This didn’t mean leading them into battle against their enemies (the Romans), although many people at the time thought it might. Jesus saved his people by dying on a cross and rising again from the dead. He died on the cross for the sins of his people, for all the things that they – and we – have done wrong: not loving God, and not loving other people. Because Jesus is fully man he could stand in our place. Because Jesus is fully God, he is able to save.