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Jesus, the God-Man, having a fully divine nature and a fully human nature in one divine person, is the core and center of Christian belief.

“True God” and “became man” are key phrases in the Nicene Creed, which highlights the fundamental doctrine of Jesus as the God-Man:

 As God, Jesus possessed a fully divine nature, so He was able to perform miracles, such as changing water into wine; curing sickness, disease, and disability; and raising the dead. His greatest act of divinity was to rise from the dead Himself.

 As man, Jesus had a human mother, Mary, who gave birth to Him and nursed Him. He lived and grew up like any other man. He taught, preached, suffered, and died. So Jesus had a fully human nature as well.

You can read the complete Nicene Creed in Chapter 10.

The Old Testament usually uses the word Lord (Adonai in Hebrew) in connection with the word God (Elohim in Hebrew). An example is the phrase “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord” in Deuteronomy 6:4. But the New Testament asserts through the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians (2:11) “that Jesus Christ is Lord.”