Question 35 - What do you confess when you say: He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary?

Answer - The eternal Son of God, who is and remains true and eternal God,¹ took upon Himself true human nature from the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary,² through the working of the Holy Spirit.³ Thus He is also the true seed of David,⁴ and like His brothers in every respect,⁵ yet without sin.⁶

¹ John 1:1; 10:30-36; Rom. 1:3; 9:5; Col. 1:15-17; I John 5:20. ² Matt. 1:18-23; John 1:14; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 2:14. ³ Luke 1:35. ⁴ II Sam. 7:12-16; Ps. 132:11; Matt. 1:1; Luke 1:32; Rom. 1:3. ⁵ Phil. 2:7; Heb. 2:17. ⁶ Heb. 4:15; 7:26, 27.

Question 36 - What benefit do you receive from the holy conception and birth of Christ?

Answer - He is our Mediator,¹ and with His innocence and perfect holiness covers, in the sight of God, my sin, in which I was conceived and born.²

¹ I Tim. 2:5, 6; Heb. 9:13-15. ² Rom. 8:3, 4; II Cor. 5:21; Gal. 4:4, 5; I Pet. 1:18, 19.