Our Christian Foundation Beliefs – Guest Post
Perhaps this would be a good point to stop and remind our readers what the basic beliefs of the Christian faith include. We have been given several versions of these statements: The Nicenen Creed and the Apostle’s Creed.
The following is a summary of these statements. As we go through them, see if you can sort out what your heart/spirit really understand and belief.
What we Believe:
We believe in one Omnipresent God, the Father, the almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, of all that is, of galaxies and realms of angelic beings, of the seen and unseen worlds.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the only Son of God, eternal,
….. Begotten of the Father, not created,
…… God from God, Light from Light,
…… True God from true God, of one being with the Father,
…… As the Word of God, through Him, all things were made and held in order.
For us and for our salvation God, the Creator took on flesh, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human.
…… He walked the Earth as Jesus of Nazareth, for some 33 years, teaching, healing, showing the true nature of the Father.
Jesus of Nazareth is the Promised One from Genesis onwards, the Messiah, the Christ.
…… For our sake, He was beaten, sentenced and crucified under Pontius Pilate;
…… He suffered death, was buried and descended into hell.
…… On the third day, He rose again in accordance with the Scriptures.
…… He appeared to His followers, taught for 40 days commissioned them.
…… He ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father.
…… He now lives to make intercession for His church and the world as our High Priest.
…… He will come again to judge the living and the dead and His kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Great Comforter, the Teacher, the Giver of life,
…… Who was sent by the Son and proceeds from the Father,
…… Who with the Father and the Son, is manifest to convict the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgement to come:
…… Who spoke through the prophets,
…… Inspired and preserved the written Word we have today.
We believe in one universal and apostolic (worldwide) Church.
As decedents of Adam and Eve, we fallen by nature and in need of salvation.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins,
…… Undergoing a process of sanctification and regeneration.
The church is born of the Spirit, being transformed into the Bride of Christ.
…… Who will reign and rule with Christ throughout eternity.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead and eternal life in the world to come.
Amen!
We trust that the re-affirmation of these basic beliefs of the Christian Faith will help you on your journey of ‘sanctification and regeneration’.
In our next posts, we will begin the discussion of the Second greatest Challenge facing the Christian faith, that of Evolution. Join us then,
Susanne Fengler, Blog Author
www.christianfoundations.jesus-treeoflife.info/blog
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