Sometimes it is so good to just let the ages speak for you; so comforting to be among the countless who have said this:
I believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, light from light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For me and for my salvation
he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and became truly human.
For my sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father [and the Son],
who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Logos2Go
The Nicene Creed, 325 AD
What I believe
Posted by
David Wang
May 27, 2010
3 comments:
Amen
Greetings David Wang
Unfortunately, this creed is not the creed of Jesus, nor of his disciples.
In contrast to this creed:
Jesus solely identified the Father
as the only true GOD.
[John 17.3]
Paul & the early church concurred:
(1 Cor 8:4) ... that there is none other God but one.
(1 Cor 8:6) But to us there is but one God, the Father, ...
There is simply no talk of another who is God from God, true God from true God, begotten, not made, etc.
Rather, the creed of Jesus is the Shema, Deut 6.4ff
(Mark 12:28-32) And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
It ought to be obvious then, that neither Jesus nor the scribe, subscribed to the notions of
a God from God, true God from true God spoken of here in your post!
Therefore, David Wang, I recommend this video:
The Human Jesus
Take a couple of hours to watch it; and prayerfully it will aid you in your quest for truth.
Yours In Messiah
Adam Pastor
(Replying to the above post by Adam Pastor.)
The quest for truth occurs in time over time. Creeds have their place, as does Scripture, and the Christian Church has reached conclusions in continuity with Jesus through eyewitnesses. Paul and the early church concur that the gospel is central. Believe the good news, that God is in the Lord Jesus Christ reconciling the world to himself. The quest for truth begins and ends and continues in loving the One who is the way, the truth, and the life.
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