Let us confess our faith in the words of the Nicene [or Apostles’] Creed. “I believe in …”
Brothers and sisters, the first mark of the church after Pentecost was that “they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching.” We stand this morning on the foundation of the apostles—on the doctrines which Christ’s holy apostles delivered once for all to the saints. Let us confess our one, holy, apostolic faith in the words of the Apostles’ Creed. “I believe in …”
Brothers and sisters, let us now confess those truths which are the heart of our Christian faith—those truths for which we would gladly suffer and die. For “one who says credo without willingness to suffer, and if necessary die, for the faith has not genuinely said credo” (Thomas Oden). “I believe in …”
Brothers and sisters, we are united this morning with one another and with true churches throughout the world by our common belief in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The word “creed” comes from the Latin word credo, “I believe,” and the Nicene [or Apostles’] Creed provides us with a concise statement of what all Christians everywhere have always believed. Let us confess our faith. “I believe in …”
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