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Thursday, August 30, 2012

For the Church of Christ


For the Church of Christ who denies Creeds & Confessions

Creeds & Confessions in the Bible

The following scripture passages are considered by many to be creeds or declarations of faith. These are taken from both Lieth's Schaff's books.

Deut. 6:4: Hear O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD alone.
Creed – Yahweh and Yahweh alone is God, He is my God

1 Kings. 18:39: And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God."
Creed – Yahweh and Yahweh alone is God

Matt. 16:16: Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Creed - The Jewish Rabbi Jesus and only Jesus is the Messiah the Jews have been waiting for and he is on par with Yahweh himself

Matt. 28:19: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Creed - Yahweh is a Trinity (or Triune) the 1 God is also 3 Father, Son and Holy Spirit

John 1:49: Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
Creed – Jesus is on par with Yahweh himself, Jesus reigns

John 6:68-69: Simon Peter answered him, "Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."
Creed – Only though Jesus is the gift of Eternal Life given, He is God

John 20:28: Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
Creed - Jesus is my only King and God

Acts 8:36-37: And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?" And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he replied, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Creed – Jesus is the Messiah, and on par with Yahweh himself

Acts 16:31: And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
Creed – I confess the Kingship of Jesus, he is my Savior

1 Cor. 8:6: yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
Creed – Jesus and God are One and the same, King Jesus created and sustains all things the way we confess Yahweh created and sustains all things

1 Cor. 12:3: Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.
Creed – Jesus not Cesar, not President Obama, not Vladimir Putin is King I will swear my allegiance to Him alone

1 Cor. 15:3-7: For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
Creed – I confess the Resurrection.

Phil. 2:6-11: who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Creed – God ordained Jesus to be God in-“fleshed” and he did all that God commanded him to do and he Jesus now sits on the throne of Heaven as the sovereign King of Heaven and Earth and everything, which brings glory to God the Father

1 Tim. 3:16: Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Creed – I believe in the incarnation of God in the form of Jesus Christ and his work and in his ascension.

Hebr. 6:1-2: Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, with instruction about ablutions, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Creed – I believe in Salvation by Grace alone through faith alone not done at all by works, and I believe in the eschatology the coming judgment of all, both the living and the dead.

1John 4:2: By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God.
Creed – I confess the incarnation of God in the form of Jesus Christ

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