I believe
1a. I believe; although I am not willing to be divisive about it, that the Father and Son together, make One holy Spirit!
( Genesis 1:1 & 2, John 1:1-3, Genesis 6:3, Exodus 31:3, Numbers 11:25, Deuteronomy 34:9 ( Proverbs 1:20 ) II Samuel 23:2, I Chronicles 12:18, Nehemiah 9:20, Job 26:13 ( 33:4 ), Psalm 51:11 ( 104:30 ), Psalm 139:7, Proverbs 1:23, Isaiah 11:2 ( Luke 4:18 ), Isaiah 32:15 ( Joel 2:28, Isaiah 44:3, Ezekiel 39:29, Zechariah 12:14, Matthew 12:18, Acts 8:17 ( Acts 10:45 ), Ezekiel 3:12-14, Ezekiel 36:24-28 ( 11:19 ), Daniel 4:8 ( 5:11 ), Micah 2:7 ( 3:8 ), Haggai 2:5, Zechariah 4:6, Malachi 2:15, Matthew 1:18, 3:16, 10:18-20 ( Mark 13:11 ), 12:28, Luke 1:15 ( 1:35 ), 3:22, 10:21, John 1:33 ( 3:5 ), 4:24 ( 6:63, Genesis 2:7 ), 14:17 ( 14:23 ), 20:22 ( Genesis 2:7, Romans 8:2, Galatians 5:25 ), Acts 2:4 ( 2:17, Joel 2:28 ), 8:39, Romans 2:29, 7:6, 8:9-11, 15:13, I Corinthians 2:10, 6:19 ( John 14:23, Ephesians 2:22 ), 10:4, 12:1-13, II Corinthians 1:21 &; 22 ( 5:5, Galatians 5:5, Ephesians 1:15, 4:30 ), 3:17, 13:14, Galatians 3:3, 4:6 ( 4:29 ), Ephesians 1:17, 2:18, Philippians 1:19, I Thessalonians 4:8, I Timothy 3:16, Titus 3:5, Hebrews 3:7 ( Psalm 95:7 ), 10:29, James 4:5 ( Ezekiel 39:25, 36:5 & 6 ), I Peter 1:11, 3:18, I John 4:2, 5:6-8, Revelation 2:7, 22:17 )
2. I believe that this One, True God created the worlds*, and that nothing in His creation happens without His all-powerful Hand.
( Genesis 1:1-2, Job 1:6-12, Isaiah 45:7, Romans 9:1-29, 11:32-36, Galatians 4:4, John 1:1-3 )
3. I believe that the Father sent His only begotten Son to the earth, when, as prophesied in Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit came upon the virgin, Mary, who bore, of her own flesh and body, our Lord Jesus Christ.
3a. I believe, though again, I am not willing to make it a point of division, that God sent of Himself, to become human, to dwell among us, as a foreshadow of His Presence ( John 14:23 ). He Himself impregnated a virgin to produce an 'Immaculate Conception', in order to consummate, in a type, the marriage of heaven and earth..
( Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, 61:1 ( Jeremiah 31 ), Luke 1:26-39, John 1:14, Hebrews 2:17, Revelation 14:4 )
4. I believe that this Seed, Jesus Christ, born according to the flesh, suffered a normal* human existence, until He was sacrificed as the propitiation for the sins of His people, who had broken covenant relationship with Him.
( Isaiah 53:2-6, Luke 2:21-51, John 11:49-50, I John 4:9 & 10, Daniel 9:4-19, Hebrews 4:15, Hosea 2:5, Judges 10:13, Jeremiah 2:13 )
4a. I believe that, in God's Eternal Covenant, this once-for-all sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, was ordained before the worlds were formed.
( Genesis 1:26, John 1:1-3, Genesis 3:15, Revelation 13:8, Isaiah 53:10, I Peter 1:20 )
5. I believe that this one, final sacrifice was sufficient to cleanse His people from all blood-guiltiness, and to bring His people into the Kingdom of Heaven, and back into relationship with Him..
( Isaiah 53:4-12, Psalm 51:7-12, II Corinthians 12:9, Hebrews 7:25-27, II Thessalonians 1:5, I Peter 2:9 )
5a. I believe that the Holy Spirit of God must first open our 'eyes' to the fact that He has made us a 'new creation' in Him, before we will acknowledge Him and His redemptive work as fulfilled in His people.
( Romans 10:10-15, Philippians 3:8-11, Psalm 51, Ezekiel 36:25-27, 11:19 & 20, Colossians 1:9, Titus 3:5, Genesis 3* )
6. I believe that the Christ died, that He was forsaken by the Father, that His physical body was buried in the grave, and that after three days, He rose again, in His physical body* along with many of the saints who had fallen asleep, and ascended, in a cloud, to the glory He had forsaken for a time, at which time He began His reign, which according to Scripture*, will last forever!
( Matthew 27:46, Psalm 22, Luke 23:50-55, 11:51, Psalm 16:10, John 2:19-22, Matthew 27:52 & 53, Acts 1:9-11, Daniel 7:13 & 14, Revelation 20:4, 22:1-5, Hebrews 8:8-12, Isa. 60:19 & 20, II Peter 1:11 )
7. I believe He returned to that same wicked generation, as the Scriptures prophesied, to judge apostate* Israel, and to open the way for the new and better covenant, through the destruction of the Jewish Temple and the changing of the covenant economy.
( Matthew 10:23, 16:28, Matthew 24, 26:64, Luke 17:20-37, Isaiah 1:25,26, 5:24, John 4:19-24, Hebrews 7:18-22, 8:1 & 2 )
8. I believe in one baptism; that of and by the Holy Spirit, and with fire*.
( Ephesians 4:5, John 1:26-33, Luke 3:16, Psalm 66:11 & 12, I Samuel 16:13, Psalm 104:30, 143:10, Proverbs 1:23, Isaiah 42:5 ( 44:3 ), 59:21, Ezekiel 36:26 & 27, 37:14, Joel 2:28 & 29, Micah 3:8, Zechariah 12:10, Matthew 1:18-20, 3:11, Mark 12:36 ( Psalm 1:10:1 ), Mark 13:11, Luke 1:15, 3:16, 10:21, John 1:32, 3:5, 6:63, 16:13, 20:22 ( Genesis 2:7 )
9. I believe in a spiritual communion of the saints ( the Body of Christ ), by means of fellowship and worship of the One, True God, in Spirit and in Truth.
( Matthew 18:20, Acts 20:7, Romans 14:17-21, Leviticus 26:12, John 4:23 & 24, I Corinthians 2:14, I Peter 2:5 )
10. I believe that, as time goes by, sanctified ( Spirit-led ) man will will be awakened to knowledge of the One, True God, and in His righteousness, and that, finally, all knees will bow before God, and acknowledge Him as Lord and Creator.
( II Corinthians 9:10, Isaiah 9:7, Colossians 1:9,10, Philippians 2:10, Isaiah 45:23, Revelation 13:8 )
by God's Grace
Charles Shank
1*. questionable, this portion not found in certain older texts.
2*. universe
4* common to all human beings.
6*. His human body, I believe was reanimated when He rose from the tomb, but shed when He ascended to the Father.* Luke 19:12-27
7*. their rejection of Christ was the final "straw" ( read Josephus' "Antiquities" for more info ).
8*. trials, tribulation.
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