A Biblical confession of the one God—the Father, and the one Lord, Jesus Christ—the son of God
The reality and doctrine espoused by Jesus Christ, the His Apostle.
The reality and doctrine espoused by Jesus Christ, the His Apostle.
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I believe that "there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things." 1 Cor. 8.6. "That there is none other God but one." 1 Cor. 8.4. And that “God is one.” James 2:19. That the Father is "the only true God." John 17.3. That He "is a Spirit." John 4.24. That He is the "one God and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all." Eph. 4.6. That he is "God only wise." Rom. 16.2f. And "the only Lord God." Jude 4. That He is "the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God." 1 Tim. 1.17. "The only Potentate," and "who only hath immortality." 1 Tim. 6.15, 16. That "there is none other God but He." Mark 12.29, 34. That He is "the God of our Lord Jesus Christ." Eph. 1.17— Heb. 1.9. And "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Eph. 1.3.
I believe that God "made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is." Acts 4.24. That "He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things" and that "in Him we live, and move, and have our being." Acts 17.25, 28. And that He created all things alone, by himself, by his own hands, and that there is no God with him. Isaiah 44.24, 45.12, Deut.32.39, Mark 13.19.
I believe "that Jesus is the Christ." 1 John, 5.1. That he is “the Son of the Father.” 2 John 1.3. “the son of God’s love.” Col. 1.13. And “God’s beloved in whom he is well pleased.” Matt. 12.18, John 3.35. I "confess and believe that he is the son of God." 1 John 4.15. Acts 8.37. I believe that he is -"The firstborn of every creature." Col. 1.15. "The only begotten of the Father." John 1.14. That he “proceeded forth, came out from God and [subsequently] come into the world.” John 8:42, 13:3, 16:28, 17:8. That God “in him created all things.” Col.1.16. That he "came to be of a woman of the seed of David according to the flesh" Rom. 1.3, Gal. 4.4. "the beginning of the creation of God." Rev. 3.14. That him “God raised from the dead” Acts 10.40. And that he is "the firstborn from the dead." Col. 1.18, Rev. 1.5.
I believe that "God anointed him with the oil of gladness above his fellows." Heb. 1. 9. That "God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power." Acts 10.38. That "God gave not the Spirit by measure to him." John 3.34. That he was "a man approved of God." Acts 2.22. That it "pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." Col. 1.19. That "in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." Col. 2.9. That “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.” 2 Cor. 5:19, Col. 1:20. That "he is the image of the invisible God." Col. 1.15. And "the brightness of his glory." Heb. 1. 3.
I believe that he "came down from heaven, not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him." John 6.38. That he came "to bear witness unto the truth." John 18.37. That "the Father, which sent him, gave him a commandment what he should say, and what he should speak." John 12.49. That as an obedient son “he did always those things that pleased the Father.” John 8.29. That he "told the truth that he heard of God." John 8.40. I believe that he said, "My Father is greater than I." John 14.28. "My Father is greater than all" John 10.29. "I can of mine own self do nothing." John 5.30. "The Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works." John 14.10. I believe that when he spake these words he spake the truth, for I believe that he "did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth." 1 Pet. 2.22. I believe that "he and his father are one." John 10.30. Not one person, however, or being, but as all true disciples are one in the Father and in him. John 17.21, 22, 14.20.
I believe "in my heart that God hath raised him from the dead." Rom. 10.9. That "all power is given unto him in heaven and in earth." Mat. 28.18. That because "he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, and that every tongue should confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Phil, 2.8—11, Heb. 2. 9. That "God hath made him both Lord and Christ." Acts 2.36. That "God hath exalted him to be a Prince and Saviour.'' Acts 5.31. That "God gave him to be head over all things to the church." Eph. 1. 22. That “God gave unto him the revelation of Jesus Christ.” Rev. 1.1. That he "is the way, and the truth, and the life." John 14.6. And that "there is none other name under heaven given amongst men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4.12.
I believe also, that "there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." 1 Tim. 2.5. That "since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead." 1 Cor. 15.21. That "through this man is preached the forgiveness of sins." Acts 13.38. “I believe that Christ will “sit upon the throne of David—his throne (in the Millennium) until God makes his enemies his footstool.” Psalms 110:1, Luke 1:32.33, 1 Cor. 15.24-26, Rev. 3.21. That "God hath appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained," that is Jesus Christ. Acts 17.31, Rom. 2.16. That "the end cometh, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father." "Then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all." 1 Cor. 15.23, 28.