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  Question 20: Do you understand that it is not at all inappropriate for us to clearly distinguish three persons in the one God, and that God is not divided (separated) in spite of this? Answer: Yes. In today's church community, believers call God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, based on the doctrine of the Trinity. However, nowhere in the Bible does it say God the Son or God the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ calls God the Father and is the Son of God. Furthermore, the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Jehovah in the Old Testament and the Spirit of Jesus (or the Spirit of Christ) in the New Testament. Jesus was born both as the Son of Man and as the Son of God. Although he was in very nature God, he did not consider equality with God something to be grasped. Philippians 2:6 says, "Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped." Why must Jesus be the Son of God, not God Himself? First, because God is revea...

  5. Christ in Leviticus   (1) The System of Sacrificial Offerings   Say to the children of Israel: “ If any of you wishes to offer a gift to the Lord, he or she must offer an ox or a sheep from among your livestock. If the offering is a burnt offering of an ox, it must be a male without blemish, and he or she must offer it at the entrance of the tabernacle before the Lord, so that it may be accepted by Him. ” Korban ( קָרְבַּנְ 7133) refers to something ‘ brought near ’ the altar, that is, a sacrificial ‘ offering ’ : as a sacrifice, offering, consecrated thing, or consecrated object, it would be better to express it as a sacrifice. Riphne ( לִפְנֵ֥י ), meaning ‘ in front, ’ refers to words spoken in front of someone ’ s face. There were five types of sacrifices that the Israelites offered to God: the burnt offering, the fire offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, and the grain offering. The burnt offering was a sacrifice offered by burning the ...

  Question 19: Since there is only one God, why do you speak of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? (Trinity) Answer: Because in one divine essence we must consider the Father, who is the beginning, origin, and first cause of all things; the Son, who is eternal wisdom; and the Holy Spirit, who is the power and might of God, poured out upon all creatures, yet always dwelling within Himself. The Trinity states that God is one, yet the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are each distinct and personal God. The intent to express unity is to demonstrate that the Father, the Son, Jesus Christ, and the saints are one in the Holy Spirit, not that God is three. This is because Jesus Christ is not God, but came as the Son of God. Philippians 2:6-8 “ Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he h...

  Question 16: Let us recite this Apostles' Creed.  Answer: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, He sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from whence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. Question 17: To explain this confession of faith in detail, how can it be divided into several parts?   Answer: Four parts. You said four, but it's actually three.   Question 18: What are they? Answer: First, concerning God the Father. Second, concerning Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Thi...

[Apostles' Creed] Question 15: How would you summarize the essence of this knowledge? Answer: It is summarized in the confession of faith that all Christians profess. We commonly call it the Apostles' Creed because it is what Christians have always confessed in the Church and because it is a summary of the true faith derived from the pure apostolic teaching. The Apostles' Creed is not a Bible text. It is a confession of faith based on the Roman Creed, developed in Gaul (present-day France) around the 5th century. It was finalized in its current form in the 5th century, and in the 10th century, Otto the Great officially adopted it in the Western Church, along with the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. The Apostles' Creed has been used as a confession of faith at baptism. The original Apostles' Creed was written in Latin and later translated into various languages. While the Apostles' Creed is said to contain the essence of Christian faith, some passages are found ...

  Question 14: Does this mean that the basis of true trust in God is knowing God in Jesus Christ? Answer: Yes, that is correct. True trust in God means that the Father, Jesus Christ, and the saints become one in the Holy Spirit. Knowing God is not about intellectual knowledge, but about becoming one (Hebrew: yada). This is similar to the way a married couple becomes one. If we are not united with God, we cannot become citizens of God's kingdom. Those who judge and assert their own righteousness cannot become one with God. Paradoxically, however, humans are not capable of becoming one with God. This means that it is impossible without God's grace. Grace comes through God's unilateral intervention. However, God's intervention destroys human existence (the physical self), much like Jacob's experience of his hip being shattered at the Jabbok River. When a believer believes that Jesus Christ died on the cross with them, they receive resurrection life and become o...