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  Question 24: How is the Apostles' Creed divided? Answer: It is divided into three parts: God the Father and our creation, God the Son and our salvation, and God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification. The Apostles' Creed speaks of God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and tells us how believers relate to each other within these three entities. The saints confess that they believe in God, the Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, as their Father. The saints confess that in Jesus Christ, “ He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and at His baptism He was declared by God to be the only Son of God, passed the temptations of Satan, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; His spirit descended into prison; on the third day He rose again from the dead and appeared to men; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from that time on He will give the living to sit at the ri...

  Question 23: What is the 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, and is seated 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; in the holy catholic church, the communion of saints; in the forgiveness of sins; in the resurrection of the body; and in the life everlasting. (Another creed that is respected along with the Apostles' Creed is the Nicene Creed.) The Apostles' Creed 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 centur...

  Question 22: What, then, must Christians believe? Answer: Everything God has promised us in the gospel. This gospel is summarized in the Apostles' Creed, a trustworthy Christian creed confessed worldwide. Galatians 3:22 But the Scripture has confined everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Christians must believe in the new covenant and new promise Jesus made. Matthew 13:52 says, "Therefore, every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old." The new is the word of the new covenant, and the old is the law of the old covenant. Only when a believer can accurately interpret the law and the new covenant can he be a scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven. When Jesus asked, "Have you understood all this?" the disciples answered, "Yes." Then Jesus compared them to "scribes who have become d...

  Question 21: What is true faith? Answer: True faith is the knowledge that all that God has revealed in His Word is true. That is, it is the firm conviction, instilled in me by the Holy Spirit through the Word, that through the sheer grace of Christ, I, as well as others, have my sins forgiven, am justified forever before God, and am saved. Galatians 3:24-25 "Before faith came, we were kept under the law, kept in custody until the faith should be revealed. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor." This faith, "before faith comes," is the faith that God gives. Therefore, before faith comes, everyone is bound by the law. Even if these people think, "I need to worship faithfully and be active in church life," they are still bound by the law. People examine their faith within these thoughts. These thoughts are not under the eternal covenant, but rather are bound by the law. "After faith comes" is the faith that liberates ...

  The Garden of Eden (1) The Concept of the Sanctuary Genesis 2:7-8  “ Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being (nephesh hai). The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man he had formed. ” God formed man from the dust of the ground and placed him in the Garden of Eden. As we all know, man was the first human being, and in the Garden of Eden, they were separated into Adam and Eve. Eve ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and God banished them from the Garden of Eden into the world. Genesis 3:23-24 states, "Then the Lord God sent him out from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he had been taken. So God drove him out. Then he placed at the east of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life." From this, we can see that the Garden of Eden simultaneously r...

  Question 20: Just as all people fell through Adam, are all people saved through Christ? Answer: No. Only those who are grafted into Christ by true faith and receive all his blessings are saved. First, while the doctrine states that all people fell through Adam, the origin of sin was not in the world, but in the Garden of Eden. Romans 5:12 states, "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned." The first man served as the conduit through which sin entered. The first man represents Christ, and Christ transmitted the body of sin to man and woman. So how did sin originate? The Hebrew word for "man" is "adamah." The first man is "adamah" in Hebrew, the male name is "Adam," and the female name is "hawai." This is why people confuse the first man and the male Adam as the same being. The first man is the firstborn mentioned in ...

  Question 19: How can we know this? Answer: The Scriptures tell me. God revealed the gospel in the Garden of Eden, then proclaimed it through the holy patriarchs and prophets, symbolically demonstrated it through the ceremonies of the law and sacrifices, and finally fulfilled it through his beloved Son. The Bible reveals various revelations about Jesus Christ. The first revelation is about garments of skin. Genesis 3:21 states, "The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." The Hebrew word for leather garment is kotnot, meaning "clothing" (kotnot) of leather ('or). The word 'or' in Leviticus 1:6 refers to a piece of flesh. The garment corresponds to the skin of a burnt offering. Leviticus 1:6 says, "He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces." The word 'or' in 'leather garment' (flesh and leather) means to avoid nakedness. Nakedness is the flesh, and it is also where the spirit...

  Question 18: Who then is this Mediator, who is truly God and truly man, and truly righteous? Answer: Our Lord Jesus Christ, who came to make us completely free and just before God. Since Jesus Christ is the mediator between God and sinners, Jesus is not God, but the Son of God. If Jesus were God, sinners would not be able to stand before Jesus, because sinners cannot stand before God. Therefore, a mediator who brings reconciliation is necessary. Jesus Christ is the true Son of God, a true man, and truly righteous. As the sole mediator between God and humanity, Jesus confesses humanity's sins to God and conveys God's will to humanity. Through Jesus' death on the cross, God is reconciled with sinners, and repentant sinners can be freed from sin and restored to their relationship with God. By atoning for the sins of repentant sinners on the cross, Jesus broke down the barrier of sin between God and humanity. Therefore, as the mediator entrusted with the ministry of rec...

  Question 17: Why must He be true God? Answer: So that by His divine power He might personally bear the wrath of God and restore to us righteousness and life. Most churchgoers today equate Jesus Christ, the Son of God, with God the Son, equating faith in Jesus with faith in God. When they say, "Believe in Jesus and you will be saved," they see Jesus already occupying the position of Jehovah God. And they see a dualistic view of demanding the blood of Jesus the Son for forgiveness of sins. While churchgoers speak of the Trinity, they also use the term "God the Son," thereby obscuring the relationship between the Father and the Son. The reason Jesus Christ had to become the Son of God was to save sinners. The fact that he was the very embodiment of God is evident even in Christ's predestination. This is a truth known to all church members. No one would deny that Jesus Christ was the very embodiment of God. According to the doctrine of the Trinity, there a...