Question 24: How is the Apostles' Creed divided?

 

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 right hand of God, and come to judge the dead,” and that the saints also have become identical with Jesus Christ.

The Apostles' Creed confesses that, in the Holy Spirit, the saints become a holy church, a community with other saints, and, after receiving forgiveness of sins, are resurrected with a spiritual body and granted eternal life.

Therefore, the core of the Apostles' Creed is the confession that the saints are united in God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Question 64. What is the invisible church?

  Question 64. What is the invisible church? Answer. The invisible church is the total number of the elect who are gathered together and will be gathered together in the future under Christ, the head. In the catechism, the doctrine states that the invisible church is "the total number of the elect who are gathered together and will gather together in the future under Christ, the head," so it can be understood as those who make heaven in Christ. However, the invisible church can be said to be an invisible church community, but this was only used as a means to divide the visible church and the invisible church, and dividing them into visible and invisible is not biblical. The church is the church of the saints, and the church community is the gathering of the saints. The expression "true member" is also ambiguous.  
Read more

Question 28. What is the punishment of sin in this life?

  Question 28. What is the punishment of sin in this life? Answer. The punishment of sin in this life is inwardly, hardening of the heart, corrupted senses, strong temptations, stubbornness of the mind, fear and shame of conscience, lust, and the like; and outwardly, the curse of God upon all things for our sakes, and all other evils that come to our bodies, names, positions, relations, and occupations, and so forth, which lead to death.   In this world, the punishment for sin is the spirit being imprisoned in the flesh. Original sin is when evil angels want to be like God in the kingdom of God, so they oppose God and die with their spirits imprisoned in human flesh. This is hell. The world is like a prison, and life is like a wanderer. All people who do not know God are suffering spiritually. That is why their hearts are broken. No matter how much you enjoy material blessings in life, there will surely come a day when your body dies. The day of judgment will surely co...
Read more

The tradition of the elders

  The tradition of the elders   Mark 7:5-9  『 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands? He answered and said to them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 』 In the Galilee region, Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus. They came with accusations against Jesus. This is because Jesus' disciples neglected washing their hands, a Jewish ritual of purification. They called it  “ the tradition of the elders. ”  The Jewish leaders ...
Read more