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  Question 13. What has God specially decreed concerning angels and men? Answer. God, out of his eternal love and unchangeable counsel, hath chosen some angels unto glory, and some in Christ, to give them eternal life, and the means of obtaining it, for the praise of his glorious grace which shall be revealed in the fulness of time; and hath left the rest, according to his sovereignty and unsearchable counsel, whereby he giveth or withholdeth grace as it pleaseth him, to the praise of the glory of his justice, and hath left them to suffer and be punished for their sin, under reproach and wrath.   Angels are God's creatures, and they play a supporting role in God's kingdom. However, angels are divided into two types. They are divided into those who are imprisoned and those who imprison. In this world, if someone commits a crime, they are divided into sinners and those who imprison the sinners. Both are the same people, but one type is imprisoned and the other type is in c...

  Confession of Faith   In God, I believe that the Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, is my Father.   In Jesus Christ, I believe that “ He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, was declared by God to be the only Son of God at His baptism, was tempted by Satan, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; His spirit descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead and appeared to men; He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; He will sit with the “ spiritually living ” at the right hand of God, and come to judge the spiritually dead, ” and that I too am “ made equal ” with Jesus Christ.   In the Holy Spirit, I believe that I am the holy church, a community of saints, and that after the forgiveness of sins, I am resurrected in a spiritual body and given eternal life.   I confess that I am a holy people of God, and I do not follow legalism, ...

  Question 12. What is the decree of God? Answer. The decree of God is a wise, free, and holy act of his own will, whereby he has for his own glory, and especially concerning angels and men, he has from all eternity determined, without change, whatsoever shall come to pass.   God's decree means all that He plans and executes regarding the fallen angels. Jude 1:6 says, "And the angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day." 2 Peter 2:4 says, "For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell and committed them to chains of darkness to be kept until the judgment." There is no specific biblical passage that states that the spirit of a fallen angel was confined to dust and made into a human being, but it can be understood through Genesis 2:7, “ And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed ...

  Question 11. What does it mean to say that the Son and the Holy Spirit are the same God as the Father? Answer. The Bible clearly states that the Son and the Holy Spirit are the same God as the Father, and it gives to the Son and the Holy Spirit all the names, attributes, works, and worship that are due to God alone.   1 John 4:13 "By this we know that we abide in him (en auto) and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit." The one who gives the Holy Spirit to the saints is the resurrected Christ. The resurrected Christ is not a man, but Jehovah God, but he remains the Son of God until the judgment at the end of the world. Therefore, when Christ gives the Holy Spirit, it means that God pours the Holy Spirit onto Christ, and Christ pours the Holy Spirit onto the saints. Therefore, the Son and the Holy Spirit are not the same God as the Father. En auto means in Christ. When the Holy Spirit comes, the saints are in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefor...

  Question 10. What are the three distinct characteristics of the Trinity? Answer. The Father begot the Son, the Son was begotten of the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son from all eternity. By attributing names, attributes, works, and worship to the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Son and the Holy Spirit show that they are God equal to the Father. Looking at the doctrine of the Trinity, the early origin of the doctrine of the Trinity began with the expansion of Christology (Christology). In the 70-year Jewish War, other schools disappeared from the newly born Christianity, and the only remaining ones were the Pharisaic Judaism, the Episcetes who emphasized humanity, and the Gnosticism who emphasized only the spiritual elements of divinity, which became a stimulus that shook the roots of Christianity, and a theological theory that logically explained who Jesus Christ, who had a body, was. Around this time, based on the New Testament that was formed,...

  Question 9. How many persons are there in the Godhead? Answer. There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three persons are the only true and eternal God, one in substance, equal in power and glory, but differing only in their personal character.   In today's church community, believers call God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit based on the theory of the Trinity. However, nowhere in the Bible does it say God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ calls God the Father, and he was the Son of God. And 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. Therefore, there is no divinity in God. We can only say that the Father, Jesus Christ, and the saints are one in the Holy Spirit. This speaks of unity, not of distinction. John 17:11 “ I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Fathe...

  Question 8. Are there other Gods besides God? Answer. There is only one living and true God. There is only one God, but since people who say they believe in God define God in their own way and call him God, it is not easy to meet the true God.   The Bible also talks about God ’ s identity in various ways. “ I am who I am ” is “ haya asher haya ” in Hebrew. After that, the Jews called God Adonai, but as time passed, they began to call him Yahweh, and today, the identity of God has become confusing due to translations into the languages ​​ of each country. In particular, it was translated into English as LORD (Lord). However, the one true God is the one whom Jesus Christ calls Father. Jesus must become the Son of God in order to be saved through him. Those who are in Christ also call God Father like Jesus, and the saints who can call God Father are those who believe that Jesus died on the cross with them and was resurrected with them. In other words, those who have r...