What is Necessary for A Christian to Believe?
In an evangelical culture where there is a veritable buffet of options and variations of institutions and individuals who profess Christianity, it is vitally important to understand and know what Christians believe and have believed from the beginning. So, what exactly are "The Essentials"? And
All that is promised us in the gospel, 1
which the articles of our
catholic and undoubted Christian faith
teach us in a summary.
1.Mt 28:19; Jn 20:30, 31.
What are these articles?
1. I believe in God the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.
2. I believe in Jesus Christ,
his only-begotten Son, our Lord;
3. he was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary;
4. suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell.
5. On the third day he arose from the dead;
6. he ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand
of God the Father almighty;
7. from there he will come to judge
the living and the dead.
8. I believe in the Holy Spirit;
9. I believe a holy catholic Christian church,
the communion of saints;
10. the forgiveness of sins;
11. the resurrection of the body;
12. and the life everlasting.
Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 22, 23.
The Apostles Creed (AD 390)
See also:
Sermon: Served to Serve, 4; Paramount Church: John Fonville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IkNr5eIvRs&ab_channel=ParamountChurch
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