We must understand and believe that though we are still here in this world, we are part of the church universal, and that we are in actual communion with all the saints in this world and in heaven.
What do we mean when we confess that we believe in the holy church and the communion of the saints? Is our concept of Christ's church a true one, or have we been duped by the enemy?
We turn now to the confession of the Holy Spirit. While this is a brief line in the Creed, it is a vital truth which is in practice largely being denied in the churches today.
We must confess the Name of Jesus Christ. People who only speak of God but that Name above all Names - Jesus Christ our Lord - never utters from their mouth, need to examine themselves carefully. Do they really in truth confess Christ when they say "I believe in Jesus Christ..."?
We now examine the second confession of the Creed in which we confess our faith in Jesus Christ - His Person and His Work and we consider the deceptive methods of theological liberalism.
God is Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. We look into the doctrine of the omnipotence of God and some of this truth's vast implications for us.
When we confess "I Believe" in the Creed, we are also confessing that we reject any false gods. Here then we consider the danger of idolatry.
What does it mean to declare that we believe in God the Father? This word "Father" is rich with meaning and we dare not skip over it quickly.
We begin a series of messages on the Apostles' Creed which opens with a confession of faith in the true and living God.
