in the Lord Jesus.

“These are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.”

JOHN 20:31

“You are uncertain whether it is more than a myth. Well, if it is, then our last hope is gone. But is the opposite explanation not worth trying? Who knows but that here, and here alone, lies your way back not only to Heaven, but to Earth too, and to the great human family whose oldest hopes are confirmed by this Story that does not die?”

C.S. LEWIS

Who is God that you should believe in Him?

God has made us and all creatures. He has given us a body and soul, our reason and all our senses. He daily continues to take care of us. He abundantly provides us with things like clothing, food, home, family, property, animals, and anything else we need to sustain our body and life. He protects us from danger and guards us from evil. All this He does as a father to us, without any merit on our part but purely out of His divine love and mercy, to which we respond with our praise, service, and obedience.

Who is Jesus that you should trust in Him?

Jesus Christ is our Lord. He is true God, begotten of the Father from eternity and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary. We were lost and condemned creatures, but Jesus has redeemed us, purchased and delivered us from sin, death and the power of the devil, not with gold and silver but with His holy precious blood and His innocent suffering and death. He is now risen from the dead and lives and reigns to all eternity. All this He has done so that He would be our Lord and we would be His own, living under Him in His kingdom and serving Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence and blessedness.

How can you know this to be true?

It is not by our own reasoning or power that we can believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and come to Him. The Holy Spirit calls us to faith through the Gospel and enlightens us with His gifts. The Spirit sanctifies and keeps us with Jesus Christ in this one true faith, along with the whole Christian church on earth. In this church our sins are daily and fully forgiven by God until that day when Christ shall come and raise the dead and give eternal life to us and to all who believe in Him.

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. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

THE APOSTLES’ CREED

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