and in our Lord Jesus Christ, His one and only Son, [Jn 3:16]
truly God and truly man, inseparable and indivisible. [Jn 1:1]
By Him all things were made, [Col 1:16]
and He upholds all things. [Heb 1:3]
He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, [Mat 1:18]
born of the Virgin Mary. [Mat 1:23]
He was like us in His humanity, but without sin. [Heb 4:15]
He revealed the Father's will to all, [Mat 11:27]
was crucified and died for our sins, [1 Cor 15:3]
was buried, and was raised up on the third day. [1 Cor 15:4]
He ascended into heaven [Acts 1:9-12]
and sits at the right hand of God, [Luke 22:69, Col 3:1]
mediating the new and everlasting covenant of grace. [Heb 8:6]
He will finish the good work He began in His chosen ones. [Phil 1:6]
He shall return to judge the living and the dead. [2 Tim 4:1]
In Him we have the forgiveness of sins, [Eph 1:7]
reckoning His righteousness to His chosen ones, [Rom 4:5]
and He shall not lose any whom the Father has given Him, [Jn 6:39]
but will resurrect them on the last day. [John 6:40]
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
who regenerates and indwells His chosen [Titus 3:5]
as a promise of life everlasting with Him. [2 Cor 1:22]
We believe in one church, [Eph 4:15-16]
in the communion of all believers, [Eph 2:20-21, 1 Pet 2:4-5]
governed by the rule of faith of His apostles, [Rom 12:6]
which was translated into the New Testament,
which illuminates the Old Testament.
Amen.
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