What Do Christians Believe?નમૂનો

And we believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all ages, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father

“And now, Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory that I had with You before the world existed.” (John 17:5)

After reading about God the Father, we now read about God the Son. Very early in the history of the church, questions arose about the identity of Jesus Christ. Some people argued that He is a creature; although the first and most important creature, He is not God. A similar position is taken by Islam, which considers Jesus a respectable prophet but firmly denies that He is God.

The drafters of the Nicene Creed took a clear stand against these claims. Jesus Christ is the Lord. The one Lord. He has absolute authority and responsibility over us. He is truly God, of one essence with the Father. He is not made but “begotten” of the Father and, therefore, just as much God as the Father Himself. Jesus Christ is the identity, the Image of the invisible God (see Colossians 1:15). He has revealed on earth who God is.

Words fail to express this wonderful fact. Therefore, various complementary formulations are used to make this point especially clear. After all, the Christian faith stands or falls with the confession that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Imagine that Jesus was not a God but a creature. What difference would that make for humanity as a whole and for you personally, do you think?