We Believe Session 3 - Unlimited In Christ

WE BELIEVE—session (3)

For God is great, and worth a thousand Hallelujahs. His furious beauty puts the other gods to shame; Pagan gods are mere tatters and rags. God made the heavens— Royal splendor radiates from Him, A powerful beauty sets Him apart. Psalm 96:4-6

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth

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, dead, and buried: he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Today, we will examine the phrase “I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth”.

The creed summarizes our beliefs. It is in harmony with the Spirit and the Word. That which is born of the Spirit is Spirit, and God is worshipped in Spirit and Truth.

John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.

1 Peter 1:22-25 Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That’s why the prophet said, the old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers wilt, God’s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.

We are tracing what we believe to determine if our beliefs align with the revealed truth because “belief informs behavior”. My goal is to indoctrinate us with the Truth so that the Word can become flesh and the sons of God can be appropriate and relevant in representing God wherever He has sent them.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. Let that sink in for a moment. Many believe in other gods – we must know which God we believe in. Our God is Almighty! Our God can be known. His character is steadfast and unchanging.. HE IS ALMIGHTY. In Genesis 17 reading from the Expanded bible translation, it says Genesis 17: 1-3 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am ·God Almighty [L El Shaddai]. ·Obey [L Walk before] me and ·do what is right [L be innocent/blameless; Job 1:1]. 2 I will make an ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] between ·us [L me and you], and I will make you ·the ancestor of many people [L exceedingly numerous].”

Job 11:7-11 (Zophar) “Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty [Shaddai]? They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know? Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. If He passes by or shuts up, or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him? For He knows false men, and He sees iniquity without investigating.”

This God is our God and our Father.

1 Samuel 5:2-7 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. …

2 Kings 18:36-40 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”

Psalm 96:4-6 For God is great, and worth a thousand Hallelujahs. His furious beauty puts the other gods to shame; Pagan gods are mere tatters and rags. God made the heavens— Royal splendor radiates from Him, A powerful beauty sets Him apart.

This God is our God and our Father.
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
Psalm 121:1-2 I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains? No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.
Hebrews 12:7-9 Fully embrace God’s correction as part of your training, for he is doing what any loving father does for his children. For who has ever heard of a child who never had to be corrected? 8 We all should welcome God’s discipline as the validation of authentic sonship. For if we have never once endured his correction it only proves we are strangers and not sons. 9 And isn’t it true that we respect our earthly fathers even though they corrected and disciplined us? Then we should demonstrate an even greater respect for God, our spiritual Father, as we submit to His life-giving discipline.

We trust in Him, follow His guidance, act confidently, and find peace!