“Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant
mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3 (NKJV)
In
the precious and beautiful name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.
While listening to the local “Christian radio station I
heard, “If you don’t believe Jesus is God, you cannot be a Christian.” The speaker on the radio is a follower of the
Anthanasian Creed. The Anthanasian Creed
surfaced and became doctrine of the Catholic Church in 325-AD, and without it
the doctrine of the “Trinity” doesn’t exist.
The speaker would have been better off saying, “Unless one
believes the doctrine of the [Trinity] they cannot be a [member] of a church
that believes the Anthanasian Creed.” This
in of itself has absolutely nothing to do with the salvation of one’s soul. “If you don’t believe Jesus is God, you
cannot be a Christian,” is not true.
Not a single person mentioned in the [Bible], from Genesis
1:1 to Revelation 22:21, Gentile or Jew, had to believe the Anthanasian Creed
for anything, let alone to be a “Christian” true follower of Messiah
Yeshua “Jesus.”
If the follower of that creed says believing the doctrine of
the “Trinity” is necessary to become a “member” of the local church but not to
be saved, they’ll be admitting to the Anthanasian Creed being a false doctrine
which is exactly what it is. The
Anthanasian Creed forces its followers to say the only way for a person to be
saved is found in it.
“Whosoever will be saved, before
all things, it is necessary that he hold the catholic (i. e. , universal,
Christian) faith. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled
without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.”
The first two sentences of the Anthanasian Creed.
“This is the catholic (Christian)
faith; which except you believe faithfully
and firmly, you cannot be
saved.” The last sentence of the
Anthanasian Creed.
According to the Anthanasian Creed a person “cannot be
saved” unless they “faithfully and firmly” believe “the Son is God.” Don’t forget, without the Anthanasian Creed
“the Son is God” which is to
say the doctrine of the “Trinity,” doesn’t exist.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God
abides in him, and he in God. 1 John
4:15 (NKJV)
As you can see there’s a significant difference between the
Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is
God” and “Jesus is the Son of God” in 1 John 4:15.
Unlike the Anthanasian Creeds “the Son is God” 1 John 4:15 is more than sufficient enough as is. The
Anthanasian Creed requires the writings of those not mentioned in the [Bible]
to make “the Son is God” so.
If it’s [Biblically] sound to begin
with, as it is with “Jesus is the Son of God,” leaving it well enough
alone is the safest thing one could do.
People can say the Anthanasian Creed is [Biblically] sound
but just like one calling another a “Christian,” it doesn’t make it so.
One thing is for sure, and this pertains to the inspired
word of God, it’s more than sufficient enough as is. I wouldn’t trust anything else, especially
when it concerns the eternal destiny of one’s soul, unless you believe you’d be
better off sticking with man’s understanding of the [Bible].
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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