As The Father Has Told Me

“He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.” John 12:48-50 (NKJV) The Anthanasian Creed states, “So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.” According to the last sentence of that same creed, “This is the catholic (Christian) faith; which except you believe faithfully and firmly, you cannot be saved.” It will always be easy to say “the Son is God” but [Biblically] impossible to prove that. According to the Anthanasian Creed unless you believe “the Son is God,” “you cannot be saved.” The Anthanasian Creeds proposal (addition to God’s plan of salvation) didn’t work in 325-AD, and nothing has changed since. When it comes to what one must believe in order to be saved according to the Scriptures, “just as the Father has told Me, so I speak,” Jesus’ words make all the difference. We can easily identify the source of them, the all-knowing God of the Bible. I highly recommend concentrating on what Jesus accomplished in the first century, as laid out for us in the Bible, rather than on the creeds and the doctrines of men. Leading one to the Biblical Jesus becomes the easiest thing to do, because the Bible is trustworthy as is. Unlike the creeds and the doctrines of men, I see every reason to look after the Bible. Every day is a test of my faith but there’s one thing I’m not concerned about, the Anthanasian Creed becoming sound doctrine.