“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.
Recently, I sent this question to an evangelical
organization.
Would you say the person confessing
Jesus is the Son of God, the Lord and the Savior of their life, saved according
to the [Scriptures], and rejects the Anthanasian Creed altogether, is
saved?
What follows is the essential portion of their response.
Jim
Thank you for contacting us.
You asked if someone who fully
rejected the Anthanasian Creed fully could be Christian. While we cannot say
for certain, it’s hard to imagine any Christian fully rejecting this creed. The
reason for this is that is the creed speaks to many issues, such as the Trinity
and the eternal existence of God, that are essential doctrines of Christian
faith. Specifically, the doctrine of the Trinity is absolutely essential to New
Testament Christianity. Theologians have pointed out that if it were not true,
the Bible would be unreliable, Christ would not be divine, and His death on the
cross would not atone for our sins, being merely the death of a martyr.
This is my follow-up to their response.
Dear _______________,
Thanks for the [prompt] response to
my question. The majority of those I
have sent it to, have yet to respond. I
do appreciate you taking the time to thoughtfully reply.
There are a couple of points from
your response that I would like to address further.
Your response states “You asked if
someone who fully rejected the Anthanasian Creed fully could be Christian,” I asked if the person is saved.
Does that change your answer in any way?
“While we cannot say for certain,” implies that there is doubt,
that maybe none of us are truly qualified to fully understand God. This includes those responsible for the
writing and acceptance of the Anthanasian Creed.
“It’s hard to image any Christian fully rejecting this creed,” there is a
lot in it. What does it look like for
someone to partially reject it? Is it okay to reject some of it and still be
saved?
I believe the [Bible] is more than
sufficient enough as is. Nothing that
comes after it should be required to enhance it. Nothing has or ever will make it “unreliable,” or make Jesus, the Son of
God, “merely the death of a martyr.”
Jesus’ death on the cross, conquered death.
What you’re about to read is
available for all to read on my blog, jimmasterson.blogspot.com, August 20,
2018.
Standing in The Crossroads
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of
Him.” Ephesians 1:17 (NKJV)
In the precious and beautiful name of Messiah
Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.
If you’re confessing Jesus is the
Son of God, the Lord and the Savior of your life, but believing that you
wouldn’t be saved if rejecting the Anthanasian Creed altogether, you’re
standing in a crossroad. The roads before
you are the [Bible] and, the writings of those not mentioned in the
[Bible]. The decision that needs to be
made as to which road to take is between you and the all-knowing God of the
[Bible].
It is my obligation to tell
you that sometime after choosing to believe in Jesus Christ, it is likely that
you’ve mistaken the writings of those not mentioned in the [Bible] for
the [Bible]. The person confessing Jesus
is the Son of God, the Lord and the Savior of their life, is saved.
Some believe that this person is not
saved without first believing the Anthanasian Creed, something that
surfaced and became doctrine of the Catholic Church in 325-AD. These are followers of the Anthanasian
Creed. For the past sixteen hundred plus
year’s, people have been led to believe the only way to salvation is found in
the Anthanasian Creed, when the writings of those found in the [Bible]
say differently.
It’s Sunday. A man enters the local church. He’s in town on business and hasn’t been seen
inside a church for over fifty years, except for weddings and funerals. If you knew this man you’d say, he’s not
interested in hearing about the [Bible].
He’s greeted by many, but remains a stranger to them.
The message he heard that day was
taken straight from the [Bible], believe in Jesus Christ and you will be
saved. Unbeknownst to those present that
day the man wasn’t saved, when he entered the church that is.
Praise God, before the entire
congregation, the man confessed to being a sinner, thanked Jesus for dying on a
cross for him, and now believes in Jesus Christ. If I was present that day, I’d say this man is
saved.
After church the man was invited to
lunch, an opportunity to celebrate the moment.
During this time he mentioned that he was in town for another week, and
would like to get together again.
“There’s a [Bible] study on Wednesday night,” they said. With great joy, he accepts the invitation.
It’s Wednesday. For the first time this born again believer
in Jesus Christ heard, unless one believes the doctrine of the “Trinity” they
cannot be saved. Confused, the man says,
“Am I saved? Sunday’s message opened my
eyes as to who Jesus is, what He did for me.
It changed my life. All I want to
do now is tell people about Jesus. What
is this doctrine of the trinity?”
The rest is between you and the
all-knowing God of the [Bible], if you should happen to find yourself standing
in the crossroad.
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
Now I wait to see if they reply.
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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