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- The First Article: Creation
- I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
- I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body
and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still
takes care of them. He also gives me clothing and shoes, food and drink, house
and home, wife and children, land, animals, and all I have. He richly and daily
provides me with all that I need to support this body and life. He defends me
against all danger and guards and protects me from all evil. All this He does
only out of fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness
in me. For all this it is my duty to thank and praise, serve and obey Him. This
is most certainly true.
- The Second Article: Redemption
- And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, 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 that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity,
and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord. Who has redeemed me, a
lost and condemned person, purchased and won me from all sins, from death, and
from the power of the devil; not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious
blood and with His innocent suffering and death, that I may be His own and live
under Him in His kingdom and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence,
and blessedness, just as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all
eternity. This is most certainly true.
- The Third Article: Sanctification
- I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Christian Church, the Communion of
Saints; the Forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body; and the Life
everlasting. Amen
- I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ,
my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel,
enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith. In the
same way He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church
on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith. In this Christian
church He daily and richly forgives all my sins and the sins of all believers.
On the Last Day He will raise me and all the dead, and give eternal life to me
and all believers in Christ. This is most certainly true.
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