We do not believe in the Nicene Creed. We disagree with much written in it.
Again, this is a beautiful creed, but we do not agree with it completely...
Please see the mini-essay following this creed...
Please see the mini-essay following this creed...
The Nicene Creed
WE BELIEVE in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
What do we see in this, at this time in our journey...
(Hopefully we did not get too much wrong in this!)
We believe whole-heartedly in one God.
We believe that He is our Father In Heaven.
He is almighty, has His full agency, but has full control over His agency and will never choose wrong because He chooses not to.
He is perfect through His sheer goodness and Holiness through His perfect choices.
We believe that He allowed others to help make the Heaven and Earth as we know them to be, but that He was in charge of its making.
We believe that there are realms of Heaven around us here on Earth.
They are here for sure, but very few can ever pierce the veil.
We believe that Jesus is not the only Son of God, but that he was eternally begotten of the Father, our God.
(It is not necessary to understand this for salvation though.)
Jesus was indeed Light from Light, true goodness from a one true God, who's goal was to align His will to be One with the Father's will.
At the time of Jesus' life, he was the only begotten of the Father who had actually come to Earth.
We do believe that Jesus was part of the creation of Earth, but that there were many others helping and involved in the process of creating all things here on Earth. (It is not necessary to understand this for salvation though.)
Everything was created through God.
(There is allot of complexity to this that we do not understand as of yet and it is not necessary for much of anyone to understand this at this point in our evolution. This is a subject of much interest and contemplation for us, but it is not necessary to understand this for salvation though.).
Jesus is our brother under God and he loves each of us very much.
We love him too!
We believe that for us and for our salvation Jesus came down to Earth from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit.
He became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made human.
He was not perfect to all people, had His free agency, made choices that many disagree with to this day, but in end, his sacrifice and willingness to obediently submit to the Father's will pleased the Father and Father's Will was done.
It is sure that Jesus was crucified by the Jews and through Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again.
He broke the bonds of death.
He ascended into heaven and obediently serves the Father to this day.
If Jesus were the only Savior, and everyone relied on him alone for his/her salvation, they could not make it to Heaven.
One must save themselves too, not only through God's grace, generosity, ordinances, covenants, the sacrifice of a Messiah, etc. but also by doing and being good and of God. Each person is capable of being someone's savior and this is a necessary way of being in order to be saved one's self... I think it is best described as having pure charity (the love God has for us) in one's heart, for all others.
The scriptures in the Old Testament foretold that a sacrifice was to be made and that a Messiah was to be taken before His time for our sake.
It said that he would be "pressed" like an olive is "pressed" for its oil and that his hands and feet would be pierced.
We believe that this happened to Jesus, but that there is more to the story that we have not yet figured out.
More is still yet to be done, everything is not complete yet.
We do not understand all just yet, but these additional things are things that everyone need not understand at this point in time. (It is not necessary to understand this for salvation.)
If one has difficulty with accepting Jesus as the Christ, than at this time, it is best to take great examples of charity and kindness and emanate them until mankind is capable of being "One, Big, Happy Human Family" once again!
When the time comes for the final judgment, the Messiah will be our Judge.
Father is the final and ultimate Judge, but does not need to deal with all judgments.
The Messiah is like unto a District Judge and Father is like unto the Supreme Judge.
There is no Appellate Court in Heaven.
As prophesied, our Savior will come in glory to judge the living and the dead, and the Earth will be given unto Him.
His kingdom will be on the Earth. What happens after that, we do not know yet... but we are excited to learn... ;0)
Eventually the Earth will be Celestial.
At that time, there will be no poor, no hungry, no sick, no downtrodden and no sadness...
There will be a duplication of these processes following the completion of our evolution here on Earth.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the giver of life, who emanates from the Father, but we do not understand all of the details of this just yet.
It is innate truth and knowledge.
The Holy Ghost is the essence by which intelligence itself springs.
The Holy Spirit existed before our processes started.
Our only access to the Holy Ghost is through God Himself.
We do not worship the Holy Spirit, but through It, God speaks to us all.
He has spoken through the Prophets by means of the Holy Ghost.
The finding of God and the choosing of goodness (Godness ;0) ) for each individual is our goal at this time.
We believe that in end, God is a God of Order.
He can only have one church, one set of covenants, one set of ordinances and one way to Eternal Life.
Only God can confirm to each man individually which is His church.
We acknowledge that eventually, one must be baptized, as a similitude and act of obedience, by full-body immersion for the forgiveness of sins to take place.
One must regularly renew these covenants due to our state of being human, for to be human is to err.
We must do all that is asked of us by God, showing complete submittion to His will and obedience to Him.
We can still only be whole and complete, perfect and clean before God through a sacrifice.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the Eternal Salvation of Man.
We Love You Father!!!!
We believe that He is our Father In Heaven.
He is almighty, has His full agency, but has full control over His agency and will never choose wrong because He chooses not to.
He is perfect through His sheer goodness and Holiness through His perfect choices.
We believe that He allowed others to help make the Heaven and Earth as we know them to be, but that He was in charge of its making.
We believe that there are realms of Heaven around us here on Earth.
They are here for sure, but very few can ever pierce the veil.
We believe that Jesus is not the only Son of God, but that he was eternally begotten of the Father, our God.
(It is not necessary to understand this for salvation though.)
Jesus was indeed Light from Light, true goodness from a one true God, who's goal was to align His will to be One with the Father's will.
At the time of Jesus' life, he was the only begotten of the Father who had actually come to Earth.
We do believe that Jesus was part of the creation of Earth, but that there were many others helping and involved in the process of creating all things here on Earth. (It is not necessary to understand this for salvation though.)
Everything was created through God.
(There is allot of complexity to this that we do not understand as of yet and it is not necessary for much of anyone to understand this at this point in our evolution. This is a subject of much interest and contemplation for us, but it is not necessary to understand this for salvation though.).
Jesus is our brother under God and he loves each of us very much.
We love him too!
We believe that for us and for our salvation Jesus came down to Earth from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit.
He became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made human.
He was not perfect to all people, had His free agency, made choices that many disagree with to this day, but in end, his sacrifice and willingness to obediently submit to the Father's will pleased the Father and Father's Will was done.
It is sure that Jesus was crucified by the Jews and through Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again.
He broke the bonds of death.
He ascended into heaven and obediently serves the Father to this day.
If Jesus were the only Savior, and everyone relied on him alone for his/her salvation, they could not make it to Heaven.
One must save themselves too, not only through God's grace, generosity, ordinances, covenants, the sacrifice of a Messiah, etc. but also by doing and being good and of God. Each person is capable of being someone's savior and this is a necessary way of being in order to be saved one's self... I think it is best described as having pure charity (the love God has for us) in one's heart, for all others.
The scriptures in the Old Testament foretold that a sacrifice was to be made and that a Messiah was to be taken before His time for our sake.
It said that he would be "pressed" like an olive is "pressed" for its oil and that his hands and feet would be pierced.
We believe that this happened to Jesus, but that there is more to the story that we have not yet figured out.
More is still yet to be done, everything is not complete yet.
We do not understand all just yet, but these additional things are things that everyone need not understand at this point in time. (It is not necessary to understand this for salvation.)
If one has difficulty with accepting Jesus as the Christ, than at this time, it is best to take great examples of charity and kindness and emanate them until mankind is capable of being "One, Big, Happy Human Family" once again!
When the time comes for the final judgment, the Messiah will be our Judge.
Father is the final and ultimate Judge, but does not need to deal with all judgments.
The Messiah is like unto a District Judge and Father is like unto the Supreme Judge.
There is no Appellate Court in Heaven.
As prophesied, our Savior will come in glory to judge the living and the dead, and the Earth will be given unto Him.
His kingdom will be on the Earth. What happens after that, we do not know yet... but we are excited to learn... ;0)
Eventually the Earth will be Celestial.
At that time, there will be no poor, no hungry, no sick, no downtrodden and no sadness...
There will be a duplication of these processes following the completion of our evolution here on Earth.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the giver of life, who emanates from the Father, but we do not understand all of the details of this just yet.
It is innate truth and knowledge.
The Holy Ghost is the essence by which intelligence itself springs.
The Holy Spirit existed before our processes started.
Our only access to the Holy Ghost is through God Himself.
We do not worship the Holy Spirit, but through It, God speaks to us all.
He has spoken through the Prophets by means of the Holy Ghost.
The finding of God and the choosing of goodness (Godness ;0) ) for each individual is our goal at this time.
We believe that in end, God is a God of Order.
He can only have one church, one set of covenants, one set of ordinances and one way to Eternal Life.
Only God can confirm to each man individually which is His church.
We acknowledge that eventually, one must be baptized, as a similitude and act of obedience, by full-body immersion for the forgiveness of sins to take place.
One must regularly renew these covenants due to our state of being human, for to be human is to err.
We must do all that is asked of us by God, showing complete submittion to His will and obedience to Him.
We can still only be whole and complete, perfect and clean before God through a sacrifice.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the Eternal Salvation of Man.
We Love You Father!!!!