I Believe - Nicene Creed

As we gather to worship, we will confess together what we believe and are presently using the Nicene Creed.  The Greek word which is translated “I believe” has more depth to it than you might at first notice.  The word indicates far more than simple intellectual assent.  It can be translated “I trust” or “I have faith.”

“I believe” therefore has more demands than a simple set of intellectual ideas.  We are saying, “We trust in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth.  And so, when we confess our belief in God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we are at that moment rendering praise and worship to God, fealty to serve Him as He has declared – and this makes saying the creeds together in the worship service a well-suited function. 

After confessing our sins, hearing again that we are forgiven and clean in Jesus Christ, and then walking through a statement of faith with hearts full of trust in the One we are describing, there ought to be a growing anticipation and impatience, a holy impatience – to get to the next Psalm to sing and to enter into the worship of so great and holy, so merciful and forgiving, so glorious and majestic a God as our God is.

He is here for He has called you, His children, to come and worship Him in Spirit and truth.  He intends to meet with you, to hear your prayers, to receive your worship, to sing and delight with you in covenant renewal.  He intends to feed you, to nurture you, to knit you together, and to send you out in the power of His name.  And so, in Jesus’ name – let’s get to it.