NO CREED
True Christendom doesn’t have a creed. Its basis is not found in rite, ritual, and/or liturgy. Its basis is found in and with Christ. Matthew 16:18 - Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. He gives us His Spirit. This is what John the Baptist the forerunner of Christ meant when He said in John 1:26-27 - I baptize with water {water baptism is just a ritual without a true HOLY GHOST baptism}: but there stands one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. Why is this certain person preferred before John the Baptist? John the Baptist the forerunner of Christ answers this question in Matthew 3:11 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. But, He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. This and not creed is what folks need to be truly converted. They need a HOLY GHOST baptism!!! And, I’m not talking about speaking in tongues (1 Corinthians 13:1)! It’s all meaningless without THE HOLY GHOST (1 John 4:7-
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Jesus told a Pharisee whose creed was that of a Jew in John 3:3 - Except a man be born again, he cannot {by and through faith} see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus being natural minded thought He was speaking of something physical. Nicodemus replied in John 3:4 - How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Doesn’t this sound foolish? But when you’re natural minded what else can be expected. 1 Corinthians 2:14 says - But the natural man {this is talking about the natural or carnal minded man who puts so much trust in his five senses or what he know naturally (Jude 1:10)} receives not {cannot receive} the things of the Spirit of God {in that natural state, he can’t receive the things or the insight of God but needs to be born again (spiritually make contact with God through rebirth St John 3:3) to receive the things of God by and through spiritual discernment (THE FAITH OF CHRIST St John 6:63)}: for they are foolishness unto him {most people simply go on what they can see, taste, and touch (Jude 1:10) and there’s a whole other world out here. Gross ignorance is not bliss. What you can’t see through physical sight (discernment) or don’t know can hurt you}: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned {the knowledge and insight of God comes through the Revelations of Christ’s HOLY SPIRIT(John 16:13)}. You need faith which is spiritual discernment or spiritual sensitivity. The five senses which are our physical senses just don’t hack it when relating to the true and living ONE. John 4:24 says - God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. He leads, guides, and directs you through your heart (spirit) which first has to be regenerated. Proverbs 20:27 - The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD. Creed, rite, and ritual just doesn’t hack it when it comes to being led by God’s Holy Spirit. Those things may look good but are largely pretentious (Hebrews 9:9-10).
Anyway, I know I went way off on a tangent. Jesus simply stated in John 3:5-6 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water {a mother’s water into the physical, even Christ had to come this way but through a virgin} and of the Spirit {from above}, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. True Christendom doesn’t have a creed. Galatians 5:5 says - For we through the Spirit {not through a creed} wait for the hope of righteousness by faith {the faith of Christ, true spiritual discernment}. True Christendom has a head. Colossians 1:18 says - And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Alleluia!!! And in His love!
Sincerely,
Bradigans