Affirming the Apostles Creed: “And in Jesus Christ” Pt.4 The Divine Lord Jesus, who is the Christ (says the Creed), is God’s only Son. This identifies the person Mary carried as the second person of the eternal Trinity, the Word who was the Father’s agent in making the world and sustaining it right up to the present (John 1:1–4; Colossians 1:13–20; Hebrews 1:1–3). Staggering? Yes, certainly, but this identification is the heart of Christianity. Which is why other world religions, philosophies and atheists struggle with the absolute and definitive essence of this faith. “The word of God became a human being and lived among us” (John 1:14, Phillips). “Our Lord”, a title of sovereign authority, right and ownership squarely confronts and challenges the reader and hearer of this Creed. If Jesus is God the Son, our co-creator, and is also Christ, the anointed savior-king, now risen from death and reigning (sitting, as the Creed puts it, “on the right hand of God the Father almighty,” in the place of authority and power), then he has a right to rule us, and we have no right to resist his claim. As he challenged the rule of law in this world, during His earthly ministry invaded space and time 2,000 years ago, so he continues to invade our personal space and time today, with the same purpose of love and redemption that first brought him to earth. “Come, follow me” was his word then, and it is so still. Is He your Lord? For all who say the Creed, this question is inescapable; how can you say “our Lord” in church till you have first said “my Lord” in your heart? In Christ - JOSHUA
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