Introduction When we began to study the Nicene Creed together on Wednesday evenings, I explained that the Council of Nicaea met in the year 325 -- which was 1700 years ago last year -- and produced the Creed of Nicaea. That Creed of Nicaea was further developed in 381 and became what we now know … Continue reading And was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man →

Introduction The Nicene Creed is divided into three parts. The first part is about God the Father Almighty: his divine being and his work. The second part is about the Lord Jesus Christ: his divine being and his work. The third part is about the Holy Spirit: his divine being and his work. So far … Continue reading Who, for us and for our salvation, came down from heaven →

Introduction For the last few weeks, as we've gone through what the Creed says about the Lord Jesus, the focus has been on who he is eternally. So, he's the Only Begotten Son who is begotten of the Father before all ages. And he's God from God and he's Light from Light and he's true … Continue reading Through whom all things came to be →

Introduction In our studies in the Nicene Creed, we've come to the lines where it says about the Lord Jesus that he is 'Begotten, not made, having the same being as the Father.' I'm not going to say much this evening about the first part -- that he's begotten and not made -- because we're … Continue reading Begotten, not made, having the same being as the Father →

Introduction We're in that part of the Nicene Creed which is about the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Son of God. And we're thinking in particular about his relationship to God the Father and who he is eternally. So, we're not yet thinking about God's work of redemption and how he came to earth … Continue reading God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God →

Introduction We're in that part of the Nicene Creed which is about the Lord Jesus Christ who is God the Son, the second person of the Blessed Trinity. And last week we were thinking about how he is the Lord, which means he is God. And he is Jesus, which means 'the Lord saves'. And … Continue reading The Only-Begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages →

Introduction We're working our way through the Nicene Creed and we've finished the first part where we confess our faith in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. When we say the Creed, we're confessing and proclaiming that there's only one God and not … Continue reading One Lord Jesus Christ →

Introduction Last week we spent our time on the first line of the Nicene Creed, where we confess our faith in one God, the Father Almighty. We thought about how there's only one God and not many gods. And we thought about how he's the Father. But since the word 'Father' is relational and always … Continue reading Maker of heaven and earth →

Introduction We began a series on the Nicene Creed last Wednesday when we thought a little about the historical background to the Creed. I also explained that creeds are biblical in two senses. Firstly, the Bible contains creed-like statements and Paul refers in 2 Timothy to a pattern of sound teaching which was entrusted to … Continue reading One God, the Father Almighty →

I made use of Reformed Catholicity by Michael Allen and Scott R. Swain and 'Confession and Confessions' in Confessing God: Essays in Christian Dogmatics II by John Webster. Historical background We're beginning a series on the Nicene Creed this evening. The Council of Nicaea met 1700 years ago in 325 AD and produced the Creed … Continue reading Introduction to the Nicene Creed →