More than half of the Nicene Creed is about Jesus. That’s no accident. The nature of Jesus was the question that brought the bishops to Nicaea in the year 325, and it’s a question people are still asking today.
In this message, Pastor Brent walks through what the creed says about the Son and why the church held so firmly to it. We look at the fight with Arius, who taught that Jesus was a created being, and at how John’s Gospel answers him. We ask what “begotten, not made” means, and how Jesus’ own words and actions show he shared the very being of the Father. Then we follow the creed from heaven to earth: “for us and for our salvation he came down.” What kind of God takes up residence among his people? What kind of God lays down his life for them?
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