The Apostles’
Creed Lent Course 2012
Study 1: “I
believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.”
Some Bible verses
“I believe”
James 2:19 – “You believe that there is one
God. Good! Even the demons believe that - and shudder”)
James 2:26 - “Faith without deeds is dead”
“God the Father”
Malachi 2:10 – “Have we not all one
Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our
fathers by breaking faith with one another?”
Acts 17:28 – “`For in him we live and move and
have our being.' As some of your own poets have said,`We are his offspring.'”
John 1:12-13 – “Yet to all who
received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become
children of God - children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision
or a husband's will, but born of God.”
Ephesians 3:14-15 – “For
this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and
on earth derives its name.”
Matthew 5:43-48 - "You have heard
that it was said,`Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' 44 But I
tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the
evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46
If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax
collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what
are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be
perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
Matthew 6:8 – “Do not be like them, for your
Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
Matthew 7:9 -11 - "Which of you, if his
son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a
fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil,
know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”
Hebrews 12:5-10 – “And you have
forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son,
do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he
rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he
punishes everyone he accepts as a son." 7 Endure hardship as
discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his
father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes
discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9
Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected
them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and
live! 10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they
thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his
holiness.”
“almighty”
Psalm 135:6 – “The LORD does
whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all
their depths.”
Luke 1:37 – “For nothing is impossible with
God."
Titus 1:2 – “God, who cannot lie”
Romans 13:1-2 – “Everyone must submit
himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that
which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by
God. 2 Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is
rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring
judgment on themselves.”
“creator of heaven and earth”
Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1-2 and John 1:1-3
Refrain in Genesis 1:9, 12, 18, 21, 25
– “And God saw that it was good” - Genesis 1:31 – “God saw all that he had made, and
it was very good.”
1 Timothy 4:4 - For everything God
created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with
thanksgiving”
Genesis 1:26-28 - Then God said,
"Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the
fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the
earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male
and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them,
"Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living
creature that moves on the ground."
Psalm 19:1-6 – “The heavens declare
the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day
after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. 3
There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their
voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the
heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, 5 which is like a
bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his
course. 6 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit
to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.”
Romans 1:20 – “For since the
creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine
nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so
that men are without excuse.”
Revelation 4:11 – “You are worthy, our
Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all
things, and by your will they were created and have their being."
Psalm 33
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