AFFIRMING OUR FAITH (46 - 50)

AFFIRMING OUR FAITH (46) - Ascension
From 1 Peter 3

Let us confess our faith in Christ:

Christ died for sins
once for all,
the just for the unjust,
to bring us to God:
he was put to death in the body,
but made alive by the Spirit;
he has gone up on high,
and is at God's right hand,
ruling over angels and the powers of heaven. Amen.



AFFIRMING OUR FAITH (47) - Pentecost
From 1 John

We believe in God the Father,
who reveals his love to us in Christ.


We believe in God the Son,
who pours out God's Holy Spirit on us.


We believe in the Holy Spirit,
who teaches us God's truth.


We believe in one God:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.



AFFIRMING OUR FAITH (48)
From 1 John 5

We believe in Jesus Christ the Son of God,
and we have this truth in our hearts:
God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.


Whoever has the Son has life:
whoever does not have the Son of God
does not have life.


We believe that the Son of God has come:
he has given us wisdom
to know the true God. Amen.



AFFIRMING OUR FAITH (49)
From Revelation 1

Let us declare our faith in God:

We believe in God the Father;
the almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come.


We believe in God the Son,
Jesus Christ;
the faithful witness,
the firstborn from the dead,
the King of kings,
who loves us,
and has freed us from our sins by his blood.


We believe in God the Holy Spirit;
giver of many gifts,
proceeding from the throne on high.


We believe in one God;
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.



AFFIRMING OUR FAITH (50) - Easter
From Revelation 1

We believe in Jesus Christ, before whom we fall down and worship but need not be afraid:
He is the first the last, and the living One;
he has authority over death
and the world of the dead.


Christ who died:
now is alive
for ever and ever. Amen.