The testimony of the Old and New Testament of our Savior Jesus Christ agrees harmoniously. In contrast, in the catechism and many other theological textbooks we find recorded the statement of faith that was formulated by men. The Apostle John clearly stated, “Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” (1 Jn 4:2-3). On the subject of the confession to Christ, the Son, he got to the point and asked, “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ (= the Anointed One)? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” (1 Jn 2:22). The word “anti” means “against, contrary to, instead of.” It refers to the spirit of the antichrist, namely the spirit which operates in opposition to Christ, and the antichrist, who is under the influence of this wrong spirit. Every one of the teachings that is contrary to what the Spirit of God has proclaimed in the doctrine of Christ in the Bible is antichrist, is directed against Him, and separates us from God – from the tree of life (Rev 22:19).

When we heed the apostolic warning that every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ biblically, namely as the Son Who appeared in the flesh, is not of God, then the following question arises: What about all of those who confess the Son, Whose virgin birth was announced in Isa 7:14 and Who was born in Bethlehem as foretold in Mic 5:1, as a second eternal person of the Godhead, which is not found anywhere in the Bible? The Apostle John had to emphasize, “… every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist …” (1 Jn 4).

The formulations of the church creeds, as created in Nicaea in the year 325 and expanded in Constantinople in 381, do not correspond with the testimony as it has been left unto us in the Holy Scripture. For example, they speak of “… the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father.” The Son was supposedly born as God from the Father in heaven before time began, meaning in eternity? That is entirely wrong.

Therewith they cannot possibly mean Christ, the Son, the Anointed One. After all, the Holy Scripture says in Ps 2:7: “Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.” But eternity has no today and no tomorrow; it always was and always will be. The Angel Gabriel came from heaven and announced the birth of the Son on earth. He said to the virgin Mary, “And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS (Yahshua).” (Lk 1:31).

The creed “the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; the Father is eternal, the Son is eternal, and the Holy Spirit is eternal” is entirely unscriptural and ultimately antichrist. There is only One eternal God: “… even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” (Ps 90:2). The terms “God the Son” as well as “eternal Son” are not found in the Bible a single time, and neither is “God the Holy Spirit.” Therein it only speaks of the Son of God and of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not a third person but the Spirit of God, Who at the beginning moved upon the face of the waters (Gen 1:1) and is mentioned 378 times in the Bible as “Ruach YAHWEH” and was poured out upon the New Testament Church on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2). Only in the year 381 was the Holy Spirit declared to be the third person within the Godhead at the Council of Constantinople. The so-called “apostolic creed” is neither apostolic nor biblical. Only that which originates from the apostles can be apostolic, and only that which is written in the Bible is biblical: “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one LORD Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.” (1 Cor 8:6). The ONE God revealed Himself as LORD – the Father in the Son.

It is of no use to any church to emphasize in their creed the words from Eph 4:5, “One LORD, one faith, one baptism,” if a totally different LORD, a totally different faith, and a totally different baptism from the one in the Holy Scripture are being testified, taught, and practiced.

The theological dispute in the third Christian century only arose because the human mind tried to depict the Godhead, in an effort to comprehend it, and to explain the revelation of the Father in the Son, even though it is written: “… no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.” (Mt 11:25-27; Lk 10:21-22). Apostles and prophets never had discussions on the subject of the Godhead because what the LORD had said to Peter also applied to them: “… flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.” (Mt 16:16-19).

The true profession of faith of the one true Church, which itself is the pillar and foundation of truth (1 Tim 3:15), can only be found in the Bible. Only therein are we told who Jesus Christ, the Son of God, really is. The everlasting, biblical-apostolic profession of faith was defined by God Himself. After all, it is about the Redemption and eternal life: “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” (1 Jn 5:11-12).

It is an experience of salvation that everybody can make personally by His grace. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (Jn 1:12).

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” (1 Jn 5:20). Amen, yes, Amen!

For the true Church of Jesus Christ, which is no organization but a living organism, solely the biblical doctrines are valid as they are written in the Holy Scripture. In His Church, only that which was established in the everlasting Testament can be believed and taught, because nothing may be changed therein and nothing may be added thereto (Gal 3:15; Rev 22:18-21). “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” (Gal 1:8).

Whosever has received a direct divine calling like the original apostles Peter, John, James, and Paul can and will only stand up for God and God’s Word. Likewise, all those who are in the service of a church promote that which is believed, taught, and practiced there, such as, for instance, professions of faith and dogmas that were decided in councils and synods since the fourth Christian century. Even after the Reformation, all newly-founded Christian denominations determined their respective doctrines, which also did not always agree with those in the Bible. Presently, there are more than two billion devotees of Christianity worldwide, divided into the Catholic, the Orthodox, the Protestant, and the Anglican Church as well as a large number of various smaller churches.

The testimony of the Old and New Testament of our Savior Jesus Christ agrees harmoniously. In contrast, in the catechism and many other theological textbooks we find recorded the statement of faith that was formulated by men. The Apostle John clearly stated, “Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” (1 Jn 4:2-3). On the subject of the confession to Christ, the Son, he got to the point and asked, “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ (= the Anointed One)? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” (1 Jn 2:22). The word “anti” means “against, contrary to, instead of.” It refers to the spirit of the antichrist, namely the spirit which operates in opposition to Christ, and the antichrist, who is under the influence of this wrong spirit. Every one of the teachings that is contrary to what the Spirit of God has proclaimed in the doctrine of Christ in the Bible is antichrist, is directed against Him, and separates us from God – from the tree of life (Rev 22:19).

When we heed the apostolic warning that every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ biblically, namely as the Son Who appeared in the flesh, is not of God, then the following question arises: What about all of those who confess the Son, Whose virgin birth was announced in Isa 7:14 and Who was born in Bethlehem as foretold in Mic 5:1, as a second eternal person of the Godhead, which is not found anywhere in the Bible? The Apostle John had to emphasize, “… every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist …” (1 Jn 4).

The formulations of the church creeds, as created in Nicaea in the year 325 and expanded in Constantinople in 381, do not correspond with the testimony as it has been left unto us in the Holy Scripture. For example, they speak of “… the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father.” The Son was supposedly born as God from the Father in heaven before time began, meaning in eternity? That is entirely wrong.

Therewith they cannot possibly mean Christ, the Son, the Anointed One. After all, the Holy Scripture says in Ps 2:7: “Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.” But eternity has no today and no tomorrow; it always was and always will be. The Angel Gabriel came from heaven and announced the birth of the Son on earth. He said to the virgin Mary, “And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS (Yahshua).” (Lk 1:31).

The creed “the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; the Father is eternal, the Son is eternal, and the Holy Spirit is eternal” is entirely unscriptural and ultimately antichrist. There is only One eternal God: “… even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” (Ps 90:2). The terms “God the Son” as well as “eternal Son” are not found in the Bible a single time, and neither is “God the Holy Spirit.” Therein it only speaks of the Son of God and of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not a third person but the Spirit of God, Who at the beginning moved upon the face of the waters (Gen 1:1) and is mentioned 378 times in the Bible as “Ruach YAHWEH” and was poured out upon the New Testament Church on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2). Only in the year 381 was the Holy Spirit declared to be the third person within the Godhead at the Council of Constantinople. The so-called “apostolic creed” is neither apostolic nor biblical. Only that which originates from the apostles can be apostolic, and only that which is written in the Bible is biblical: *“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one LORD Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”* (1 Cor 8:6). The ONE God revealed Himself as LORD – the Father in the Son.

It is of no use to any church to emphasize in their creed the words from Eph 4:5, “One LORD, one faith, one baptism,” if a totally different LORD, a totally different faith, and a totally different baptism from the one in the Holy Scripture are being testified, taught, and practiced.

The theological dispute in the third Christian century only arose because the human mind tried to depict the Godhead, in an effort to comprehend it, and to explain the revelation of the Father in the Son, even though it is written: “… no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.” (Mt 11:25-27; Lk 10:21-22). Apostles and prophets never had discussions on the subject of the Godhead because what the LORD had said to Peter also applied to them: “… flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.” (Mt 16:16-19).

The true profession of faith of the one true Church, which itself is the pillar and foundation of truth (1 Tim 3:15), can only be found in the Bible. Only therein are we told who Jesus Christ, the Son of God, really is. The everlasting, biblical-apostolic profession of faith was defined by God Himself. After all, it is about the Redemption and eternal life: “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” (1 Jn 5:11-12).

It is an experience of salvation that everybody can make personally by His grace. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (Jn 1:12).

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” (1 Jn 5:20). Amen, yes, Amen!

For the true Church of Jesus Christ, which is no organization but a living organism, solely the biblical doctrines are valid as they are written in the Holy Scripture. In His Church, only that which was established in the everlasting Testament can be believed and taught, because nothing may be changed therein and nothing may be added thereto (Gal 3:15; Rev 22:18-21). “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” (Gal 1:8).

Whosever has received a direct divine calling like the original apostles Peter, John, James, and Paul can and will only stand up for God and God’s Word. Likewise, all those who are in the service of a church promote that which is believed, taught, and practiced there, such as, for instance, professions of faith and dogmas that were decided in councils and synods since the fourth Christian century. Even after the Reformation, all newly-founded Christian denominations determined their respective doctrines, which also did not always agree with those in the Bible. Presently, there are more than two billion devotees of Christianity worldwide, divided into the Catholic, the Orthodox, the Protestant, and the Anglican Church as well as a large number of various smaller churches.