Chapter I: CONCERNING GOD

CONCERNING GOD

We believe in God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, one holy, divine Trinity, three Persons and one single, eternal, almighty God, in essence and substance, and not three gods. We also believe that God has created all things by His eternal Word, that is, by His only-begotten Son, and preserves and strengthens all things by His Spirit, that is, by His power; and therefore, God sustains and governs all things as He created them. Hence we confess that before He created the world God elected all those upon whom He willed to bestow the inheritance of eternal salvation.

Scripture: Genesis 1:1; John 1:14; 1 Chronicles 29:11-12; Acts 2:23 · Romans 8:28; Romans 9:6; Romans 11:5; Ephesians 1:4