As we develop the theme of “simply Christian” we resume with the Apostle’s Creed in establishing the belief in God the Father in the last blog to extending our belief to Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son. It is such a basic understanding of Christianity one would not think that it would need to be a part of our discussion. Jesus Christ is a name that would have a level of familiarity among those who believe as well as those who do not. It is not the name recognition that determines faith but what we believe about Jesus. That is what the rest of the Apostle’s Creed addresses. Just to believe that he walked the earth around 2000 years and was a great teacher does not go nearly far enough.
The first thing that tells us something that we need to believe about Jesus is that He is God’s only begotten son. He is begotten in that He comes directly from the Father in the form of His Son. There is more to the story. He is the only begotten Son of the Father. There is none other that has this relationship to God the Father. I am not trying to be over exclusive about Christianity as to how the world will be judged, but there is no one other than Jesus Christ the Son of God in whom we can call Lord. I will continue with the idea of “Lord” in the next blog.