Apostles Creed 4 - who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.

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THE APOSTLES’ CREED WILL HELP US WITH:

1. Symmetry—a robust understanding of the God of the Bible

2. Clarity—who God is

3. Community—whom we belong to and whom we are with

4. Counsel—to ourselves and to others

READ EXODUS 40:34-38.

*In the Old Testament the glory of the Lord was seen as a cloud that rested on the tabernacle, the portable temple of God’s people, the place where they worshiped God. This visible representation of the glory of the Lord was called the shekinah. In Ezekiel 10 the prophet Ezekiel saw the glory of the Lord, the shekinah, leave the temple, but Ezekiel also had a vision of God’s glory returning to a new temple, recorded in Ezekiel 43:1-5.

READ LUKE 1:35.

The Bible says the Holy Spirit would “overshadow” Mary to enable her to conceive a son. In the Greek translation of the Old Testament, the same word for overshadow is used to describe the cloud of God’s glory in Exodus 40:35, where the Bible says, “Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD [shekinah] filled the tabernacle.”

Luke connected the shekinah glory of God to the conception of Jesus. His overwhelmingly glorious presence in the tabernacle and the temple now manifested itself through Mary as she conceived, carried, and gave birth to her firstborn child, the only Son of God.

What do you think would be lost if the creed said “born of the virgin Mary?” without saying “conceived by the Holy Spirit”?

*Excerpt From: Matt Chandler. “The Apostles' Creed - Bible Study Book.” Apple Books. https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-apostles-creed-bible-study-book/id1222607689

For Further Study: 

Matt Chandler. The Apostles' Creed reading plan: https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/11335-the-apostles-creed-12-day-plan

The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger https://www.christianbook.com/christmas-journalist-investigates-identity-child-manger/lee-strobel/9780310340591/pd/340591?event=AFF&p=1011693&

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I believe in God, the Father almighty,

      creator of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

      who was conceived by the Holy Spirit

      and born of the virgin Mary.

      He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

      was crucified, died, and was buried;

      he descended to hell.

      The third day he rose again from the dead.

      He ascended to heaven

      and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.

      From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

      the holy catholic* church,

      the communion of saints,

      the forgiveness of sins,

      the resurrection of the body,

      and the life everlasting. Amen.

*that is, the true Christian church of all times and all places