And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day He rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
The testimony of the prophets is unanimous. Only God can create, only God can save and redeem. 'I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to grave images' (Isaiah 42:8); 'there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else' (Isaiah 46:2, 22). Yet the New Testament invites us to look to Jesus as the Savior, and to call upon Him for salvation (Romans 10:13 et alia). The psalmist urges Israel to 'trust in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption; And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins' (Psalm 130:7, 8). Yet St Matthew testifies that Mary's Son was named Jesus (the Greek form of Joshua, or 'savior'), 'because he shall save his people from their sins'. Only God saves, but salvation comes through Jesus: therefore Jesus is God. Faith in God is faith not only in the Father, but also in the incarnate Son.
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