Jesus is God and the redeemer
Scripture References:
Genesis 1:1, 31 – “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.”
Psalm 145:9 – “The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.”
Hebrews 1:3 – “[The Son] upholds the universe by the word of his power.”
Genesis 3:15 – Protoevangelium: “He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
Romans 5:12–21 – Through one man came death, but through Christ came life.
Ephesians 1:9–10 – God’s mystery: “to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.”
Romans 8:18–23 – “Creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption…”
Colossians 1:19–20 – “Through him to reconcile all things to himself… by making peace through the blood of the cross.”
Revelation 21:3–5 – “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man… Behold, I am making all things new.”
Creed and Confession references from PCUSA:
Confession of 1967
§9.15–9.16 – “God has created the world of space and time… In his sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in his image…”
§9.17 – “[Humanity] has become involved in the sin of Adam… God’s good creation has been corrupted…”
§9.19 – “God’s redeeming work in Jesus Christ embraces the whole of man’s life: social and cultural, economic and political, scientific and technological, individual and corporate.”
A Brief Statement of Faith (1983)
“We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father… In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image, male and female, of every race and people, to live as one community.”
“But we rebel against God; we hide from our Creator. Ignoring God’s commandments… we deserve God’s condemnation. Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation.”
Westminster Confession of Faith (1647)
Chapter 6.1–6.6 – On the Fall and God’s plan of redemption.
Chapter 8.1 – “It pleased God… to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus… to be the Mediator… to reconcile him to God…”
Second Helvetic Confession (1566)
Chapter 8 – On man’s fall and the restoration of man through Christ
Genesis 1:1, 31 – “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.”
Psalm 145:9 – “The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.”
Hebrews 1:3 – “[The Son] upholds the universe by the word of his power.”
Genesis 3:15 – Protoevangelium: “He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
Romans 5:12–21 – Through one man came death, but through Christ came life.
Ephesians 1:9–10 – God’s mystery: “to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.”
Romans 8:18–23 – “Creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption…”
Colossians 1:19–20 – “Through him to reconcile all things to himself… by making peace through the blood of the cross.”
Revelation 21:3–5 – “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man… Behold, I am making all things new.”
Creed and Confession references from PCUSA:
Confession of 1967
§9.15–9.16 – “God has created the world of space and time… In his sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in his image…”
§9.17 – “[Humanity] has become involved in the sin of Adam… God’s good creation has been corrupted…”
§9.19 – “God’s redeeming work in Jesus Christ embraces the whole of man’s life: social and cultural, economic and political, scientific and technological, individual and corporate.”
A Brief Statement of Faith (1983)
“We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father… In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image, male and female, of every race and people, to live as one community.”
“But we rebel against God; we hide from our Creator. Ignoring God’s commandments… we deserve God’s condemnation. Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation.”
Westminster Confession of Faith (1647)
Chapter 6.1–6.6 – On the Fall and God’s plan of redemption.
Chapter 8.1 – “It pleased God… to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus… to be the Mediator… to reconcile him to God…”
Second Helvetic Confession (1566)
Chapter 8 – On man’s fall and the restoration of man through Christ