Creed, Week Two

Published: Sept. 18, 2019, 4:57 p.m.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his handand marked off the heavens with a span,enclosed the dust of the earth in a measureand weighed the mountains in scalesand the hills in a balance? 13\xa0Who has measured\xa0the Spirit of the\xa0Lord,\xa0or what man shows him his counsel?14\xa0Whom did he consult,and who made him understand?Who taught him the path of justice,and taught him knowledge,and showed him the way of understanding? 15\xa0Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,and are accounted\xa0as the dust on the scales;behold, he takes up\xa0the coastlands like fine dust.16\xa0Lebanon would not suffice for fuel,nor are\xa0its beasts enough for a burnt offering.17\xa0All the nations are as nothing before him,they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. 18\xa0To whom then will you liken God,or what likeness compare with him?22\u2026It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; 23 who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness\u202625 To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? Says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of His might and because He is strong in power not one is missing. Isaiah 40:12-26 (ESV)

25\xa0\u201cTherefore I tell you,\xa0do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?\xa026\xa0Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.\xa0Are you not of more value than they?\xa0Matthew 6:25-26 (ESV)

The Apostle\u2019s Creed

"I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.\u201d

  1. A Mighty Creator
  2. A Merciful Father

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?\xa0And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.\xa030\xa0But\xa0even the hairs of your head are all numbered.\xa031\xa0Fear not, therefore;\xa0you are of more value than many sparrows.Matthew 10:29-31\xa0(ESV)

  1. A Benevolent Master

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u201cWhat shall we wear?\u2019 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:31-33 (ESV)