The Apostles' Creed Quotes

“When I survey the wondrous Cross, On which the prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it Lord that I should boast Save in the death of Christ my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood. See from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down; Did e’re such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? His dying crimson like a robe, Spreads o’er his body on the tree; Then am I dead to all the globe, And all the globe is dead to me. Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, love so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.1”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“Christians through the centuries have confessed the faith of Jesus Christ—the faith Jesus taught his disciples, the faith the apostles taught the early church, the faith “once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). The Apostles’ Creed is just one treasured summary of the Christian faith, but it is the most commonly confessed doctrinal statement in Christian history. Martyrs have confessed this creed. It is named for the apostles because the creed can be traced back to the faith and doctrines the apostles received from Christ and taught to the church. It was honored by the Reformers and is found in and behind virtually every orthodox statement of Christian belief.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“He will essentially say to the sheep, “Come with me into my heaven.” He will say to the goats in effect, “Go into a hell of everlasting torment.” The judgment of Christ initiates a dual eternal destiny. All will inherit eternal life. Yet those who placed their faith in Christ will enter an eternal life of rest and joy. Those who did not come to the Savior will spend an eternity in the torment of hell. Both realities carry with them eternal sentences. It is vital that Christians read this creed as detailing both the joys of heaven and the dread of hell. Both are coming in that day of Christ.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“This truth protects us from the errors that plague so many churches that place an unbiblical emphasis on the Holy Spirit. The Spirit becomes the center of their faith. The Spirit consumes their thoughts as they try to arouse manifestations of the Spirit in their own lives and congregations. Jesus, however, reminded his disciples what the testimony the Spirit will bring: a testimony about Jesus, exalting Christ, and pointing us to the hope we have in union with him.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“This essential truth explains why we do not speak of the Holy Spirit with the same language and knowledge we do about the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit comes to bear witness and testify to the person and work of Christ. The Holy Spirit, therefore, exalts the Son and testifies to his accomplished work at Calvary. This amounts to an important reality check for churches across the world: Where you find the Spirit of God present, you do not find so much testimony about the Holy Spirit as you find a testimony about Christ. Where you find, therefore, a bold, biblical, urgent, accurate, enthusiastic, joyful, and life-changing testimony of Christ, you can rest assured that the Holy Spirit is vibrantly at work.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“This essential truth explains why we do not speak of the Holy Spirit with the same language and knowledge we do about the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit comes to bear witness and testify to the person and work of Christ. The Holy Spirit, therefore, exalts the Son and testifies to his accomplished work at Calvary. This amounts to an important reality check for churches across the world: Where you find the Spirit of God present, you do not find so much testimony about the Holy Spirit as you find a testimony about Christ. Where you find, therefore, a bold, biblical, urgent, accurate, enthusiastic, joyful, and life-changing testimony of Christ, you can rest assured that the Holy Spirit is vibrantly at work. This”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“A wonderful mystery surrounds this passage as Jesus revealed an order of authority in the Trinity. The order of authority in no way postulates a hierarchy of divinity and power within the Trinity. Each member of the Trinity is consubstantial, equal in divinity and power, very God of very God. The Bible, however, also presents us with the mystery of the triune God, a glorious mystery in which all in Christ will glory forever and ever. In these verses from John, Jesus revealed that the Spirit will come and not bear witness of himself, but of Christ.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“The Bible is very clear that on the last day Christ will separate the sheep from the goats. Christ’s sheep will go into everlasting blessedness in heaven, and the goats will suffer everlasting torment in hell. We are living in a day in which there are many people trying to “air-condition hell.” Even some evangelicals are attempting to minimize Scripture’s teaching on hell—suggesting that it is not eternal torment; merely the annihilation of existence. This idea, however, does not fit with the biblical text.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“To be human is to be a narrative creature. From the earliest days of our lives, we understand that every story worth telling or worth hearing has a beginning, middle, and end. So many of the stories we are told at a young age begin with “Once upon a time” and end with “They all lived happily ever after.” We crave resolution to our stories.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“The Promise The prophecy on the suffering Servant begins with a promise in Isaiah 52:13 (NASB): “Behold, My servant will prosper.” The entire mission of the suffering Servant begins with a promise direct from God himself. Because of God’s promise, the work of the suffering Servant will accomplish its purpose. It cannot fail. In Isaiah 52–53 God does not present a tentative proposal for his people. He thunders forth from the courts of heaven a promise for his covenant people. He promises a Servant who will save, and he promises the prosperity of his Servant’s work.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“The creed begins with telling us who God is as the Father Almighty and what he has done as Maker of heaven and earth. Scripture also begins with God as Creator, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). Right from the start, Genesis 1:1 establishes some central and essential truths about God. First, God is eternal, existing prior to creation. Second, God is infinite, not bound by the heavens and the earth. Third, God is omnipotent, speaking creation into existence. Finally, God is independent, not relying on anything in creation. These truths are taught in those first four words of Scripture, “In the beginning, God.” If we truly grasp this opening phrase of Scripture, the rest of our theological conviction will fall rightly into place. If we fail to truly understand these opening words, we may find ourselves on the quick road to idolatry.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“Regrettably, many theologians have used the doctrine of the fatherhood of God to misrepresent his character and promote heretical teaching regarding both God and his redemptive work. Nineteenth-century liberals were particularly guilty of this error, arguing that God’s fatherly love could be claimed by anyone, even those outside of Christ. As many historians have noted, many nineteenth-century liberals had only two principal doctrines: “The Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“The idea of a doctrineless Christianity stands at odds with the words of Christ, who revealed himself to the apostles in explicitly doctrinal terms. Jesus revealed himself in truth claims. He identified himself as the Son of Man and demonstrated his deity, even referring to himself as “I am” repeatedly in the gospel of John—bearing the name God had given himself from the burning bush as he spoke to Moses (Ex. 3:13–16). A doctrineless Christianity also stands in contradiction with what Christ commissioned his apostles to do—to make disciples of all nations and to teach them to obey all that Christ commanded (Matt. 28:18–20). This command requires doctrine.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“The Bible is our only sufficient source and unerring rule of faith, and the Christian reflex to turn to the Bible is always right. The Bible is without error, totally trustworthy, and true. It is the verbally inspired Word of God. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. When we read the New Testament, we find the faith handed down from Christ to the apostles, those who were taught by Christ himself. Any form of belief that does not agree with the teaching of Christ to the apostles is false—a religion that cannot save.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“All Christians believe more than is contained in the Apostles’ Creed, but none can believe less.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“True Christian unity is unity in the truth revealed by Christ, not unity at the expense of truth, as is becoming all too common.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

“But Christianity is not belief in belief. It is belief in a propositional truth: that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and savior of sinners.”
― R. Albert Mohler Jr., The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits