1 Timothy 3:14-16
The Community of the Church (vv. 14-15)
- The house of God
- The pillar and ground of Truth
The Creed of the Church (v. 16)
- Incarnation
- Justification
- Exaltation
- Proclamation
- Reception
- Ascension
More to Consider
The early dates of the NT creeds prove that the historical information surrounding Jesus’s resurrection is accurate.
After all, this early creed covers the essentials of the Christian faith:
Confirming Jesus’s death and burial
Verifying the resurrection
Validating Christ’s post-resurrection appearances.
And in one of those appearances, more than 500 people saw him (1 Cor. 15:6)!
The creed proves these facts were common knowledge. And they originated within a few short years of the time they happened.
Why is that important?
First, legends could not have developed because of the brief time span!
Second, eyewitnesses were still alive to refute the claims if they were lying about Jesus’s resurrection! https://binmin.org/early-christian-creeds/
While studying in the Holy Lands, a seminary professor of mine met a man who claimed to have memorized the Old Testament--in Hebrew! Needless to say, the astonished professor asked for a demonstration. A few days late they sat together in the man's home. "Where shall we begin?" asked the man. "Psalm 1," replied my professor, who was an avid student of the psalms. Beginning with Psalm 1:1, the man began to recite from memory, while my professor followed along in his Hebrew Bible. For two hours the man continued word for word without a mistake as the professor sat in stunned silence. When the demonstration was over, my professor discovered something even more astonishing about the man--he was an atheist! Here was someone who knew the Scriptures better than most Christians ever will, and yet he didn't even believe in God. Jack Kuhatschek, Taking The Guesswork Out of Applying The Bible, IVP, 1991, p. 16.
