The Apostles Creed has 12 articles, which we are going to learn about in details, as we go through this creed, we should know that the creed is a journey the unpredictable path followed by Divine Love; it traces Gods plan in these successive moments so we need to have a greater devotion to it.
Article 1 of the creed states that;” I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”
I believe in God” is the first affirmation of the Apostles Creed and the most fundamental; all other articles of the creed depend on this. The whole creed speaks of God and when it also speaks of man and the world, it does so in relation to God. God is mystery, a mystery of faith.
“God alone is God transcends the World and history he made heaven and earth “They will perish, but you endure; they will all wear out like a garment …but you are the same and your years have no end (PS 102:26-27).
Who is this God in Him I Profess My Faith?
God is unique there is only one God as he revealed himself to Israel “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with your heart and with all your soul and with all your soul, and with all your might” (Duet 6;4-5)
God calls Israel and all nations to turn to him, the one and only God” Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is no other…. To me every knee shall bow every tongue shall swear. Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me are righteousness and strength “Isaih 45;22-24
God is always present out of God’s love for his people, he revealed his name in Exodus 3; 13-15, Moses asked God his name and he said IAm has sent me to you … this is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations “ God who reveals him self as the God who is always there present to his people in order to save them
God is merciful and gracious as he reveals himself in Ex 34; 9 “YHWH, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness” God’s very being is Truth and Love.
Despite the Faithless ness of humanity, our sins and the punishment we deserve God keeps “steadfast love for thousands’ (Ex 34; 7) God goes as far as giving up his own Son for us thus revealing he is rich in mercy” (Eph 2;4)
God alone is God transcends the world and history; he made heaven and earth; “They will perish but you endure they will all wear out like a garment… but you are the same and your years have no end (Ps 102;26-27). God is” He who is from the everlasting; and as such remains ever faithful to himself and to his promise.
The Church’s Tradition understood the divine name” I Am who Am” in this sense: God is the fullness of Being and of every perfection without origin and without end.
From eternity to eternity, you are God” (Ps 89;2) Nobody made God, He is uncreated, He exists, He lives. He is the source of all being, of all life and all creatures receive all that they are and have from him but he alone is his very being.
Let us end by reflecting on the late Pope Francis’s 2015 lent message “Each one of us has a place in God’s heart, He knows us by name, he cares for us and seeks us out whenever we turn away from him. He is interested in each of us; his love does not allow him to be indifferent to what happens to us… in each of our neighbors then we must see a brother or sister for whom Christ died and rose again Live a meaningful lent by reaching out to your neighbor who is in need.