CONCERNING REDEMPTION.

=I believe in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived

by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius

Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the

third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and

sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from whence He

shall come to judge the quick and the dead.=

_That is_,

I believe that Jesus Christ is true God, begotten of the Father from

eternity; I also believe that He is true man, born of the Virgin Mary;

that He is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned sinner;

who has freed me from sin, from death, and from the power of Satan,

not with gold or silver but with His holy and precious blood and His

innocent death.

All this He has done that I might be His own, and that I might serve

Him in righteousness, innocence, and happiness, and live and reign

with Him in His kingdom forever, even as He arose from the dead, lives

and reigns through all eternity.

All this is certainly true.

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