Why the Nicene Creed Matters (And Why We’re Using It on Sundays) | Ash Wednesday Sermon
Why confess the Nicene Creed instead of the Apostles’ Creed?
On this Ash Wednesday, Pastor James Huenink begins a Lenten sermon series
on the theology and history of the Nicene Creed—why it was written in AD
325, what problem it was meant to solve, and why it still matters for
Christians today.
At the Council of Nicaea, the Church confronted the false teaching of
Arius, who claimed that Jesus was not truly God but a created being. The
bishops gathered to defend what Scripture teaches: that the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit are one God in three persons. Later, at the First Council
of Constantinople, the Church clarified the full divinity and personhood of
the Holy Spirit.
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Why Christianity Is Not a Rulebook (Jesus Fulfilled the Law)
What does it actually mean when Jesus says, “I have not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets, but to fulfill them”?
In this sermon, we hear Jesus speaking in the Sermon on the Mount as He calls His Church to be salt of the earth and light of the world—not by following a religious checklist, but by living in the freedom He has won for us.
Christ fulfilled the Law completely: the sacrifices, the ceremonies, the civil laws of Israel, and even the moral demands we could never meet. As St. Paul reminds us, the Law reveals our sin—but it cannot save us. Only Jesus can, and He has done it fully through His life, death, and resurrection.
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