Creed

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 I believe in God the Father - maker of heaven and earth
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 And in Jesus Christ His only Son
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 I believe in the virgin birth
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 I believe in the Man of Sorrows bruised for iniquities
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 I believe in the Lamb who was crucified and hung between two thieves

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 I believe in the resurrection on the third and glorious day
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 And I believe in the empty tomb and the stone that the angel rolled away
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 He descended and set the captives free
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 And now He sits at God's right hand and prepares a place for me

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 This is my creed - the witness I have heard
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 The faith that has endured
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 This truth is assured
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 Through the darkest ages past
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 Though persecuted, it will last
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 And I will hold steadfast to this creed

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 I believe He sent His Spirit to comfort and to reveal
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 To lead us into the truth and light, to baptize and to seal
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 I believe that He will come back the way He went away
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 And receive us all unto Himself, but no man knows the day

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 I believe He is the Judge of all men, small and great
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 The resurrected souls of men receive from Him their fate
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 Some to death and some to life, some to their reward
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 Some to sing eternal praise forever to our Lord

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 And Through the darkest ages past...
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 Though persecuted, it will last
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 And I will hold steadfast to this creed        This Creed