The Characteristics of Christians, Our confession of faith. (Part One)

 The Characteristics of Christians, Our confession of faith. (Part One)


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We would like to present our confession of faith project in the near future. We ask the brothers to comment on it.

Last modified: 2026. 06. 02.
The study began to be written: 2026. 04. 16.

The Characteristics of Christians, Our confession of faith.

The members of the true confession of faith are called Christians, which means followers of Christ. The disciples of Jesus were first called Christians in Antioch.

Acts 11:26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that for a whole year they were gathered together with them in the assembly, and taught a great multitude: and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians by divine providence.

Please send it on. It is not yet final, we are studying it, analyzing it and then finalizing it.

We will publish the draft of the confession of faith in parts.
Thank you for your understanding.

Greetings with Christian love,
with verses from John 3:16,35,36.

The characteristics of Christians, our confession of faith.

Part One

We love one another and we love our neighbors.

John 13:34,35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

We help people to know God.

1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Exodus 6:3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I did not make myself known to them by my name, Jehovah.

The name of God is important in the New Testament too

Matthew 6:9 ''hallowed be thy name...''

In the ancient Hebrew manuscripts, only consonants were used, and the name of God was written with the letters Yhvh. We do not know the exact pronunciation of the ancient Hebrew, but this is no reason not to use the native dialects. The most common form of the name of God in English is Jehovah or Jahveh. For example, the name Jesus is used by every people in their own dialect (Isa, Iesus, Gesu, Jesus, Iisus, Isus, etc.), but in Hebrew it was presumably Jesú. According to today's academic source, in the first century B.C. there was already an example of the Aramaic name Yeshua being transliterated as Iesus. Thus, when Paul and the evangelists refer to Jesus – Yeshu/a –, they use the already established Greek equivalent, the name Iesus, with an “s” sound at the end.

We acknowledge that there is only one God. We worship only one God.

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel! Jehovah is our God. There is only one, Jehovah.

1 Corinthians 8:6 For to us there is in fact only one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom are all things; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and for whom we exist.

The first and most important commandment of Christians is closely related to the belief in one God.

Mark 12:28-31 Then one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: Jehovah is our God. He alone, Jehova. You shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

We believe that eternal life is to know God and Jesus Christ.

John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

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