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Sermon: Apostle’s Creed Week Five - I Believe in Forgiveness of Sins, Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting

Sermon: Apostle’s Creed Week Five - I Believe in Forgiveness of Sins, Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting

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 Sermon Date: 02/08/2026 Bible Verses: Various Speaker: Rev. Timothy "Tim" Shapley Theme: https://uppbeat.io/t/northwestern/a-new Introduction: Belief That Carries Us All the Way The Apostles’ Creed ends the way it does on purpose. It does not finish with the Church. It does not finish with duty. It does not finish with effort. It finishes with hope. Scripture reminds us why: “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) The Creed walks us from who God is, to what Christ has done, to where history is going—and then it says one final word: Amen. Which means: This is true. This is sure. This is what we stand on. Point One: I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins This is where belief gets honest. Scripture does not deny sin—it exposes it: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Christianity is the only faith that does not pretend we are fine. It begins with a confession: we are sinners. But it does not leave us there. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses.” (Ephesians 1:7) “He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree.” (1 Peter 2:24) To say “I believe in the forgiveness of sins” is to confess two things at once: I am guilty.God is merciful. Forgiveness is not denial. It is not minimizing sin. It is not pretending the past didn’t happen. Forgiveness is sin taken seriously—and dealt with completely. “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1) Jesus did not forgive sins by ignoring them. He forgave them by bearing them. The cross tells us this: Sin matters.Justice matters.Grace is costly. And forgiveness is not partial. It is not temporary. It is not probationary. In Christ: Sin is canceled, not covered.Guilt is removed, not managed.Shame is broken, not recycled. To believe in forgiveness is to stop trying to outrun your past—and to stop letting it define your future. “As far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us.” (Psalm 103:12) ✦ Forgiveness is not earned by remorse—it is received by faith. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us.” (1 John 1:9) ✦ The gospel does not say “do better.” It says “it is finished.” Point Two: I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body The Creed now lifts our eyes beyond forgiveness into restoration. Notice what it does not say: Not “the survival of the soul”Not “a spiritual continuation”But “the resurrection of the body” Christian hope is not escape from creation—it is the renewal of creation. “The dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.” (1 Corinthians 15:52) Jesus Himself promises: “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live.” (John 11:25) Jesus did not rise as a ghost. He rose in a body. Scarred, recognizable, glorified. This resurrection is bodily, not symbolic: “He will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body.” (Philippians 3:21) And Scripture insists that what happened to Him will happen to us. Creation itself is waiting for this moment: “The creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption.” (Romans 8:21) Resurrection means: Death is not the end.Bodies matter.Creation will be healed, not discarded. This corrects two lies: That our bodies are meaningless shellsThat death is a natural or final answer Death is an intruder. Resurrection is God’s answer. ✦ What Christ redeemed, He will raise. Christian belief does not say, “This life is all there is.” It says, “This life is not all there is—and it matters forever.” What Christ redeemed, He will raise. “Because I live, you also will live.” (John 14:19) Point Three: I Believe in the Life Everlasting The Creed now reaches its horizon. Not just survival. Not just continuation. Life everlasting. This is not endless time. This is endless life with God. Life everlasting is not boredom in the clouds. It is not floating existence. It is not abstraction. Jesus defines eternal life this way: “This is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” (John 17:3) It is: God with His peopleSin finally goneDeath finally defeatedJoy finally unhindered Eternal life is not earned. It is given. And it begins now—not later. Scripture promises its certainty: “Whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life.” (John 5:24) And its joy: “In Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11) It is not fragile or temporary: “An inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading.” (1 Peter 1:4) And it is secure: “They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand.” (John 10:28) Those who belong to Christ already possess eternal life in promise, and one day will possess it in ...
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