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'It is by believing with the heart that you\u003Cbr>\nare justified and by confessing with your lips that you are saved.' Saint Paul. From Romans 10.\u003Cbr>\nEvery Sunday the Christians of many churches assemble and every Sunday we all say the 'Our Father'\u003Cbr>\nand the credo, confession of our faith. But both have become so familiar that we no longer think about\u003Cbr>\nwhat we're saying and the our Father comes out like bullets from a firing squad while the credo tumbles\u003Cbr>\nfrom our mouths, as we push on, hell bent on reaching the end. Is there any justification, any redemption\u003Cbr>\nin that ? Perhaps we need to take a fresh look at these two important texts.\u003Cbr>\nLet's begin with the first word of each : 'Our Father...' and 'I believe...'\u003Cbr>\nThe Apostles creed, the oldest of the credos, is in the first person. The Nicene creed is often written in the\u003Cbr>\nplural,'we', but let's stick with the oldest tradition, the 'I believe ...' Who are we addressing here ? We are\u003Cbr>\nspeaking as separate individuals, but we are in unison to confront the other. And who is the other ?\u003Cbr>\nPerhaps its the doubting part of ourselves, or one another, those who are questioning us, perhaps\u003Cbr>\nchallenging us ? Or perhaps its the devil. Dare we openly declare our faith ? Together, perhaps. The early\u003Cbr>\nchurch is challenged on all fronts. It needs to define itself, to have something clear to hold onto, making\u003Cbr>\nall those individuals, all with their own ideas into one. The credo is of this world and this time and it\u003Cbr>\ncarries the bricks and mortar with which to build the Church, the future kingdom, the promise of universal\u003Cbr>\nbrotherhood. But the tone of our confession is tense. It's fighting talk\u003Cbr>\nNow let's turn to the Our Father – who is it speaking to ? The ultimate other, the Father in heaven. We\u003Cbr>\nhave been lifted out of this world. And who is speaking ? We are. We are speaking as one being, a\u003Cbr>\nuniversal brotherhood praying for the kingdom to come. And it's very close, because, that 'Our' includes\u003Cbr>\nJesus. We are saying his words, with him. He is our brother, and through him we can approach the Father\u003Cbr>\nwith confidence. He it is who lifts us up into the future kingdom to pray to our Father. Through him, we\u003Cbr>\nare already in eschatalogical time.\u003Cbr>\nWhile the Apostles creed is packed with detailed information, (the Nicene creed even more so), the Our\u003Cbr>\nFather is simplicity itself. And yet, it says everything. And the tone is different. Relaxed and confident,\u003Cbr>\nwe look to the future and the coming of the children of God when all creation will be delivered from its\u003Cbr>\nslavery to corruption. 'For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.'\u003Cbr>\nThe heart has only to believe, the lips have only to confess, meaning by that the message of faith that we\u003Cbr>\npreach, that Jesus is Lord and that God raised him from the dead. 'It is by believing with the heart that you\u003Cbr>\nare justified and by confessing with your lips that you are saved.'\u003Cbr>\nThese two great texts, the Our Father and the credo, speak from different perspectives ; The Our Father\u003Cbr>\nbelieves, the credo confesses. In the one, we are already justified, in the other we are saved. Think about\u003Cbr>\nthat, next Sunday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n"]