This sermon deals with the correct use of doctrinal creeds in the church. The overview of the sermon is as follows:
Review of the need for creeds. Every Christian and every church has a creed, whether written down or not. Madness of pretending Church history does not exist. Then:- 1. Creeds in the Government of the Church. Those governing the Church must have substantial agreement on doctrine, church government and worship; consistency of subscribing a creed with belief in the sole infallibility of Scripture; subscription without mental reserve is the only honest subscription; appeal to an existing agreed creed is legitimate in church courts. Example of Westminster Confession. 2. Use of Creeds in Public Teaching. All public preaching must go back to Scripture itself. Creeds for clarification and summary. Westminster Confession to be studied after the manner of the Bereans in Acts 17:11.
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