ROUGHLY EDITED COPY CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY EDUCATION NETWORK CUENET LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS 2-14 DR. ROBERT KOLB CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY: CAPTION FIRST, INC. P.O. BOX 1024 LOMBARD, IL 60148 800-825-5234 *** THIS TEXT IS BEING PROVIDED IN A ROUGH DRAFT FORMAT. COMMUNICATION ACCESS REALTIME TRANSLATION (CART) IS PROVIDED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION ACCESSIBILITY AND MAY NOT BE A TOTALLY VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS. *** LC2-14 >> YOU SAID THAT LUTHER PLACED THE CREED SECOND IN HIS HANDBOOK SO WE WOULD KNOW WHAT GOD DOES FOR US. I SUPPOSE THAT MAKES SENSE. CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ABOUT GOD'S DEEDS? >>DR. ROBERT KOLB: THE CREED AS YOU LEARNED IN CONFESSIONS 1 COMES OUT OF THE EARLY CHURCH'S ATTEMPTS TO CATECHIZE, TO GIVE PUBLIC CONFESSION OF THE FAITH. TO REGULATE THE PUBLIC TEACHING OF THE FAITH. AND THE CREED GATHERS TOGETHER IN SNAPSHOT FORM PICTURES OF WHAT GOD DOES FOR US. THE CREED IS REALLY ORIENTED TO THE LORD TELLING US WHO THE LORD IS. FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. HE IS THE ONE WHO CREATES US, REDEEMS US, SANCTIFIES US. HE IS THE ONE IN WHOM WE MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. HE STANDS AT THE CENTER OF OUR LIVES. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN TALKING ABOUT GOD, PEOPLE ALSO TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES. WE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CREATED. WE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN REDEEMED. WE ARE THOSE WHO ARE BEING SANCTIFIED ON A DAILY BASIS. AND SO IN THE CREED WE, FIRST OF ALL, CONFESS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE TRINITY, ABOUT FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. AND ABOUT WHAT HE DOES IN OUR DAILY LIVES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE ALSO REFLECTING ON WHO THIS HUMAN CREATURE IS. WHO THIS HUMAN CREATURE IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE GOD WE TRUST. *** THIS TEXT IS BEING PROVIDED IN A ROUGH DRAFT FORMAT. COMMUNICATION ACCESS REALTIME TRANSLATION (CART) IS PROVIDED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION ACCESSIBILITY AND MAY NOT BE A TOTALLY VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS. ***