- Chapters: - [[2 Corinthians 13]]:5-14 # Minutes - Summer gatherings book: [[12 Things God Can't Do]] by Nick Tucker ## Four tips on greeting 1. Someone alone is an **emergency** 2. Say Hello 3. If you don't know something, go to the connect corner ("I don't know, let's find out *together*") 4. Join the family: allsouls.org/hello # Apostolic Creed - Coming from [[South Sudan]], [[Justin Badi Arama]] was pleasantly surprised to see the church is beside [[BBC]], commonly held to be truth-telling news in [[Africa]] - Three creeds historically: - [[Athanasian Creed]] - Obsoleted by the next two - [[Apostles' Creed]] (Apostolic) - Personal -- express faith individually before baptism and confimration - [[Nicene creed]] ## What does "Apostolic" faith mean? - Christian system of belief that seeks to return to the faith and teachings of the [[Apostle]]s of [[Jesus]] as recorded in the [[New Testament]] - In the text, everybody was in the church, but their teachings and knowledge were quite diverse and different. - In verse 5, [[Paul]] makes a strong call to "examine yourselves!" And test whether they are truly in the faith - So we are to examine ourselves and see if our believes are indeed governed by the scriptures, rather than our personal likes and dislikes - Verse 11: You are to be joyful when in [[Christ]]. Even with all sorts of worldly challenges, there can be joy found in [[Christ]] - We should be a church that transforms the life around us - [[Paul]] concludes his words with a trinitarian blessing - We should continue to be a church that prioritizes apostolic teaching above anything else, and that each member can go out and transform the world, or [[London]], with the gospel truth