The Everlasting Covenant
The Confession of Faith
Christ is the life. He is present in every man, in order that we may live in harmony with the Word of God. If man does not recognize His presence, he is “like the beasts that perish.” 2 But if he confesses Christ, that is, if he confesses that “Christ is come in the flesh” (1 John 4:2),—and no man can confess what is not true, and what he does not know to be true,—and believes in his heart that God has raised Him from the dead, then he experiences the resurrection power of Christ, awakening him to a new life. Then he finds Christ not merely physical life to him, but spiritual life. He passes from death to life indeed, and knows the power of an endless life working in him. So long as he holds fast his confession of faith, “in him verily is the love of God perfected.” EVCO 249.1