Rev 1: 4 - 6: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the Holy Spirit before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now and shall be forever. Amen
Prayer;
Eternal God. Your self-disclosure in Jesus Christ and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit reveal you as God our Father, as God the Son and God the Spirit. Heavenly Lord you at the same time are transcendent over the world, acting in history, and present in the world. Lord, your revelation in history discloses who God truly and inherently is, for what you reveal is true. The only truth we know is the revelation of the one true and living God, who alone is to be worshipped and adored.
Father, when you speak, Christ is the Word that is spoken. In your Son dwells the fullness of God. Through Christ, Father you made all things, you reconcile us with yourself and save us from sin and death. Your Spirit is the Spirit of God eternally proceeding from you, Father, through the Son, working in and through the Son, who sends the Spirit into the world to give life, renew, sanctify and guide.
Father, we know you by the Son through the Spirit, and no one comes to you, Father, except through the Son and in the Spirit. We cannot come to Christ and confess him as Lord unless we are drawn by the Father and moved by the Spirit.
Amen.
(Adapted from the Confession of Faith of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa)
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