Leader: What do you believe about the work of God?
Congregation: We believe that God-
who is perfectly merciful
and also very just-
Sent His Son to assume the nature
In which the disobedience had been committed,
In order to bear in it the punishment of sin
By His most bitter passion and death.
And what do you believe about the work of Jesus Christ?
We believe that Jesus Christ presented Himself
In our name before His Father,
To appease His wrath
With full satisfaction
By offering Himself
On the tree of the cross
And pouring out His precious blood
For the cleansing of our sins,
As the prophets had predicted.
Why did He endure all this?
He endured all this for the forgiveness of our sins
What comfort does this give you?
We find all comforts in His wounds
And have no need to seek or invent any other means
To reconcile ourselves with God
Than this one and only sacrifice,
Once made,
Which renders believers perfect forever.