1. What is the Christian faith?
e Christian faith is the confession that Jesus Christ is the
world's only Savior and Redeemer.
1 John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
Me."
2 Acts 4:12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no
other name under heaven given among men by which we
must be saved.
3 1 John 5:11–12 This is the testimony, that God gave us
eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the
Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does
not have life.
Note: Christianity was first called "the Way" (Acts 9:2; 24:14,
22). e term Christian was first used at Antioch (Acts 11:26).
is question speaks of the content of the faith that we confess as
Christians. Later, we describe the faith by which each individual
Christian trusts in Jesus.
2. Who is Jesus Christ?
Jesus is true God and true man in one person. He is the eternal
Son of the Father, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the
Virgin Mary to be our Savior and Lord. is God who became
43
i
n
troducti
o
n
Luther's Small Catechism with Explanation ©2017 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved.
SAMPLE
