[29-10] Can one become a follower of the Lord while believing in the Nicene Creed? (John 8:3-12)

 

 

 

         

         The passage from John 8:3 to 12 tells us that Jesus became the Lord who solved the sins of sinners through the ‘gospel of the water and the Spirit.’
This incident is a passage that shows the sin of a woman caught in adultery was solved through the baptism Jesus received from John.

         When Jesus came again from the Mount of Olives to the temple, the people came to Him and heard His word.
At that time, the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in the very act of adultery, made her stand before Jesus, and spoke words to test Him.
“Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” (John 8:5).
Through this incident, they sought to test Jesus and obtain grounds to accuse Him.

         This scene shows that human righteousness helplessly collapses before the Law, leaving one with no choice but to become a sinner and be placed under the judgment of sin.
The Law reveals a person’s sin, but it cannot eliminate that sin.
By standing before the judgment seat of the Law, the adulterous woman could realize that she was a sinner.
Because the wages of sin is death, no one can escape the judgment of their own sin.

         At that time, Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with His finger.
The people began to test Him continuously with the same words.
“Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?”
Jesus stood up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”
Hearing Jesus’ words, they, feeling a reproach from their conscience, disappeared one by one, from the oldest to the youngest.
Although there were many people in that place, not a single one could remain.
This is because the Law confines everyone under sin and makes them objects of the curse that results from sin.
Therefore, for a sinner, the work of salvation that Jesus accomplished is absolutely necessary.

         Now, the only ones left were Jesus and this woman.
Jesus spoke to the woman who had been caught in the very act of adultery.
“Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
She said, “No one, Lord.”
Jesus then said to her,
“Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
This was a scene where the woman, who was dying in her sin, met Jesus and received the removal of sin.

         Jesus was the one who revealed Himself to be the Savior, who came to save all the sinners of this world from their sins.
Jesus washed away the sins of the world by receiving the baptism given by John the Baptist in the Jordan River.
This is because Jesus had the sins of the world transferred to His body by being baptized by John.
Afterward, Jesus, bearing the sins of humanity, went to the cross and shed His blood to receive the judgment for our sins on our behalf, and He rose from the dead to give us eternal life. 

         Jesus Christ became our Savior by washing away our sins with the baptism He received from John.
Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
What Jesus did for this woman is the word of truth that the Lord washed away the sins of the world with water and the Spirit, and it is through this truth that He saved us.

 

 

 

         If one were to attempt to resolve the sin of the woman caught in adultery from John chapter 8 through faith in the Nicene Creed, they would most likely have first sought to resolve her sin through the sacrament of Confession.

Human beings are those who are born into this world and live their entire lives committing sin. Some people are unable to forsake the sin of theft for their entire lives, while others ceaselessly commit sexual offenses. 
The sacrament of Confession, one of the Seven Sacraments created by the Catholic Church, is one of the doctrines established so that such people may have their sins washed away.

         All religions have at least one doctrine through which people can live while having their sins cleansed. 
Christianity attempts to resolve it through prayers of repentance, Catholicism through the sacrament of Confession, and Buddhism through the bestowing of mercy.
However, the method by which Jesus eliminates human sin was to wash away the sins by coming into this world as the Savior, receiving the baptism given by John, and thereby having the sins of the world transferred to Himself.
In other words, the method of sin removal that the Lord has given to humanity is the gospel of being born again of water and the Spirit. 
Yet, they try to resolve sin through the sacrament of Confession or through prayers of repentance.

         There are many types of sins that people commit, but humans do not have the ability to resolve those sins by themselves while they live. 
Therefore, a person becomes one who can be freed from all those sins only by receiving the help of a Savior. This woman was also the same.

         The religions that exist in this world have each established at least one doctrine to resolve sin.
Among them, the faith structure of the Nicene Creed, created by the Catholic religion, attempted to resolve the sin problem of its members through the cross of Jesus Christ and the sacrament of Confession.
However, Jesus received the baptism from John to have the sins of the world transferred to Him, and by carrying those sins and paying the price for them on the cross, He saved believers from their sins. 

         However, the Nicene Creed emphasized and led people to believe only in the blood of the cross, while omitting the ministry of the baptism Jesus received from John.
Therefore, to fill the deficiency in the cleansing of sin within the system of the Nicene Creed, the Catholic Church created the doctrine that a priest must remove a member’s sin through the ritual of the Seven Sacraments. This is precisely the sacrament of Confession.
Consequently, if one were to attempt to resolve the sin problem of the adulterous woman within the theological structure of the Nicene Creed, in Catholicism, it was possible only through the sacrament of Confession. 
And in Christianity, it is said to be possible only through prayers of repentance.

         However, the basis for Jesus’s words to the woman, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” was made possible because Jesus had already had the sins of the world transferred to Him and washed them away by receiving the baptism from John.

         But within the Nicene Creed, the mercy of Jesus is manifested through the pardoning authority of the Catholic priest. 
Within the structure of the Nicene Creed, the sacrament of Confession must go through a process of specific stages. 
If you are someone who currently believes in Catholic doctrine, your sins can be forgiven only after you first confess your sins to a priest of the church through the sacrament of Confession. 
This becomes a sin of usurping the sovereignty of God. 

         The priest of the Catholic Church, in the act of removing a believer’s sin, declares, “In the name of Christ, I absolve you of your sins.” The sinner must then perform a certain penitential act as a sign of atonement. 
According to this doctrine, the sin of the woman caught in the very act of adultery is not resolved through an encounter with Jesus, but must be resolved by a religious doctrine through the authority of a Catholic priest.
In this way, from the perspective of the Nicene Creed, one can see that in the process of removing the sin of the woman caught in adultery, the roles of the principal and the subordinate have been reversed.
They are committing the arrogant sin of trying to confine the saving work of Jesus within the framework of a church institution.

         If one views the incident of the adulterous woman in John chapter 8 from the perspective of the faith structure of the Nicene Creed—that is, the perspective of faith that believes only in the blood of the cross—it becomes clearly revealed that her sin must be processed through the sacrament of Confession.
The Nicene Creed established a framework of faith centered on the death on the cross and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, the method for the removal of sin in the Catholic Church, which created the Nicene Creed, is transformed into a declaration by which a church priest removes the woman’s sin through the sacrament of Confession.
Within such a structure, it is a repeating and cyclical pattern where a person commits a sin, goes to Confession, and the priest then removes that sin.
In this way, when viewing this woman’s sin through the doctrinal interpretation that follows the Nicene Creed, the sacrament of Confession becomes absolutely necessary.

         In contrast to this, the gospel of the water and the Spirit says that before the foundation of the world, in Jesus Christ, He had already washed away the woman’s sin through the baptism He received from John.
The sin of the woman caught in the very act of adultery is not resolved by repenting and asking for forgiveness.
That sin was resolved by Jesus having the sins of the world transferred to Him when He was baptized by John at the Jordan River, and then paying the price for that sin on the cross.
It is resolved through the faith that her sin was washed away by the baptism that the Savior Jesus Christ received from John.
The words of Jesus, “Neither do I condemn you,” were not a mere declaration of mercy, but a statement that He had resolved all her sins through the baptism He received from John.
This word means that the redemption accomplished through the baptism and blood of Jesus is the blessing of salvation, an actual application to all the sins of humankind.
And there are those who hold this exact same faith; they are the Christians.

 

 

 

         When we look at how He resolved the sin problem of the woman caught in the act of adultery—within the faith of those who believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit—we can see that this is a faith completely opposite to that of those who believe in the Nicene Creed. 

If we look at the word of truth in which Jesus resolved the sin of this woman who was caught in the act of adultery, it means that her sin was resolved because Jesus received baptism from John, had the sins of the world transferred to Him, and resolved them on the cross.

         Jesus Christ was born as the Savior, borrowing the body of the Virgin Mary, in order to save all sinners of this earth. 
And when He became thirty years old, He went to John the Baptist to receive baptism and to have the sins of the world transferred to Him.

         At this time, Jesus said to John the Baptist, “For thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.”
By saying these words, Jesus intended to wash away the sins of the world by receiving baptism from John. In other words, there was this intention of Jesus who spoke these words. 
Therefore, by receiving baptism from John the Baptist, Jesus could become the One who took upon Himself all the sins of the world at once and washed them away.

         In the Old Testament era, there was a sacrificial system in which the sin of a sinner was transferred to a sacrificial offering through the ‘laying on of hands,’ where the priest placed his hands on the head of the offering. 
In the same way, in the New Testament era, Jesus received baptism from John to have the sins of the world transferred to Him, shed His blood on the cross, and rose from the dead to become the eternal Savior of humanity. 
This shows that Jesus became the One who fulfilled the sacrificial law of the Old Testament. 

         John the Baptist baptized the body of Jesus. At that time, the sins of all people were transferred to the body of Jesus and were washed away. 
By receiving baptism from John, Jesus bore the sins of the world on His own body.
“Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him” (Matthew 3:13-16).

         In this way, by receiving the baptism given by John, Jesus washed away our sins. 
When Jesus received the baptism given by John and came up from the water, these words were heard from heaven:
“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
These words meant that God the Father was pleased that Jesus received baptism, took upon Himself the sins of the world, and became the Savior of the sinners of the world. 
This means that God the Father was pleased with the work of Jesus Christ washing away the sins of the world by receiving baptism from John.

         Therefore, in the New Testament era, Jesus granted the cleansing of sins to those who believe in this word of truth—that He Himself washed away the sins of the world at once by receiving baptism from John and taking them upon Himself. 
Through these words, we can know that we have become those who can be saved by faith, not in the Nicene Creed, but in the ministry of Jesus who washed away the sins of the world by receiving baptism from John.

 

 

 

         The changes in the world’s politics and society, the climate change and diseases of nature, and even the hearts of people—everything is rapidly rushing toward the world’s end. This is the reality. 

We have already become those who stand at the very edge of the world’s end.
Climatologists warn that in 25 years, the Earth’s average temperature will rise, and the planet’s ecosystem will severely collapse. 
According to the analysis of scientists, about 4 billion among the elderly population could lose their lives due to extreme climate change. 
This is because the elderly, with their weaker lung function, cannot endure climate changes such as heatwaves.
Furthermore, climate experts say that in the future, parts of the world will be submerged, new diseases will become rampant, politics will become unstable, and there will be a possibility of a Third World War.
As such, there are almost no positive outlooks for the future of humanity. Most reports are negative and hopeless.
It is predicted that by around the year 2050, about 4.5 billion people will remain on Earth. 
How much longer can they truly endure? Perhaps they might be able to hold on for about another hundred years. 
When that time comes, humanity will mobilize all of its science and technology to restore the already greatly damaged Earth. 
For example, new technologies may emerge, such as devices to drastically reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, or methods of purifying polluted air using aircraft sent into the sky.
But the clear fact is that the world is now rushing toward its end. 
Therefore, while living in this age, the most important thing for us is to be born again through faith in the gospel word of the water and the Spirit.

         While we live in this world, there are only two paths we can choose.
One is the path of believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, receiving salvation from sin, and living until we meet the glorious Lord.
The other path is to believe in the Nicene Creed and strive to have the sins committed daily washed away through confession or prayers of repentance, only to eventually die and stand before the Lord.
One path is the way of salvation as planned by the Lord, and the other path is the way of destruction.
We have tried to receive the removal of sins by believing in the Nicene Creed, but that path is one where a person ends their life without ever having their sins removed.
However, there is another path: to believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit—in which Jesus received baptism from John the Baptist and washed away the sins of the world—and to enter the wedding feast that the Lord has prepared.
We must choose one of these two.

         People’s lives are divided into two main types. 
One of these groups consists of legalists who believe in Jesus as their Savior.
The scribes and Pharisees who appear in the Bible were precisely this type of people.
Such people in the 21st century are those who believe in the Nicene Creed.
As it turns out, Christians today have all come to belong to the faith that believes in the Nicene Creed.
They have become people who constantly commit sin and believe they are washing it away through prayers of repentance.

         If you look at the contents of the Nicene Creed, it says, “Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified and died…”
The creators of the Nicene Creed excluded the ministry of Jesus receiving baptism from John the Baptist to wash away the sins of the world, and instead highlighted only His cross, recording it in the Nicene Creed.

         To save sinners from the sins of the world, Jesus received baptism from John and washed away the sins of the world.
At that moment, all the sins of mankind were transferred to the body of Jesus.
Because Jesus Christ received baptism from John and had the sins of the world transferred to Him, He was crucified, shed His blood, rose from the dead, and has now become our Savior.

 

 

 

         “I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.”

         The expression ‘the holy catholic church’ that appears in this Nicene Creed refers to the Catholic Church. 
However, from a biblical perspective, the Catholic Church is nothing more than a religion created to achieve the political objectives of the Roman Emperor. 
And the creed’s content regarding “the removal of sins” was also completely different from the truth in the Bible, where Jesus received baptism from John and washed away the sins of the world.

         Jesus came as the Savior, received baptism from John the Baptist, had the sins of the world transferred to Him at once, and washed them away at once; yet, the Nicene Creed contains the idea of washing away sins continuously. 
Jesus is the Savior who came, received baptism from John, had the sins of the world transferred to Him at once, washed them away at once, and was crucified at once, thereby becoming the Savior who received the judgment for the sins of our mankind.
By receiving baptism from John in the Jordan River, Jesus had the sins of the world transferred to His own body. By carrying the sins of the world, being crucified, shedding His blood and dying, and resurrecting from the dead, He has become the Savior of those who now believe. 

         However, in the Nicene Creed, the baptism Jesus received from John has been removed. 
The reason is that the Roman Emperor deleted the truth of the baptism Jesus received from John in order to achieve his political objectives. 
This is because they created the Nicene Creed to subordinate Christianity to the Roman state.
Therefore, they deleted from the Nicene Creed the part where Jesus received baptism from John and had the sins of the world transferred to Him, recording only the crucifixion, and thus created another creed different from the Bible. 
Therefore, we want to recover the faith of the apostles of the early church, who believed in the truth that Jesus washed away the sins of the world by receiving baptism from John, and become those who receive the removal of sins through faith.

         In Catholicism, they say that personal sins are washed away by receiving confession. 
And in modern Christianity today, they also say that if one receives baptism in the name of Jesus, original sin is removed. However, this is because the Nicene Creed deleted the Lord’s ministry, in which Jesus took on and washed away the sins of the world by receiving baptism from John. 
In this way, they created the Nicene Creed so that people could not receive the removal of sins even if they believe in Jesus.

         They created the Nicene Creed in AD 325 and decreed that anyone who did not believe in it would be considered a heretic. 
At that time, the Roman Emperor’s command was absolute. 
When even Roman citizens, the people of his own country, found it difficult to defy the emperor’s command, how could Christians have protested against it? 
For Christians, no king other than Jesus Christ could be their protector.

         However, if one of the Christians were to protest to the Roman Emperor and his interrogators, asking, “Why did you remove from the Nicene Creed the fact that Jesus was baptized by John and took on the sins of the world?” they would have said this:
“The Roman Emperor first created the Nicene Creed in order to make a new religion to rule the Roman nation. How dare you judge this to be wrong?” they would have said.
They would have said, ‘The Roman nation belongs to the Roman Emperor. How dare you attempt to go against the Nicene Creed, which was made because the Emperor wanted it?’
In the Middle Ages, if one was condemned as a heretic, they were captured and subjected to much torture or burned at the stake.
Thus, people came to live through the Dark Ages for about a thousand years, from AD 325-1500.
Those who went against the Nicene Creed at that time came to live trembling in fear; they had mouths but could not speak, and if they opened their mouths, only death awaited them.

         The phrase in the Nicene Creed, “for the removal of our sins,” means that they created another doctrine from which the gospel word of truth—that the Lord was baptized by John the Baptist and had washed away the sins of the world—was deleted.
In Catholicism, they established a doctrine that if you believe in Jesus as the Savior, original sin is removed, and the sins committed while living receive removal of sin through the sacrament of confession.
And they became those who established the Seven Sacraments and created a Catholic religious system solely for their own politics.

         In the end, a new religion that imitated Christianity came to be created on account of the Nicene Creed.
That religion came to be called the new Roman Catholic Church, not early Christianity.
The Roman Emperor of old held the strongest power in the entire world, and after that, they created the Pope and, while strengthening the papal authority of the Catholic Church, came to exert influence even over secular power.
The Catholic Pope controlled the monarchs of Europe, and that exercise of power continued for a long time, greatly influencing European society for a period of nearly a thousand years.
After that, they created the Dark Ages for a thousand years due to the evil deeds they had committed.

         At that time, they believed that “the sun revolves around the earth,” and because that also influenced the faith of the Catholic religion, anyone who denied the knowledge spoken by the Church was branded a heretic and put to death.
However, as time passed and scientists confirmed through observation, it was verified that the geocentric theory advocated by the Church was wrong.
This began with the question that arose from the fact that different phenomena appeared even when looking at the same place at the same time with a telescope.
Only then did those who studied science discover the fact that the earth revolves around the sun, rather than the sun revolving around the earth.
Unlike Copernicus, who knew this fact but remained silent out of fear, the scientist Galileo took courage and announced this fact to the world.
And he wrote and asserted that “the earth revolves around the sun.” Then, the Holy See summoned and interrogated him.
“The Church advocates the geocentric theory, yet you are saying you would overturn that theory? If you do not retract the book you wrote and say that you were wrong, you will be branded a heretic and will not escape death.”
In the end, pushed by the power of the Church, Galileo began to back down from his assertion.
He immediately retracted his words.
However, it is said that as he walked out of the court of the Inquisition, he muttered to himself,
“And yet, the earth revolves around the sun.”
That was an era when anyone who made a claim contrary to the Church was referred to a religious tribunal and was to be executed.
“And yet, the earth revolves around the sun.” For the conscience of religion is free! 

         Thus, in the Middle Ages, because no one but the clergy could see the words of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, everything had to be believed just as the Catholic religious leaders said.
They stipulated, saying, “The Nicene Creed is the orthodox church that directly inherited the faith of the early church, and all who oppose it are heretics,” and they persecuted and captured and killed those who did not submit to this.
People who believed in Jesus were afraid that they would be branded as heretics as spoken of by the Catholic Church.
Therefore, the people of that time had no choice but to remain silent, and we can see that even the Reformers ended up becoming those who had to accept the Nicene Creed as it was.

         The Reformers accepted it, saying, “Not all of the Seven Sacraments established by the Catholics are wrong. Five of the seven sacraments are incorrect, but two are right.”
And because they also accepted the Nicene Creed as it was, even now in the 21st century, they have become those who use that creed as it is, leading to a foolish result.

         Even now, within Christianity, if one deviates from the Christian doctrines created based on the Nicene Creed, they are condemned as heretics, and this can be said to be the same as the Catholic Church.
Even now, their power makes people’s hearts fearful, but we must unite in becoming those who obtain salvation by believing the word of truth recorded in the Old and New Testament Scriptures—that Jesus was baptized by John and washed away the sins of the world.
And it is that we should share the same will in proclaiming this truth of salvation to the whole world.

         The era when people could not say that the Nicene Creed, which was recognized by the Roman Emperor, was wrong even if it was wrong, has continued for about 1700 years from AD 325 to 2025.
Therefore, the point is that now, even in the Catholic religion or Protestantism, by believing in their hearts in the ministry of the baptism Jesus received from John, and by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, they must have their sins washed away and become born-again ones.
Even the Pharisees and scribes, who were well-versed in the Law, were those who could not have their own sins washed away.
The question, then, is whether the people of the Middle Ages were those who had received the removal of sins in their hearts by believing in the Nicene Creed and the Seven Sacraments that the Catholic Church preached.

         The point is that, because even today we can hear the words of the gospel of the water and the Spirit like the saints of the early church, we should believe with our hearts and receive salvation.
Now you too can become the children of God by believing in the gospel that Jesus was baptized by John and washed away the sins of the world.

         The gospel of truth that appears in the words of the Old and New Testament Scriptures is that Jesus was baptized by John, thereby taking on the sins of the world, and washed away our sins.
And He was crucified on the cross and, in place of our sins, received the penalty for sin and the judgment for our sins.
And Jesus resurrected from death and is now seated at the right-hand throne of God the Father. Our Lord gives salvation to those who believe according to this word.

         What we should know is that in AD 325, at the time of the Council of Nicaea, the theologians and Greek philosophers who gathered there combined their wills to create the Nicene Creed and offered it to the emperor.
The content of that creed contained insufficient content that was different from the words of the gospel of the water and the Spirit that the apostles of the early church believed.
It was only recorded there that Jesus was hung on the cross and became the Savior, and so to this day, it has not been able to lead those who believe in Jesus as their Savior to the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
And the belief that all sins are forgiven through the sacrament of Confession, recorded in the Seven Sacraments they made, has had a great influence on Christians today, causing them too to set their hearts on the doctrine of repentance instead of the baptism of Jesus.
Therefore, in the end, they became sinners who could not have their own sins washed away. 

         Truly, all of us must become those whose sins have been cleansed by believing in the word of the gospel of truth, which appears in the words of the Old and New Testaments, that Jesus was baptized by John, had the sins of the world transferred to Him, and washed them away.
However, because the Nicene Creed was made in AD 325, the reality is that people, by believing in that creed, could not become those born again before God and instead became worldly religious people.

         The Nicene Creed was different from the gospel of the water and the Spirit that appears in the Old and New Testaments.
Whereas Jesus Christ, in order to personally take charge of our sins, received the baptism from John, had the sins of the world transferred to Him, and washed away all sins, and then received the judgment for those sins on the cross, the Nicene Creed stated that Jesus saved those who believe in Him on the cross, without the baptism through which He had the sins of the world transferred to Him.
In fact, the cross was the truth that signifies He received the judgment for our sins in our place.

         Jesus is not one who forgives our sins whenever we commit sin.
Because Jesus Christ is the One who, through the baptism He received from John, took over the sins of the world at once and washed them away, we are able to be saved from all our sins by the faith that believes in the truth of the ministry of Jesus’ baptism.

         If we were to try to resolve our sins through prayers of repentance each time we sin, would there have been a need for the Lord to come to this earth, be baptized by John, take charge of the sins of the world, and wash them away?
The Lord, through His 33-year life, completed our salvation through the baptism by which He was baptized by John and took charge of the sins of the world, and through the word of the cross.
The Lord is the Savior who took charge of our sins at once through the baptism He received from John and has washed them away. And He is the One who became the Savior who has saved us from the judgment of sin by the blood He shed being crucified on the cross. 

         When Jesus met this woman, He was in a state where He had already taken charge of her worldly sins and already washed them away, having received baptism from John. However, because this woman did not know the Lord’s ministry, it was necessary for Jesus to inform her of that fact.
That is why Jesus, looking at the woman, was able to say, “Neither do I condemn you.”
The reason the Lord did not say that the woman caught in the act of adultery had sin is because Jesus Himself had washed away this woman’s sin through the ministry of the baptism He received from John the Baptist.

         The words of verse 12, “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.’” mean that those who follow the Lord with the faith that believes the fact that Jesus eliminated our iniquities through the baptism He received from John become those who do not walk in darkness.
These are the words declaring that Jesus Christ is the only Savior and the light of life in a world full of iniquity.
Because Jesus received the baptism given by John, took charge of the sins of the world, and washed them away, those who believe this word of the gospel of truth were to become those who have their sins cleansed by faith.
Because the Lord was baptized by John, took charge of the sins of the world at once, and washed them all away, those who believe this have their sins cleansed. They become righteous people saved from sin.

         That we have been saved from sin is not merely a theoretical statement.
We still live in this world with weak flesh and commit sin from time to time.
Nevertheless, because of the redemption of Jesus Christ’s baptism and cross, we have become those who are without sin.
When we commit sin, it is clearly a sin before God. Therefore, we must acknowledge and confess it.
“Lord, I have sinned again. However, I believe that this sin, too, has already been eliminated by You.”
Those who confess their faith like this and, gathering strength again, try to live according to God’s will are those who live a life of faith.

         In the future, two kinds of believers will appear in the world.
One of them will be those who believe in and follow the man-made system of the Nicene Creed, like Catholicism, and the other will be those who believe in and follow the righteousness of God, which is that Jesus Christ was baptized by John, had the sins of the world transferred to Him, and washed them away.
The Lord tells us to follow one of the two gospels by faith.
Which path will you follow?
Will you follow the religious people of the world who believe in the Nicene Creed, emphasize only the blood of the cross, and remain in repentant prayers and ritual-centered worship?
Or will you follow the faith that believes in Jesus Christ as the Savior—who was baptized by John, had the sins of the world transferred to Him, was nailed to the cross, shed His blood, and was resurrected from the dead?

         Jesus said, “He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life” (John 8:12).
The reason we were able to receive salvation from all our sins is that we could be saved by the faith that believes in the baptism the Lord received and the blood of the cross.

         “Neither do I condemn you” (John 8:11). “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1).
This means that those who believe in the baptism and blood of Jesus cannot have sin.
The Lord has now bestowed upon us the gospel word of the water and the Spirit.
Therefore, this era is clearly an age of choice.
Whether to follow the lies of Satan and the world, or to follow the gospel word of the water and the Spirit—revealed in the word of Jesus Christ, where Jesus was baptized by John, washed away the sins of the world, and received judgment on the cross—is a matter for you and me to decide. There is no middle ground.

         No matter how much the people who believe in and follow the Nicene Creed say, “I believe in Jesus,” or “I am ready to be martyred,” they are still just sinners.
This is because they have not believed the word of truth that Jesus was baptized by John, took on the sins of the world, and washed them away.
Anyone can be saved only by the faith that believes that Jesus accomplished perfect salvation by being baptized by John in the Jordan River, having the sins of the world transferred to Him and washed away, shedding His blood on the cross, and being resurrected from the dead.
However, if you do not believe in your heart the gospel word of the water and the Spirit, which washed away all the sins of the world, you can never receive the removal of your sins.

         The Word of the Bible says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).
Then, what is the ‘substance’ of Jesus having saved us from sin?
It is that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, had our sins passed over to Him, and washed them away.
If Jesus had not washed away our sins by being baptized by John and having the sins of the world transferred to Him, we would not be able to receive the removal of sins, no matter how much we believe the fact that Jesus saved us by being nailed to the cross, shedding His blood, dying, and being resurrected.
This is because if you do not know the fact that when Jesus was baptized by John and had the sins of the world transferred to Him, your sins also passed over to the body of Jesus, you cannot have the faith to be sure of the removal of your own sins.
If that is the case, what you say about believing in the cross of Jesus is, in the end, nothing more than a faith of words only.

         It is said that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
That is why if we want to receive the removal of sins, we must know the fact that Jesus was baptized by John, had the sins of the world transferred to Him, and washed them away.
Then, the fact that Jesus was nailed to the cross and received the judgment for our sins is also automatically acknowledged and believed in the heart, and one comes to receive the removal of sins.

         Until now, people were bound to fail because they tried to receive the removal of their sins by following the Nicene Creed, believing only in the cross of Jesus, and also believing only in the Seven Sacraments.
In other words, it was because they did not know the truth that Jesus took on and washed away the sins of the world through the baptism He received from John.
Jesus took on and washed away the sins of this world through the baptism He received from John.
Everyone, you must believe this truth to be able to receive the removal of sins.
Therefore, we must all become those who believe in the word of the baptism that Jesus received.
And then, we must believe that by going to the cross and shedding His blood, Jesus delivered us from the judgment of sin. 

         You must know that those who believe in the Nicene Creed, as time passed, created the Seven Sacraments and have been ruling over you within that religious doctrine.
This is because your sins are not removed simply because some priest or pastor declares, “Now you have no sin.”
Your sins are not eliminated just because you believe in Christian doctrines.

         Even if you believe in the doctrine of repentance and the doctrine of sanctification as theologians say, your sins are not eliminated.
The removal of sins for all people is received in the heart only by believing the word of truth: that Jesus was baptized by John, took upon Himself the sins of the world, and washed them away.
If you are trapped in the foolishness of believing in the Nicene Creed or Christian doctrines as if they were the Word of God, you cannot escape from the darkness of sin.

         Who can reach the state of having their sins washed away by praying prayers of repentance and striving for sanctification?
Christian doctrines or the doctrine of the Seven Sacraments are doctrines that make no sense.
If we could become sanctified through our own efforts, there would have been no need for Jesus to be baptized by John the Baptist and take upon Himself the sins of the world.
This is because if one receives the removal of sins by believing in the doctrine of sanctification, which is one of Christianity’s doctrines, it directly contradicts the truth that Jesus was baptized by John, took upon the sins of the world, and washed them away once for all.

         Therefore, if you do not even know the gospel of the water and the Spirit, which is the Word of God, and do not have the faith to believe it, how can you believe that Jesus has delivered you from your sins?
If we, who live in the 21st century, have our sins washed away through faith in the fact that the Lord was baptized by John and took upon Himself the sins of the world, there will be no people happier than us in this world.
The reason for this is because we have almost no time left now.

         Until now, those who believe in Jesus Christ have believed only in the Nicene Creed, and have believed in and followed only the cross. What is the result? They have become sinners who believe in Jesus.
A person who has sin in their heart is not one who has been saved from their sin.
They are not those who know the gospel of the water and the Spirit. The reason they have become that way is because they have been believing in the Nicene Creed.

         If you are to know that the Nicene Creed is wrong and escape from it, you must know the motives of those who created that creed.
They made the Nicene Creed to use it for political purposes.
At that time, the political situation of the Roman nation was unstable. The people were also not united with each other, and the Roman nation was weak against foreign invasions.
However, according to the records of historians, it is said that up to 80% of the people of the Roman nation at that time were those who admired the faith of the Christians.

         However, at that time, those who believed in the word of the gospel of the water and the Spirit, which the early church had preached, were not formally recognized as Roman citizens.
Until then, Christians were being treated as foreigners who had come to live in the Roman nation.
Nevertheless, those who believed in the word of the gospel of the water and the Spirit had such great influence that they were loved by 70-80% of the Roman citizens.
That is why the emperor who ran the Roman Empire could not be hostile towards the Christians. 

         In the end, the Roman emperor embraced the Christians as the people of his own nation, gave them religious freedom, and 12 years later, created the Nicene Creed.
However, the Nicene Creed perverted the truth of their faith to create the Catholic religion, and they came to claim this as the orthodox church.
In this way, they had created a polytheistic religion that the people of the whole nation could believe in.
They made people believe only in the fact that the Lord was crucified and resurrected from death, as recorded in the Nicene Creed.
For that reason, they did not know the word of the gospel of truth that Jesus was baptized by John, took upon Himself the sins of the world, and washed them away.
In the end, because they did not know the gospel of the water and the Spirit, they became those who led many people down the wrong path.

         Due to the Nicene Creed, the religious leaders enjoyed glory, and could also have the wealth and honor of the world.
But what did the church members who followed them gain? Because of the Nicene Creed they had created, people came to know and believe only in the Jesus who was hung on the cross, and as a result, they came to appear like Christians only outwardly.
They became those who believe only in the cross of Jesus, and also, by believing in the Seven Sacraments, they ended up becoming those who live always as sinners.

         That being said, those who believe only in the cross of Jesus cannot now stop believing in Jesus.
This is because Jesus is the true Creator, and also the Savior who came to this world and saved mankind.
Therefore, if they also wish to truly meet Jesus Christ, they must know and believe in Jesus as the Savior who was baptized by John and washed away the sins of the world.
The reason they had no choice but to live always as sinners until now was because they could not meet someone to inform them that the Lord is the Savior who was baptized by John and washed away the sins of the world.

 

 

 

         In Luke 10:25–37, a man appears who, while going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, met robbers, was severely beaten, had his clothes stripped, and was left abandoned, bleeding.

At that time, a priest who was going down that road saw him, steered clear of him, and went on his way, and a Levite also saw him, steered clear of him, and went on his way.
However, a Samaritan traveling on that road saw him, took pity on him, approached him, washed his wounds with wine, and applied oil. Then, he put the man on his own animal, took him to an inn, and took care of him.
And he gave two denarii to the innkeeper and said, “Look after this man. If you spend more than this, I will repay you when I return.”

         In this passage, the truly Good Samaritan points to Jesus Christ.
Jesus became the Savior of those who believe by being baptized by John, having the sins of the world transferred onto Him and washed away, and by receiving the judgment for those sins on the cross.
However, it is said that those who, without knowing this word of truth, believe in the Nicene Creed and the Seven Sacraments, believe only in the Jesus who was hung on the cross, and because they have not received the glory of having their sins eliminated, they are living today as religious people.
But today, many people are sending in many testimonies, saying that they have been born again after hearing the word of the gospel of the water and the Spirit—that the Lord was baptized by John, had the sins of the world transferred onto Him, and washed them away. 
I give true thanks to the Lord for being able to hear the news of these who testify like this.

         The Lord, in order to save those who had not received the washing away of their sins due to the Christian or Catholic doctrines in this world, sent His servants to this earth to preach the word of the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Therefore, He had all those who hear this word of the gospel be saved from all their sins, and furthermore, live as the Lord’s servants.

         Everyone, you must know and believe the fact that Jesus washed away the sins of the world through the baptism He received from John.
Everyone, has the gospel of the cross, which is preached by those who say their own denomination is an orthodox one, washed away your sins now?
Did they properly preach to you the gospel of the water and the Spirit that eliminates your sins?

         Today, Christians say to one another that their church is an orthodox church. However, is there hope for those who have become members of such orthodox churches?
The word of truth for the genuine elimination of sins is the word that Jesus has become the Savior who has washed away your sins now, by having your sins transferred onto Him and washed away through the baptism He received from John, being nailed to the cross, shedding His blood, and resurrecting from death.
But then, can the people who now believe only in the cross of Jesus truly be said to be those who have the faith of the apostles of the early church?
Today, countless people follow the Nicene Creed, believe only in the cross, and even though their sins have not been removed, they claim that they are the ‘orthodox church.’

         However, those who believe and preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit today are preaching the following gospel.
That is, they are preaching in faith that Jesus came to this earth and, at the age of thirty, washed away the sins of the world by receiving baptism from John the Baptist.
And they are preaching that Jesus’ being hung on the cross and shedding His blood was the ministry that saved us from the judgment for our sins.

         However, in Christianity today, there are many who say that John the Baptist was a failure in his life of faith.
If, as they say, John the Baptist was a failure in his life of faith, then is the ministry of the washing away of sins—where Jesus received baptism from John the Baptist to have the sins of the world transferred onto Him—also wrong?
Then, are the words Jesus spoke, referring to John the Baptist as the greatest among those born of women, also wrong?
John the Baptist was a servant of God who was used to give baptism to Jesus and transfer the sins of the world onto Him.

         In the New Testament era, Jesus said that John the Baptist is the greatest among those born of women.
The Bible says that John the Baptist is the last prophet of the Old Testament.
By receiving the baptism given by John the Baptist, Jesus was able to take upon and wash away the sins of the world.
After that, Jesus was nailed to the cross, shed His blood and died, and became the Savior who resurrected in three days.
In this way, Jesus became the Savior of this world and the light of salvation.

         Jesus is the true Savior of sinners, and He is the Master of the true gospel of the water and the Spirit who drove out the forces of darkness.
It is also Jesus Christ who completely eliminated all the power of sin and death, which Satan brought to humanity by deceiving Adam and Eve into committing sin.
He is the One who washed away the sins of the world, and He also became the One who saved us from the law of sin and death.
Even now, Jesus Christ gives us the word of the gospel of the water and the Spirit, and He is granting true salvation to those who believe in this word.

         Therefore, there is only one thing we must do. 
It is that we must receive the elimination of our sins by believing in the word of the gospel of salvation—that Jesus took upon and washed away the sins of the world by receiving baptism from John.

 

 

 

         At the time when Jesus was on this earth, people slandered Jesus’s ministry.

They accused Him of not keeping the Sabbath, and they accused Him of healing the sick on the Sabbath.
However, Jesus spoke the gospel of the elimination of sin to the woman who was caught in the act of adultery.
He said, “Neither do I condemn you. I cannot judge you for your sin.”

         This is what He was saying: “I also do not say you are guilty. I came to this earth as the Savior to do the work of saving those who commit sin like you from the sin of this world and from judgment, and when I was thirty years old, by receiving the baptism given by John the Baptist, I had the sins of the world transferred to me and washed them all away at once.”

         Therefore, Jesus could not judge this woman for her sin.
This is because Jesus is the One who did the work of having the sins of the world transferred to Him and washing them away by receiving baptism from John the Baptist.
Jesus is the One who solved our sins with the baptism He received from John and the blood of the cross.
Therefore, when Jesus said to this woman, “Neither do I condemn you,” it means that He was saying that when He was baptized in the Jordan River, this woman’s sins had also already been transferred to Him and washed away.

         In the end, this woman became one who believed in the salvation that Jesus gave.
We also, by believing in the baptism Jesus received from John and the blood of the cross, can receive salvation from all our sins.
We are not those who obtain salvation by believing in the Nicene Creed. 

         Have you been believing in the Nicene Creed until now?
Those who believe in the Nicene Creed believe that only the cross of Jesus is the truth of salvation.
They also say that the Lord saved them from their sins.
However, the faith of these people is a faith that believes only in the blood of the cross.
These are people who believe that if they just unconditionally believe only in the blood of the cross, they will obtain salvation from sin and all things will go well.

         The reason they came to believe in the Nicene Creed is because the Catholic Church accepted the Nicene Creed, established in AD 325, as orthodoxy, and they also followed and believed it.
And it is because they consider it the orthodox faith that has been passed down for 1700 years until now, the year 2025.
Because the Catholic Church says that they are the ones who inherited the faith of the orthodox church, the Protestant Reformers also believe in the Nicene Creed just like them.
They became those who believe that Jesus saved sinners by being hung on the cross and shedding His blood, while being ignorant of the meaning of the baptism that Jesus received, as the Nicene Creed teaches.

         However, the fact is that in the hearts of those who believe only in the cross of Jesus, sin has not been eliminated.
It is because they are those who believe in the man-made Nicene Creed and the Seven Sacraments that they became those who have not received the elimination of sin in their hearts.

         I myself also used to believe only in the Nicene Creed and the cross of Jesus.
My sins were not washed away no matter how much I prayed prayers of repentance.
However, by knowing and believing the fact that through the baptism Jesus received from John, all the sins of the world were transferred to the body of Jesus, I came to have all my sins washed away by faith. And I became one who believes the truth that the judgment for all my sins was also resolved by Jesus being nailed to the cross.

         I came to believe in the gospel word of the water and the Spirit, that Jesus received baptism from John, had the sins of the world transferred to Him, and washed them away.
‘Ah! Jesus has become my Savior! By receiving baptism from John, Jesus has become the Lord who washed away my sins!’
I became one who is saved by knowing and believing the fact that because Jesus had the sins of the world transferred to Him through the baptism He received from John, He washed away my sins.

         I was one who believed only the cross was salvation, but now I have become one who is saved by believing the fact that the gospel word of the water and the Spirit has washed away my sin and saved me.
Now, by believing the gospel word of the water and the Spirit, I have become one who has the Holy Spirit in my heart and a blessed one who serves as a servant of Jesus.

         Those who now seek to be saved from their sin by believing in the Nicene Creed have become those who suffer the pain of dying in spirit and body because they have not received the elimination of sin in their hearts.
They are in a situation where they are being exploited of everything by false ones.

         I hope that today’s church leaders, more than anything, first become those who believe the gospel of the water and the Spirit given by Jesus, receive the elimination of sin in their hearts, and then carry out their ministry.
You yourselves must first become believers, and you must also preach this gospel of the water and the Spirit to your own ‘congregants. You must preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit in the very place where you minister.

         For the congregants as well, no matter how much they listen to the word from those who preach only the message of the cross as salvation, the sin in their hearts is not eliminated.
And in the church, during every sermon time, they demand of the ‘congregants: “Be loyal, serve more, pray a lot, live a life of sanctification.”
As time goes on, the demands increase, but eventually, a day comes when they can no longer continue their life of faith because they do not have the strength to do so.

         However, the Church of God can preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit to you, enabling you to receive the elimination of sin in your heart, obtain peace, and also receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.
Paul said to always rejoice and live with thanksgiving, and you too can become such people through faith.
Because you have become people who have believed the gospel of the water and the Spirit in your hearts, received the elimination of sin, and obtained peace, the things that the Lord requires of us do not become a burden at all.
Why? It is because the One who loves us is the One requiring them of us. 

         If you and I believe in our hearts in the word of the gospel of the water and the Spirit and receive the elimination of our sins and peace, we become ones who can be faithful by faith.
“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life’” (John 8:12).

         We who have been born again by believing in the word of the gospel of the water and the Spirit can live by believing in and following the righteousness of Jesus.
We have become people of faith who have been delivered from all sins.
We live by the faith that believes in the Lord’s righteousness.
Everyone, I hope that you will live with gratitude for having encountered the word of the gospel of the water and the Spirit in this last age.

         For 1,700 years, people have lived in spiritual suffering, having been deceived by believing in the Nicene Creed.
Now, do not be spiritually defrauded any longer.
I hope that you will now receive the elimination of your sins by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit that the Lord has given. Then you will want to serve this gospel word of truth together with the Church of God.

         The Lord saved the woman caught in the act of adultery from her sins with the gospel of the water and the Spirit.
We were also the same as this woman, and the Lord washed away our sins with the baptism He received from John.
We give thanks to the Church of God that has preached this gospel word of salvation to us.
And we give thanks to God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!

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