ሰረተ እምነት

መጽሓፍ ቅዱስ፤ 39 መጻሕፍቲ ብሉይ ኪዳንን 27 መጻሕፍቲ ሓድሽን ኪዳንን ብድምር 66 መጽሓፍቲ ዝሓዘ፡ ብእግዚኣብሄር ተገሊጹ እተዋህበ፡ መንፈስ ኣምላኽ ነፊስዎ እተጻሕፈ፡ ህያውን መስለጥን ጌጋ ዘይብሉን ቀኖናዊ መጽሓፍ ምዃኑ ንኣምን። እቲ ኣብኡ ተጻሒፉ ዘሎ ዅሉ ድማ፡ ሰብ፡ ኣብ እምነታውንሞራላውን ህይወቱ ኪምርሓሉ፣ ኣብ ኵሉ ኣተሓሳስባኡን ኣነባብራኡና ዝለዓለ ስልጣን ከም ዘለዎ ንኣምን(ማቴ.5፡17-18፤ መዝ.119፡160፤ 2ጢሞ.3፡16-17፤ 2ጴጥ.1፡20-21)።

እግዚኣብሄር እግዚኣብሄር፡ ሰማይን ምድርን ኣብኡ ዘሎ ዅሉን ዝፈጠረ: ንዅሉውን ብቃሉ ጸይሩ ዘሎ፡ ኵሉ ዝከኣሎ፡ ኵሉ ዝፈልጥ፡ ኣብ ኵሉ ዝርከብ፡ ዘልኣለማዊ፡ ዘይልወጥ፡ ዘይውሰን፡ ዘይርኣይ፡ መንፈስ እምበር ግኡዛዊ ህላወ ከምዘይኰነ ትኣምን። ከምኡ ድማ ከምቲ ኣብ ጕባኤ ንቅያን (325 ድ.ል.ክ) ጕባኤ ቍስጥንጥንያን (381 ድ.ል.ክ)ተዋሂቡ ዘሎ መግለጺ-እምነት ድማ ሰለስተ እንተናታት ከሎስ ሓደ ዀይኑ ዝነብር ስሉስ ኣምላኽ ምዃኑ ትኣምን። ብኣካል ሰለስተ (ኣቦን ወድን መንፈስ ቅዱስን)፡ብመለኰት ብስልጣን ብባህርይ ሓደ ኣምላኽ ምዃኑ ንኣምን። ሰብ፡ ብዅለንትናኡ ድሩትን ውሱንንስለዝዀነ፣ እንታይነት ባህርያት እግዚኣብሄር በብሓደ እናረቝሐ ኺዝርዝር ደኣ ይኽእል እምበር፡ ነቲደረት-ኣልቦን ወሰን-ኣልቦን ዚዀነ፡ ብዅለንትናኡ ማእለያ ዘይብሉ እግዚኣብሄር፡ ኣድቂቝን ኣጽፊፉንከቍሮን ኪገልጾን ክእለት ከምዘይብሉ ንኣምን (ማቴ.28፡19-20፤ ዘፍ.1፡1፣26፤ ኤር.32፡17፤ ኢሳ.57፡15፤ ኢሳ.45፡18-19)።
እግዚኣብሄር ኣቦ፤እግዚኣብሄር ኣቦ፤ ንጐይታናን መድሓኒናን የሱስ ክርስቶስ ዘልኣለማዊ ኣቦኡ ከም ዝዀነ ንሰብ ካብ ናይዘልኣለም ሞት ድሒኑ ናይ ዘልኣለም ህይወት ንኽወርስን፡ ውሉድ ኣምላኽ ንክኸውንን፡ ንሓደ ወዱ የሱስክርስቶስ በጃ ብምሃብ ንዘርኢ ኣዳም ፍቕሩ ከም ዝገለጸ፡ ነቶም ፍቕሩን ምሕረቱን ዝተቐበሉ ድማ ንወዱየሱስ ዝመስሉ መንግስትን ካህናት እናገበረ የቑሞም ከምዘሎ ንኣምን (ዮሃ.1፡18፤ 3፡16፤ ግብ.3፡25-26፤ 1ዮሃ.4፡9-10፤ ራእ.1፡6፤ 5፡10)። እግዚኣብሄር ወዲ (የሱስ ክርስቶስ): ናይ እግዚኣብሄር ኣቦ ዘልኣለማዊ ወዱ ምዃኑ፡ ብመንፈስ ቅዱስተጠኒሱ ካብ ድንግል ማርያም ምውላዱ፡ ፍጹም ሰብን ፍጹም ኣምላኽን ምዃኑ፡ ሓጢኣት ዘይተረኽቦንንወዲ ሰብ ከድሕን ኢሉ ግና ኣብ መስቀል ምሟቱ፡ ኣብ ሳልሰይቲ መዓልቲ ካብ ሞት ምትንስኡ፡ ብኽብሪዓሪጉ ኣብ የማን ኣቦ ምቕማጡ፡ ምእንታና ኵሉ ጊዜ ይልምን ምህላዉ፡ ናይ ቤተክርስትያን ርእስንመሰረትን ምዃኑ፡ ብኽብሪ ድማ ከም ዝምለስ፡ ንጻድቓን ሓጥኣንን ከምዝፈርድ ንኣምን (ዘፍ.3፡15፤ ማቴ.1፡20-21፤ ሉቃ.1፡35፤ 1ጢሞ.3፡16፤ 1ጴጥ.2፡22-24፤ ሮሜ.8፡34፤ እብ 7፡25፤ ኤፌ.2፡19-20፤ ግብ.10፡36-43፤ ዮሃ.5፡28-29፤ 14፡3፤ ራእይ 20፡11-15። እግዚኣብሄር መንፈስ ቅዱስ፡ ኣካል ዘለዎ መለኰት ምዃኑ፡ ንዓለም ብዛዕባ ሓጢኣትን ጽድቅን ዚረትዕ፡ኣብ ኣመንቲ ሓዲሩ ድማ ናብ ኵሉ ሓቂ ዚመርሕን ዘጸናንዕን ዝምህርን፡ ብቕድስና ንምንባርን ንኣገልግሎትንዜድሊ ሓይልን ናይ ጸጋ ውህበታትን ከም ዝህብ ንኣምን (ዘፍ.1፡2፤ ዮሃ.7፡37-39፤ ዮሃ.14፡ 16-17፤ 16፡8-13፤ 1ቈረ.12፡4-11፤ ግሃ.1፡8፤ ግብ 5፡3-5)።

ሰብ፡ ብመልክዕ ናይ “እቲ ዘሎኹ እየ ዘሎኹ” ዝበለ እግዚኣብሄር ኣምላኽ ዝተፈጥረን፣ ኣብ ውሽጡ፡ዘይርአ ሕመረታዊ ውስጠ-ህላወ ባህርይ መልክዕ እግዚኣብሄር ዘለዎን፣ ፍጡር ምዃኑ ንኣምን። ሰብ በቲመንፈሳውን ውሽጣዊ ባህርያቱን መልክዕ ኣምላኽ ዝወረሰ ኰይኑ ብፍልይ ዝበለ መለኰታዊ ጥበብ ኣምላኽግን ስጋን ነፍስን መንፈስን ዘለዎ ፍጥረት ምዃኑ፡ እቲ ንኣምላኽ ዝመስል መልክዕ ሰብ እቲ ሰብ ካብኣምላኽ ዝተኻፈሎ መንፈሳዊ መንነቱ ከምዝዀነ ንኣምን። ሰብ ክቡርን ቅዱስን ህይወት ዘለዎ፣ ሞራላዊልቦና ዘለዎ፣ ሓላፍነትን ግዴታን ኣብ እንታይነት ባህርይኡ ዘለዎ፣ ነጻ ናይ ምምራጽ በይናዊ ነጻነት ዘለዎሰናይን እኩይን፡ ቅኑዕን ጌጋን፡ ፍቑድን ክልኩልን ዝፈልጥ፡ ኰይኑ ከምእተፈጥረን ዚውለድን ንኣምን። ሰብነጻ ዀይኑ ስለ ዝተፈጥረ፡ ሳዕቤን ናይቲ ዚመርጾ ምርጫ ከም ዚቕበል ንኣምን (ዘፍ 1፡26-27፤ 2፡7)።                                                          

ድሕነት: ሰብ ብኣርኣያ ስላሴ ማለት ብመልክዕ ኣምላኽ ብዘይ ሓጢኣት ከምዝተፈጥረ፡ ትእዛዝ ኣምላኽ ብምፍራሱ ካብ ክብሪ ኣምላኽ ከምዝወደቐ፡ መንፈሳውን ስጋውን ሞት ከምዘስዓበሉ፡ ግናኸ በቲ የሱስ ክርስቶስ ኣብ መስቀል ዝፈጸሞ በጃ ምሕላፍ ብምእማን ብጸጋ ሓጢኣቱ ከምዝሕደገሉ፡ ውሉድ ኣምላኽ ከምዝኸውን፡ ናይ ዘልኣለም ህይወት ድማ ከምዝረክብ ንኣምን (ዘፍ.1፡ 26-27፤ ዮሃ.3፡16፤ 14፡6፤ ግብ.4፡12፤ ሮሜ.3፡23-26፤ 5፡8-10፣18-21፤ 1ጢሞ2፡5-6፤ እብ7፡25-26፤ ዘፍ2፡7፤ ዮሃ.1፡12-13፤ ግብ.10፡43፤ ኤፌ.2 8-9።)   

ዳግም ምጽኣት የሱስ ክርስቶስጐይታናን መድሓኒናን የሱስ ክርስቶስ ብዓብዪ ሓይልን ክብርን ግርማን ብደመና ሰማይ ዳግማይ ከም ዝምለስንኣምን። እታ ናይ ፈተና ሰዓት ትውድኣሉን እቲ ጸረ ክርስቶስ ዝስዓረሉን ሰይጣን ዝእሰረሉን ናይ ጐይታናየሱስ ክርስቶስ ናይ ሽሕ ዓመት ንግስነት ዝጅመረሉን ጊዜ ምዃኑ ንኣምን (ማቴ.24፡27፤ ሉቃ.17፡23-26፤ ግብ.1፡11፤ ራእ.17፡12-14፤ 20፡6)።

ናይ መወዳእታ ፍርዲ: ናይ መወዳእታ ፍርዲ ከም ዘሎን እቶም ብየሱስ ክርስቶስዘይኣመኑ ዘበሉ ኩሎም ከከም ግብሮም  ከም ዝፍረዱን ንኣምን። እቶም ስሞምኣብ መጽሓፍ ህይወት ዘይተረኽበ ናብቲ ቀላይ ሓዊ ከም ዝድርበዩን ንዘልኣለም ከም ዝሳቐዩን ንኣምን(ሮሜ.2፡6-9፣ 14-16፤ ዮሃ 5፡ 28-29፤ ዳኒ 12፡2፤ ራእ.20፡11-15)።

ናይ ዘልኣለም ህይወትእቶም ብጐይታና የሱስ ክርስቶስ ኣሚኖም ድሕነት ዝረኸቡን ውህበት ጽድቂ ዝተቐበሉን ኣብ መንግስተሰማያት ናይ ዘልኣለም ህይወት ከም ዝወርሱን ክብሪ ኣምላኽ ከም ዝጓናጸፉን ንኣምን (ማቴ.13፡43፤ዮሃ.14፡3፤ 2ጴጥ.3፡13፤ ራእ.21፡1-5፤ 22-27)።

መርዓን መውስቦን፡ ኣብ መንጎ ኽልተ ተጻይ ጾታ ዘለዎም ተባዕታይን ኣንስታይን ብልዑል ጥበብ እግዚኣብሄር ኣብ ገነት ኤደን ዝተጀመረ ፡ እግዚኣብሄር ሰባት ምእንቲ ክፋረዩ እሞ ንምድሪ ክመልእዋን ክመልክዋን ንደስታን፡ ንሓለዋን ዝሃቦም (ዘፍ 1፡27-28፤ 2፡24)፡ ነቲ ኣብ መንጎ ክርስቶስን ማሕበሩን ዘሎ ሕብረት ዝገልጽ ስእላዊ መግለጺ ኰይኑ (ኤፌ.5፡31-35)፡ ብምሉእ ፍቕርን ብፍታው ፍቓድን ዘሎዎም ብጹሓት፤ ኣብ ቅድሚ እግዚኣብሄርን ኣብ ቅድሚ መሰኻክርን ዚፍጸም፣ ብነፍስን ብስጋን ብንዋትን ንምሉእ ዕድሜኦም ሓደ ገይሩ ዚጠምር ቅዱስ ኪዳን እዩ (ማቴ.19፡4-9፤ ሮሜ.7፡2-3፤ማር.10፡2-12፤ 1ቈረ.6፡ 9-10፤ ቈሎ.3፡18-19፤ እብ.13፡4፤ ምል.2፡14-16)።ኪዳን መውስቦ ፍቕርን ትዕግስትን እምነትን ዝሓትት ብጥንቃቐን ብኣኽብሮትን ብመሪሕነትእግዚኣብሄርን ብጸሎትን ብዘይ ሃወኽ ኣብ መንጐ ሓደ ኣማንን ሓንቲ ኣማኒትን ጥራይ ዝፍጸም ሰርዓት እዩ(ማር.10፡ 2-12፤ 2ቈረ.6፡14-15፤ ኤፌ.5፡ 25-27)።ጾታዊ ርክብ ኣብ ኪዳን ኰንካ ክግበር ኣምላኽ ንደቂሰብ ንምፍራይ፡ ንባህታን ንብጻይነትን፡ ካብ ርኽሰት ንምርሓቕን፡ ኢሉ ዝሰርዖ ቅዱስን ክቡርን ኣምላኻዊ ህያብ እዩ። ቅድሚ መርዓ ወይ ካብ መርዓ ወጻኢ ዝግበር ስጋዊ ርክብ ግን ዘይፍቑድን ውጉዝን እዩ። ማሕበር ክርስቶስ ድማ፡ ንኽልተ ሕጹያት ወይ ፍቑራት ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ቤት እናነበሩ ብንጽህና ክመላለሱ ትምህርን ትምዕድን፡ ተጠንቕቕን (2ቈረ 11፡ 2፤ 1ተሰሎ 4፡3-8)።

1.   The Bible: We believe that the Bible; 39 Books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament, containing 66 books in total, is written through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; alive and active and inerrant law of God; has the highest authority over thoughts and lives of all human beings and is meant to guide them in their faith and their moral lives. (Mathew 5፡17-18, Psalm 119፡160, 2Timothy 3፡16-17, 2Peter 1፡20-21).
2. God: We believe in God who created the heavens and the earth and everything in it,  is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, eternal, unchanging, unrestrained, invisible; spirit and non-physical. We also believe that as described in the Statement of Faith in the Council of Nicea (325 A.D) and Council of Constantinople (381 A.D), God exists in perfect unity of three distinct Persons (Father, Son and the Holy Spirit) and is one in divinity, authority and in character.  (Mathew 28፡19-20, Genesis 1፡1,26, Jeremiah 32፡17, Isaiah 57፡15, Isaiah 45፡18-19). God the Father: We believe that God the father is the Eternal Father of our Lord and our Savior, Jesus Christ, He expressed His love to the offspring of Adam by sacrificing His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to save human beings from eternal damnation and gave them Eternal Life and made them children of God; for those who receive His love and mercy, He conforms them to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ, to become kings and priests. (John 1፡18, 3፡16, Acts 3፡25-26, 1John 4፡9-10, Revelation 1፡6, 5፡10). God the Son: We believe that Jesus Christ is God’s Eternal Son; conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of virgin Marry, being fully human and fully God, found sinless and died on the cross to save human beings; rose from the dead on the third day; ascended to heaven in glory and is on the right hand of the Father, He is interceding on our behalf forever; He is the head and the foundation of the Church, will return in glory and judge the righteous and unrighteous. God the Holy Spirit: We believe that God the Holy Spirit is a Spirit being who convicts the world of sin and righteousness; dwells in the lives of believers, guides them into all truth, comforts and teaches them; gives them power to lead holy life to serve and distributes different spiritual gifts for the build up of the church (Genesis 1፡2, John 7፡37-39, John14፡16-17, 16፡8-13, 1Corinthians 12፡4-11,Acts1፡8, Acts 5፡3-5).
3.  Man: We believe that man is created in the image of God  with internal invisible basic reflection and character of God, composed of body, soul and spirit. We believe man was created with dignified that possesses moral awareness, sense of responsibility and duty in his natural essence; individual freewill capable of choosing good and bad, right and wrong; what is allowed and what is not.  (Genesis 1፡26-27, 2፡7).       
4. Salvation: We believe that man, though created in the image of God without sin; owing to transgression of God’s command fell short of the glory of God; resulted in spiritual and bodily death; but believing in the sacrifice Jesus Christ has paid at the cross, his sins can be forgiven through grace, become child of God and inherits eternal life.                                                        
5. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ: We believe that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will return back again in clouds of heaven in great power, glory and magnificence. We believe that it will be the end of the hour of testing, the defeat of the anti-Christ and the arrest of satan and the beginning of our Lord Jesus Christ’s thousand years of reign. (Mathew 24፡27, Luke 17፡23-26, Acts 1፡11, Revelation 17፡12-14; 20:6).
6. The Last Judgment:  there will be a final judgment where all of those who have not believed in Jesus Christ will come before the  according to their deeds. We believe that those whose names are not found in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire and will suffer forever. (Romans 2፡6-9, 14-16, John 5፡28-29, Daniel 12፡2, Revelation 20፡11-15). 
7. Eternal Life: We believe that those who believed in our Lord Jesus Christ, received salvation and gifts of righteousness will inherit eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven and live in God’s glory. (Mathew 13፡43, John 14፡3, 2Peter 3፡13, Revelation 21፡1-5; 22-27). 
8. Marriage: We believe that God started marriage in the Garden of Eden between a man and a woman. It is a sacred ceremony done once and for all; this is great blessing God gave humans in His eternal wisdom so that they would fill the earth and demonstrate God’s glory with joy and understanding. We believe that it is spiritual ceremony with great spiritual mystery portraying the fellowship and love of Jesus Christ and the Church. (Genesis 1፡27, Genesis 2፡18; 21-24, Mathew 19፡4-6, Ephesians 5፡22-27; 32, Revelation 19፡6-7, 1Thessalonians 4፡13-18). Sexual intercourse is precious and sanctified gift of God, meant to be consummated within marriage/covenant that God gave human beings for reproduction, joy and companionship and to avoid immorality. Any sexual intercourse that is done before and outside marriage is improper and vile. The Church of Christ teaches, advises and warns betrothed believers or lovers to remain pure and live separately until they get married (2Corinthians 11፡ 2, 1Thessalonians 4፡3-8).