The Apostles' Creed

Do you believe? “I believe,” says one, and he begins to repeat what they call the “Apostles’ Creed.” Hold your tongue, sir! That matters not; the devil believes that, perhaps more intelligently than you do; he believes and trembles. That kind of believing saves no man. You may believe the most orthodox creed in Christendom, and perish. Do you trust—for that is the cream of the word “believe”—do you trust in Jesus? Do you lean your whole weight on him? Have you that faith which the Puritans used to call “recumberancy” or “leaning”? This is the faith that saves—faith that falls back into the arms of Jesus, a faith that drops from its own hanging place into those mighty arms.