The questions that we ask of Scripture, and that are asked of us Christians by the lost people of the world, have already been asked before. The answers have been searched out in the Scriptures by bold men of the faith. They mined the Scriptures. They sought God. They prayed. They debated. They refined. They reformed. And those men have written down the answers for our edification. And we live in a time where it is easier than ever to obtain them. Since the early days of the Church, these doctrinal statements have taken the forms of creeds, confessions, and catechisms, and they have helped to grow and guide countless generations into a fuller knowledge of the truth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.