From this you see that the Creed is a doctrine quite different from the Ten Commandments. For the Commandments teach what we ought to do. But the Creed tells us what God does for us and gives to us. Furthermore, apart from this the Ten Commandments are written in all people's hearts. However, no human wisdom can understand the Creed. It must be taught by the Holy Spirit alone. The teaching of the Ten Commandments, therefore, makes no Christian. For God's wrath and displeasure abide upon still, because we cannot keep what God demands of us. But the Creed brings pure grace and makes us godly and acceptable to God. For by this knowledge we have love and delight in God's commandments. Here we see that God gives Himself to us completely. He gives all that He has and is able to do in order to aid and direct us in keeping the Ten Commandments. The Father gives all creatures. The Son gives His entire work. And the Holy Spirit bestows all His gifts.
~BOC, LC, III, 67-69
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