Even as He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth, and preserves it in fellowship with Jesus Christ in the one true faith.

In this Christian church He daily forgives me and all believers all our sins, and He will raise up me and all the dead on the last day, and will give me and all believers everlasting life.

All this is certainly true.

199. What do you mean when you say, "I believe in the Holy Ghost"?

I trust with all my heart in the Holy Ghost as my guide and my sanctifier, who gives me strength to believe in Jesus and to live according to His will.

1 Cor. 12:3. No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

200. Who is the Holy Ghost?

The Holy Ghost is true God together with the Father and the Son.

1 Cor. 2:10. The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.