What We Believe
The Gospel
Good News
Gospel means, simply, "good news." There are numerous so-called gospels in the world proclaiming good news to those who would listen, and these gospels come in any number of forms—from the gospel of wealth and power to the gospel of health and beauty.
These gospels, however, do not address the most basic problem that all men and women have—the problem of sin and guilt; that is, spiritual deadness.
Put simply, the Gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ.
The Problem
A Holy God
It is good news because, without it, we stand condemned as sinners before a holy and just God, deserving His wrath.
In Isaiah's vision of the throne room of God, seraphim cry out continually about God's holiness. Isaiah, overwhelmed in the presence of God, cries out in despair...
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!"
"Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!"
— Isaiah 6:3, 5
The Solution
God Made a Way
Yet, in God's perfect holiness—and this is the good news—God has, in His good pleasure, made a way for sinners to be reconciled to Himself through His Son Jesus Christ.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him."
John 3:16–17
Christ's Work
The Righteous One Died for Us
Jesus Christ lived a righteous life and then died a terrible death on a Roman cross for His people.
"All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all."
— Isaiah 53:6
Thus, Jesus Christ satisfied the holy and just requirements of God.
God then raised Him from the dead, vindicating Christ's work.
The Response
Repent and Believe
Sinners are called to repent and believe the Gospel and to trust in Christ for salvation.
Sinners receive this free gift of salvation from God through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone and are thereby counted righteous before God.
"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved."
— Romans 10:9–10
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
— Romans 10:13
The Christian Life
Living Sacrifices
Having been justified, Christians are called to walk as "living sacrifices" unto Him through the Holy Spirit because they are not their own, but were "bought with a price."
Romans 12:1 · 1 Corinthians 6:20
Our Hope
All Things New
Just as God raised Jesus Christ, so Christians await a resurrection of their own bodies, Christ being the "first fruits" of the new creation.
Ultimately, this is their hope—that God has begun His work of "making all things new" in the work of Jesus Christ and in the continued sanctification of His saints.
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
Revelation 21:4
They await the new heavens and new earth in which there will be no more sin, pain, or sorrow.
Would you like to know more?
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