While there is much to be said about the ramifications of accepting God’s gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, at its core, it means that an individual understands and affirms the following…
1. We are all sinners, and our sin separates us from a Holy God. It does so now, and it will do so forever. Spiritual separation from God forever is the penalty for sin. (Romans 3:10, 23)
2. Jesus became my substitute and took my penalty when He died on the cross in my place. (1 Corinthians 5:21)
3. “Belief” in Him means I must transfer my trust from myself (or anything else) to His work on the cross in my place. (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5)
Our doctrinal basis states it this way…
We believe that mankind was created male and female in the image of God; that our first parents sinned and thereby incurred the judgment of both physical death and spiritual death, which is eternal separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and therefore, are accountable for sin in thought, word and deed.
GENESIS 1:1, 26; ROMANS 5:12; PSALM 51:5; JEREMIAH 17:9; ROMANS 3:23, 6:23
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died in our place for our sins, shedding His blood to take upon Himself all of the punishment for our sins, and that all who place their faith in Him as their Savior are declared by God to be righteous on the basis of Christ’s substitutionary death. This salvation is a gift from God by grace, apart from any human works or merit.
ROMANS 3:21-28; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-4; EPHESIANS 2:8-10; TITUS 3:3-8
We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ, trusting Him alone for eternal salvation, are born again by the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God, that they are indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit and therefore are secure until the day of final redemption.
JOHN 1:12-13, 3:3-16; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:22; JOHN 10:28-29; EPHESIANS 4:30
Next Steps
A relationship is so much more than a beginning!
If you have transferred your trust to Jesus today for the first time, please reach out Jon Brady, Pastor of Adult Discipleship, to help you take a first step in this new relationship with Christ.