We believe in the all of the basic tenants of the Christian faith. But we like to express our beliefs in the following narrative way:
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
Would like to know more about how to have a personal relationship with God? That’s great! The fact is, God loves you and wants to connect with you as His creation. He desires to have a relationship with you and for you to have one with Him.
God has proved He loves You! Do you realize that your decision to connect with God is the most important decision you will ever make? It is a decision that affects your life now and forever. The Bible says that God really does want the best for you. And because of that, He gave the best He had to give — Jesus Christ!
“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that whoever believes in him will not die but have eternal life.” John 3:16
The Problem
However, connecting to God is not possible because of sin. We all have sinned and that leads to death and an eternity separated from God.
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
“The wages of sin is death.” Romans 6:23
But death was not God’s plan for us. Life is God’s plan for us. Abundant and eternal life! Romans 5:8 says, “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”
Our Connection to God!
Jesus came to give everyone abundant and eternal life with God. Jesus himself said that, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Jesus proved He was unique in that He came to earth, died on a cross, and was raised to life. It was because of that, that we can have new life in Jesus Christ!
Nothing or nobody else but Jesus could have fixed the problem. Not even your best religious or moral efforts would have gotten God’s attention. “God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.” Ephesians 2:8-9
Trust
So, we all have to turn to God for forgiveness of sin and trust that Jesus died to give you new life. “…turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” Acts 3:19
By professing your trust in Christ as Lord you are putting total faith in what He did to give you eternal and abundant life. Faith is pushing forward in a new relationship with Jesus Christ. It is seeking him with all of your heart and allowing Him to change you from the inside out. He does this by His Spirit. But you will need a vibrant, Christ-focused church to also help you become like Him.
Would you like to connect to God through personal relationship with Jesus?
If you are ready, talk to God right now heart-to-heart. Repent before God and begin a prayer life with Him. This is just the beginning of a relationship with God. “God, thank you for loving me enough to send your one and only Son to die for me. I realize and believe I am a sinner. I also believe that Jesus died and was raised to life so that I may connect with you forever. I want to turn from my way of life and follow Jesus and His way. Right now, I invite Jesus to come into my life and take over. Thank you God for giving me new life.” Again this is the beginning of a relationship with God. Becoming a citizen of Heaven is an ongoing, life-long commitment to God and your church.
Spiritual Growth
By placing your trust in God, you are also trusting that God will help you in your new journey. Continue to commune with God on a daily basis and connect to other believers in and followers of Christ. And read the scriptures!!! Christ came to inhabit the Earth through the Spirit and demonstrate His Life through the local church. The local church is a gathering of God’s people meant to show the world a tangible and real Jesus Christ. So finding a church which is fixed on “being” Christ to the world is very important to your ongoing Spiritual growth and deepening relationship with God. So pray and trust God. And follow Him wherever He may lead you.
Church
The shedding of His blood is so very important for us to understand. We need God to help us. The Blood is as important to God as it ever was. And it is just as important for us, for without it we do not know Who We Are in Christ.
But the shedding of His blood and the redemption of sins was not God’s only goal. The cross-sacrifice was merely a means to an end for God. God’s desire was, and is to this day, to fill groups of people — Churches everywhere — to reflect the Living Lord. The Blood is a real thing but it’s not the only thing. That our sins are completely forgiven by the Blood of Christ is truth, but it’s not “The Truth.” “The Truth” is Christ Himself (John 14:6). We cannot stop short of God’s real heart — He wants to inhabit the Earth through churches, the risen and returned Body of Christ.
While dying on the cross, I picture that Christ thought not only just of me as His blood dripped down, but that He thought of mighty, redeemed groups of people where His Spirit would dwell and where a power-full, spiritual army would rise up in the new Kingdom of Heaven and declare together: “What Can Wash Away OUR Sins?!” — “Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the blood. Nothing but the blood of Jesus.” Find a church and become an active part of God’s people in your area. It’s so very essential to your spiritual growth.
Family
God designed and created your family in order to glorify Him and show the world that our God reigns. Right now, people and churches everywhere are fighting dark forces of evil intent on ripping families apart and stealing the hearts of children. Don’t underestimate this power. Only God can help you and me and all of us lead our families. We must rely on Him and on brothers and sisters in Christ more than we ever have, in order to save our children. “Do not conform to the patterns of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.” This verse is of vital importance for family life. We must be willing to take inventory of our daily lives and throw out that which conforms us to the patterns of the world. Do this! Go against the flow. Say no to your children, and be embarrassed before your friends, if you have to. Doing so might just save your family for all eternity. But don’t become legalistic in this effort to not conform to the patterns of the world. Always remember the greatest commandment:
“Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind and with all your strength.
The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no commandment greater than these.”
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