What Is A Christian?

Being a Christian – that is, a true believer – is more than identifying yourself with a particular religion or affirming a certain value system. Being a Christian means you have embraced what the Bible says about God, mankind, and salvation. The following statements summarize those critical truths:

God is sovereign creator. Contrary to popular thought, man is not the product of an impersonal evolutionary process, but was created by a personal God to love, serve, and enjoy endless fellowship with Him. Jesus Christ Himself, who is God, created everything; therefore, He owns and rules everything. This means that He has authority over our lives and deserves our absolute allegiance, obedience, and worship.

God is holy. God is absolutely and perfectly holy; therefore, He cannot commit or approve of evil, neither can evil dwell in His presence.

Mankind is sinful. Although man is capable of performing acts of human kindness, he is utterly incapable of understanding, loving, or pleasing God, because everyone is guilty of sin. "There is no man who does not sin".

Sin demands a penalty. God's holiness and justice demand that all sin be punished by death. Simply changing our patterns of behavior, or increasing our efforts at doing good, can't solve our sin problem or eliminate the consequence of death. No amount of doing good can ever 'pay' for our sin.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the only Savior. Even though God's justice demands death for sin, His love has provided a Savior who paid the penalty and died for sinners. Only Christ's perfect life satisfied the demands of God's holiness; only Christ's death satisfied the demands of God's justice; and only Christ's resurrection verified God's acceptance of His sacrifice for sin. Therefore Jesus Christ is the only one who is able to forgive and save those who place their faith in Him alone.

Individuals must repent and believe. True faith is not merely consenting to certain facts about Christ, but is always accompanied by repentance from sin. Repentance is agreeing with God that you are sinful, confessing your sins to Him, and making a conscious choice to turn from sin, to pursue Christ and to obey Him.

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Calendar

Prayer Meeting

Wednesday, February 22nd
7:00pm

Sunday School

Sunday, February 26th
9:15am

Children's Church

Sunday, February 26th
10:30am

Morning Worship

Sunday, February 26th
10:30am

Weekly Verse

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.

1 Timothy 3:16