Statement of Faith
          Prayer of Salvation

Statement of Faith

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
– John 3:16

     There is only one true God, who exists in Trinity form as God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit.

     God is holy and is eternal in existence, having no beginning or end. He created the universe and everything in it.

     God created man and woman (Man) to have a beautiful and intimate relationship with Him, to multiply the human race through procreation and to rule over the earth.

     Man rejected God by choosing to disobey and dishonor God. As a result, Man fell from his intimate relationship with God and sin entered the world, creating a great chasm or divide between Man and God because no one unholy can come into the presence of God.

     Since sin entered the world, Man has been both depraved and sinful in nature and is born that way. This nature extends beyond thoughts, words and deeds, going to the very core of the make-up of Man’s essence and being.

     Because of His great love for us, God still desires to have an intimate relationship with each of us. God knows we can never achieve being good enough through our own abilities, characteristics, behaviors and deeds to restore our relationship with Him. God knew our depraved and sinful nature made it impossible.

     God knew only He could make a way to pay the price for our sin debt. He knew only God Himself could bridge the great chasm that exists between God and us. Thus, at a point and place in human time and history, Jesus Christ left His home in heaven and came to live among us on Earth.

     Jesus Christ came into this world by being born as a baby through the womb of a virgin human mother. Jesus was not fathered by a human. His mother became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus lived in human form without sin because He was totally and completely God. He was also totally and completely man.

     After Jesus grew up and became an adult, He died on the cross and shed His blood to pay the price for our sins against a Holy God. Through His death, the sin debt was paid as the life of the perfectly just and sinless was offered for the lives of the utterly unjust and sinful. After three days, He arose from the grave and returned to heaven where He lives today.

     Through the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, we are offered restored relationship with God and eternal life. This promise is available only to those who receive the gift of what Jesus did for them on the cross as payment for their sin debt and accept the risen, living Christ as their Savior and Lord.

     Those who receive God’s great love gift are “saved” from eternal condemnation for their unpaid sin debt. In addition, they are given the gift of the Holy Spirit who is a downpayment assuring the fulfillment of God’s promise. The Holy Spirit also guides, comforts and counsels God’s children. They are never alone.

     Those who accept the gift offered by Jesus Christ are adopted into the family of God. They have an inheritance kept for them in heaven where Jesus is preparing a place for them to join Him.

     To accept God’s great love gift, you must confess that Jesus Christ died for your sins and accept Him as your Savior and Lord. A suggested prayer for receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord is located on this web page under the section entitled “Prayer of Salvation.”

Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
– John 1:12-13

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