- Man was created holy by God but lost this holiness through
deliberate disobedience
- Man is still disobedient as evidenced by his inability to
keep the Ten Commandments perfectly.
- God loves man in spite of mans disobedience. God loves man
so much that He laid the guilt and punishment of all sins of all
people on His Son, Jesus.
- Jesus Christ, true God and true man, lived a holy and
perfect life on earth, suffered and died on a cross for our
sins, and rose again from the dead to prove his victory over sin
and death for the justification of man before God.
- Full and free forgiveness is offered to all people. Those
who repent of their sins, believe in Jesus as their Savior and
accept his forgiveness, face life with a new joy and greater
confidence. They become new creatures in Christ and are certain
of going to heaven.
- The Holy Spirit wants to impart this belief to everyone
through the power of the word of God, the Bible, which we
believe to be the inspired, inerrant revelation of God himself to
mankind.
- The Church of Jesus Christ is composed of all those who rely
on Jesus Christ for forgiveness and eternal life, who adhere to
his teachings, and who faithfully partake of His sacraments.
- Jesus Christ will come again visibly at the end of time as
the righteous judge of the world, raise all from the dead, and
impart the treasures of heaven to all those who confess him as
their personal Savior.
Declarations of the faith of this
church
The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod |