The Gospel
Jesus
Christ is the gospel. The good news is revealed in his birth, life,
death, resurrection, and ascension. Christ’s crucifixion is the heart of
the gospel, his resurrection is the power of the gospel, and his
ascension is the glory of the gospel. Christ’s death is a
substitutionary and propitiatory sacrifice to God for our sins. It
satisfies the demands of God’s holy justice and appeases his holy wrath.
It also demonstrates his mysterious love and reveals his amazing grace.
Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man. There is no
other name by which men must be saved. At the heart of all sound
doctrine is the cross of Jesus Christ and the infinite privilege that
redeemed sinners have of glorifying God because of what he has
accomplished. Therefore, we want all that takes place in our hearts,
churches, and ministries to proceed from and be related to the cross.
Man’s Inheritance Through the Gospel
Salvation,
the free gift of God, is provided by grace alone, through faith alone,
because of Christ alone, for the glory of God alone. Anyone turning from
sin in repentance and looking to Christ and his substitutionary death
receives the gift of eternal life and is declared righteous by God as a
free gift. The righteousness of Christ is imputed to him. He is
justified and fully accepted by God. Through Christ’s atonement for sin
an individual is reconciled to God as Father and becomes his child. The
believer is forgiven the debt of his sin and, via the miracle of
regeneration, liberated from the law of sin and death into the freedom
of God’s Spirit.
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