BE ON THE LOOK OUT for people you can welcome warmly to Living Hope and share God’s love! Remember the 5 minute and 10 foot rule. That is, spend the first 5 minutes after the Sunday service welcoming people you haven’t met yet. And anyone within 10 feet of you, be sure to say “Hi!”The entire Bible points to Jesus as the Savior. Our faith and beliefs area based on the clear teachings of the Bible.
There is only one true God. He has revealed Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
God is the creator of everything that exists.
People were originally created by God pure and holy; without fault and sinless. They lived in harmony with God and did what was pleasing to Him.
Adam and Eve, the man and woman God created in the beginning, rejected God's will and brought sin into the world. Since that time, all people have been conceived and born in sin.
Sin is living in a broken relationship with God. This broken relationship is shown in sinful thoughts, words and deeds.
People cannot save themselves by their good works or restore themselves to a right relationship with God.
God sent his Son, Jesus, into the world. He is both true God and true man. He lived to fulfill God's law fo rus, died on the cross to pay the penalty our sins deserved, and rose from the dead so that we might have eternal life.
God comes into our lives through the Word, Holy Baptism, and Holy Communion. By these means of grace, God applies the blessings of Jesus' death and resurrection to all who believe in Jesus as their Savior.
Jesus will come again to take all believers to himself. On the final day, all the dead will be raised. Those who are still alive will be bodily transformed. After this, the final judgment will take place. Unbelievers will to into eternal Hell and believers into eternal life.
The true Christian church is made up of all believers of all times who believe in the Triune God and in Jesus Christ as their only Savior.
On Earth, the true church is the congregation which correctly preaches and teaches God's Word and administers Holy Baptism and Holy Communion according to the teachings of Scripture.
Christians are called to tell others that the only way of salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ, and to show their faith by their deeds of love towards others.
Faith in Jesus is a gift of God, given by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Because of Jesus' death on the cross, God declares a human being just --or righteous-- and forgiven. This happens not because of human effort, but because the forgiveness won by Jesus is given to anyone who believes in Jesus as Savior.