We believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, that He came down to earth to die on the cross for our sins and rose again on the third day.
In the beginning...
God loves us and created us to know Him personally. We were created with value and worth.
God created you
"You created every part of me and put me together in my mother's womb." - Psalm 139:13-14
God loves you
"For God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son (Jesus Christ) so that anyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16
God's plan for you
[Christ is speaking] "...My purpose is to give life in all its fullness." (a fulfilling and purposeful life) - John 10:10
Our Sin
"For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious (perfect) standard." - Romans 3:23
God has created us with a freedom of choice. Although we were meant to enjoy a personal, loving relationship with Him, we have chosen to go out independent way, thus breaking that relationship with Him. This continual tendency of choosing to ignore or reject God is what the Bible calls sin.
"But the trouble is that your sins have cut you off from God." - Isaiah 59:2
"For the wages of sin is death (spiritual separation from God resulting in feelings of emptiness)." - Romans 6:23
Sin separates us from God and brings about an emptiness in our hearts that only God can fill. But we are continually trying to fill it through our own efforts such as money, career, relationships, popularity, looks, good works, freedom, philosophy or religion, and we always fail.
God has never stopped loving us. He has even provided the way to fill our emptiness through...
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is God's only solution for our sin. Through Him alone we can know God personally and experience God's love. Jesus is the only way to God and He had to die to pay for the penalty of our sins, so that we may be forgiven. He then rose from the dead to prove that He is God, and to give us eternal life.
"Jesus said to them, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father (God) except through Me.'" - John 14:6.
"He died once for the sins of us all guilty sinners, although He Himself was innocent of any sin at any time, that He might bring us safely home to God." - 1 Peter 3:18
Adapted from "The Four Spiritual Laws" booklet.
