Here is both the knowability and transcendence of God. God has revealed Himself to us as one God in three Persons and three Persons in one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Thus we have knowledge of Him but also learn that He is more than we can fully comprehend.
Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah of the Hebrew Scriptures. His coming and ministry were not what the people expected but exactly what the Scriptures foretold would happen. He came to be rejected by His own, betrayed and crucified according to Godʼs gracious plan of salvation, all to make atonement (to bear and turn aside the wrath of God) for the sins of both Jew and Gentile alike.
Jesus Christ was not just a wise teacher or an ancient prophet of God. He was and is the divine Savior of the world, the only hope of all human beings. By this we hope not to offend, but we would be true to Christ, who said of Himself - “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”—John 14:6. And Godʼs Word also says of Christ - “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved”—Acts 4:12.
“Gospel” means “good news.” The Good News of Jesus Christ is all that He did to save us, including His birth, life, suffering and death, and His glorious resurrection.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a virgin as she conceived and gave birth to Him. God by His Spirit was the Father of Jesus, not Joseph or any other man
Jesus did real, supernatural miracles, healing the sick, casting out demons, walking on water, and even calming storms. By doing these miracles and by rising again from the dead, He proved the truth of His claims to be the divine Son of God.
Having died on the cross, Jesus rose again in the same body in which He was born, lived and died.
Christ is fully human and fully divine. He has now taken our flesh into heaven, where He serves as our Mediator between God and us.
Christ is coming again to make all things new and to judge the living and the dead.
We believe that Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox, among others, were men used by God in the sixteenth century to call the church back from error and corruption, in order to recover and proclaim once again the true Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The true Gospel recovered in the Reformation is the message that sinners are justified (counted righteous before God) by their faith alone in Christ alone, apart from any of their works of obedience.
The Gospel is the good news that God graciously works salvation in His people. More than just making salvation available to those who may be smart enough to receive it by faith, the work of Christ actually accomplished salvation for Godʼs people. By Godʼs Word and Spirit, the work of Christ is applied to sinners yet today, and the result of this ministry is new birth, repentance and faith unto eternal life.
Christ now rules as King of kings with all authority in heaven and on earth. He is Lord of commerce and human government, science and technology, education and the arts. Confessing Him as King, we can live with a great sense of purpose in our lives and careers and with hope for a bright and eternal future.
Matt 28:18-20 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. ESV
