Grace Alone:
The word grace means, undeserved love. As the Bible says, all have sinned (disobeyed and rebelled against God) and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), there is nothing that you and I can do to save ourselves, nor do we earn or deserve God’s grace. Romans 5:8 says, “…but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” The good news is that Christ paid the full penalty for our sins through His death on the cross. God acts alone, without our actions or decisions to give us salvation. John 15:16 says, “You did not choose me, but I chose you…” Grace alone for you!
Faith Alone:
Only through faith in Christ are we declared forgiven and perfectly right with God , that is, justified. This declaration is whole and complete, totally independent of anything that we do. In short, because of God's act on the cross received through faith, we sinners are declared to be saints (set apart, holy) in God's sight. God's gift of faith is evidence that we have been saved by His grace. Does this mean that we just go do whatever we feel like doing which is contrary to what is God pleasing? Of course not! As the Holy Spirit works through the word of God in our lives, we are given the desire to do what is pleasing to the Lord. As Ephesians 2:8-10 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Scripture Alone:
How do we know the truths about the gospel? God has given us His Holy word, which is the basis and norm of the Christian faith. Hebrews 1:1-2 “…at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son...” The scripture that we have in the Bible records the narrative of salvation. The prophets before Christ pointed to Him, and the apostles that recorded the words of Christ point back to Jesus as the Savior. We accept the Holy Scriptures found in the Bible as God’s inspired and without error. We believe that Scripture alone is the final standard of what the Gospel is.
The word grace means, undeserved love. As the Bible says, all have sinned (disobeyed and rebelled against God) and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), there is nothing that you and I can do to save ourselves, nor do we earn or deserve God’s grace. Romans 5:8 says, “…but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” The good news is that Christ paid the full penalty for our sins through His death on the cross. God acts alone, without our actions or decisions to give us salvation. John 15:16 says, “You did not choose me, but I chose you…” Grace alone for you!
Faith Alone:
Only through faith in Christ are we declared forgiven and perfectly right with God , that is, justified. This declaration is whole and complete, totally independent of anything that we do. In short, because of God's act on the cross received through faith, we sinners are declared to be saints (set apart, holy) in God's sight. God's gift of faith is evidence that we have been saved by His grace. Does this mean that we just go do whatever we feel like doing which is contrary to what is God pleasing? Of course not! As the Holy Spirit works through the word of God in our lives, we are given the desire to do what is pleasing to the Lord. As Ephesians 2:8-10 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Scripture Alone:
How do we know the truths about the gospel? God has given us His Holy word, which is the basis and norm of the Christian faith. Hebrews 1:1-2 “…at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son...” The scripture that we have in the Bible records the narrative of salvation. The prophets before Christ pointed to Him, and the apostles that recorded the words of Christ point back to Jesus as the Savior. We accept the Holy Scriptures found in the Bible as God’s inspired and without error. We believe that Scripture alone is the final standard of what the Gospel is.