What We Believe

What We Believe
LCMS Creeds Book of Concord Our Beliefs and Practice Lutheran Doctrine and Position FAQs about Lutherans Seven Points of Lutheran Doctrine Differences With...	Message from Pastor Matt:
	Being a Lutheran does not save a person: Christ does! However, a proper understanding of whom God is and His direction for our lives are essential for our life, both here and in eternity. As Lutherans we firmly believe that the Bible is God’s Word through which He still speaks to us today. As Lutherans, we evaluate and understand all life through the lens of God’s Word and we rely on His Word for the power to combat temptation and sin and claim the victory in Christ. As members of Saint Mark Lutheran Church we also look at our Christian faith as a lifetime of growth and maturity. This page will answer many of your questions but if you like more information please contact Pastor Matt or check out the LCMS Website.

Seven Points of Lutheran Doctrine
1.	The ultimate answers and hope for life comes from God.
2.	There is one God, who is three persons in one, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He made all things.
3.	Every person needs a relationship with God, but every person is naturally separated from Him due to the fact that everyone has failed to do God's will perfectly. It is impossible to have a true relationship with Him by our own ability and left to ourselves, we are destined to be separated from Him and under His punishment.
4.	God loved us so much that He became human, the person of Jesus. He taught us about God, lived a perfect life, suffered the punishment of our sin by dying on the cross for us, and was physically raised back to life. He ascended into heaven to fully exercise his glory and authority as God.
5.	By faith in Jesus, God gives the gift of forgiveness and removes all that separates us from a relationship with Him. This saving faith is created by God as a person hears the message of Jesus and as God works through baptism.
6.	On the last day, Jesus will return and will raise up bodily all the dead, to give to every believer a glorified body and eternal life and will condemn all those who have ignored or rejected his forgiveness.
7.	A true spiritual relationship with God is a growing process throughout your life, so believers need to encourage, love, and care for each other by meeting together regularly for worship, bible study, prayer, and the celebration of the Lord's Supper.

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