| The Bible And The Gospel - Our Standard |
LifeSource Christian Fellowship - Prospectus:
CREATION AND EXISTENCE:
There IS Only One GOD.
GOD, FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT, IS The Creator And Maker of ALL Things and of EVERY Thing.
All that was, is, and will be, comes from and begins with GOD.
GOD IS the basis and root of all knowledge, all science (study), and all truth.
GOD AND HUMANITY - CREATION:
God Made the earth and everything in it. God gave humanity complete authority over the earth.
God Created Humanity for the purpose of living, sharing, and communing eternally with God as Children of God.
God Ordained Man AND Woman, as life partners, as the beginning standard and root of The Human Family, and ordained that The Family IS the root and source of authority and order for every human community.
God Made Man AND Woman as the singular basic family unit, and God Gave Them complete dominion and authority over all of the earth and everything in it, to control the earth, to manage the earth, to maintain and support the earth, and to expand Humanity throughout the whole earth.
GOD AND HUMANITY - THE RELATIONSHIP:
Adam and Eve, Man and Woman together, disobeyed God. Their disobedience to God reflected their rejection of God's Love, Authority, and Power in the lives of Human Beings. Their disobedience and rejection of God is called 'SIN'.
Because of Humanity's sin, The Relationship between God and Humanity was broken.
Sin resulted in Humanity's total and complete separation from God and resulted in the corruption and corrosion of Humanity. Sin is the reason for the eventual death of every Human Being, and for the corrosion, corruption, erosion, and eventual death of everything that is under Human authority and control.
God's Love for Humanity is so great that Jesus, The Only Begotten Son Of God, who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary of Nazareth, chose to come to earth in human form. Living among human beings as God-In-The-Flesh, Jesus represented the fullness of the Love, Grace, Mercy, and Power of God in his message and ministry of completely restoring the broken relationship between God and Humanity.
Jesus willingly gave up His life to completely receive upon Himself the full consequences of the Sin of all of Humanity for all time, past present, and future. By His death, Jesus made redemption from the curse of Sin available to every human being.
In The Death of Jesus 'The Messiah' and in His Resurrection from the grave, The Relationship between God and Humanity is RESTORED.
Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ, is The PERFECT EXAMPLE and standard for all of Humanity in His life, in His Teachings, in His ministry, in His sharing, and in His display of The Power Of God over every area of creation and existence, including life and death.
Any Person who, At Any Time, receives Jesus 'The Christ' as his/her Lord and Savior, who rejects a life of sin, and who chooses God's Total Authority over his/her life, is immediately confirmed into a complete and eternal relationship with God, and lives forever as a 'Child Of God', known also as 'A Christian', as a 'Follower of Christ', and as a 'Disciple Of Christ'. This is called 'Salvation'.
THE WILL OF GOD:
God Loves Every Human Being, male and female, of all races, ages, nations, times, civilizations, and languages. God seeks to have a personal eternal relationship with every Human Being. This is called 'The Gospel', which means 'GOOD NEWS'. God's will is that every Christian share 'The Gospel' with every person everywhere at every opportunity.
It is The Will OF God to receive as an act of GRACE, any person who chooses to accept God's love, authority, and leadership over his/her life. That GRACE is given only when the person freely rejects a life of sin, asks God to take charge of his/her life, and accepts the saving death and resurrection of Jesus, The Christ, for all of that person's sins, past, present, and future.
God's Will is that worship of God begin with the Human desire to honor, glorify, and magnify God before the world. God is not interested in, nor does God honor, the practice of religion and ritual for the sake of tradition or history, nor for human self-promotion or self-glorification.
God's Will is that every person exemplify his/her Love and worship of God through through studying and adhering to The Word Of God, through following the example of Jesus Christ to the best of his/her ability, through trusting and seeking God's will for him/herself in faithful prayer to God, AND by assertively loving every person as God loves Humanity.
THE WORD OF GOD:
THE BIBLE, Old And New Testaments, is The Inspired AND Revealed 'Word Of God'. THE BIBLE is The First AND The Final Authority by which every CHRISTIAN lives his/her life, wholly and completely, publicly and privately, socially and politically, individually and collectively, financially and professionally, personally and spiritually.
THE CHURCH:
The Body Of Christ, also called 'The Church', consists of all gatherings, organizations, and fellowships of Christians of every denomination and of every sect of Christianity throughout the world, in the past, the present, and the future.
