Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is a member of
the
Lutheran Church, Missouri
Synod.
1. The entire Bible, which points to Jesus as the Savior, is the
inspired and errorless Word of God. It is God's message of love and hope
for all people.
2. There is only one true God, who exists in three persons: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
3. God is the creator of everything that exists.
4. Adam and Eve, our first parents, were originally created by God pure
and holy. They lived according to God's will, doing what was pleasing to
Him.
5. Adam and Eve, the man and woman God created in the beginning, went
against God's will and brought sin into the world. Since that time, all
people have been conceived and born in sin.
6. Sin is living out of relationship with God, not living according to
God's will, and thus transgressing His holy will in thought, word and
deed.
7. People cannot restore themselves by their good works to a right relationship with God.
8. God sent His Son, Jesus, into the world. He is both true God and true
man. He lived to fulfill God's law for us, died on the cross to pay the
penalty our sins deserved, and rose from the dead so that we might have
eternal life. He ascended into heaven, where He now sits at the right
hand of The Father to intercede for us.
9. Because of Jesus' death on the cross, God declares a person just or
righteous and forgiven. This happens not because of human effort, but
because the justification won by Jesus is applied to the one who
believes in Jesus as Savior.
10. Faith in Jesus is a gift of God, given by the power of the Holy
Spirit; thus all the glory belongs to God.
11. The means of grace are the Word, Holy Baptism and Holy Communion. By
these means, the merits of Jesus' perfect life and atoning death are
personally conveyed to all who believe in Jesus as their Savior.
12. Jesus will come again to take all believers to Himself. On the final
day, all the dead will be raised. Those who are still alive will be
bodily transformed. After this, the final judgment will take place.
Unbelievers will go into eternal damnation, and believers into eternal
life.
13. The true Christian church is made up of all believers of all times
who believe in the Triune God and in Jesus Christ as their only Savior.
14. God wants Christians to join with other believers in churches which
correctly teach God's Word and administer Holy Baptism and Holy
Communion according to the teachings of Scripture.
15. Christians are called to tell others that the only way of salvation
is by faith in Jesus Christ, and to show their faith by their deeds of
love toward others.
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