A Short Summary of our Beliefs at:
Shepherd of the Palms Lutheran Church
 e believe . . .
that God is Triune: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Mt 28:19).
that God created us and the entire world in which we live (Gn 1:1).
that we and all people sin against God in our thoughts, words and actions (Ro 8:23).
that we and all people deserve to die physically and eternally for our sins (Ro 6:23).
that God in his love planned to save us and all people from the punishment we deserve (Gn 3:15).
that God sent his one and only Son, Jesus Christ, into this world to take our place (Jn 3:16).
that Christ lived a sinless life and innocently died for the sins of the entire world (1 Cor 5:21; 1 Jn 2:2).
that we and all people have complete pardon for our sins through Christ's perfect life and sacrificial death (Jn 3:16).
that God makes this pardon ours by grace through faith in Jesus Christ (Eph :8,9).
that faith itself is a gift given by God through the working of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 12:3).
that the Holy Spirit works through the Gospel (Good News) of Christ in the Word of God and in the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper (Ro 10:17; 1 Pe 3:21; Mt 26:28).
that the books of the Bible are in their entirety the true Word of God and contain no errors (2 Tm 3:16).
that because of Christ's life, death and resurrection we also can joyfully and thankfully live for him and with him now and forever (Ga 2:20; Jn 14:19).
OR, TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY:
WE BELIEVE:
. . . that it's by GRACE ALONE people are forgiven. We have peace with God and eternal life instead of guilt, fear and condemnation. Grace is God's "undeserved love".
. . . that it's by FAITH ALONE this free gift of forgiveness is received by people. Faith is the God-created personal trust in all that God has done for us by the life, death and victorious resurrection of His only Son, Jesus Christ.
. . . that it's SCRIPTURE ALONE that is the absolute source of truth. It is to be believed above human reason, experience or tradition. By "SCRIPTURE" we mean the Bible, the divinely inspired, inerrant Word of God.
. . . that NEW LIFE is God's free gift to all who believe in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior from sin. Far from being a license to sin, we have been freed to serve God boldly, carefully, enthusiastically, in joy and peace.
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