At the heart of our Christian faith is the sure confidence that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, on account of Jesus Christ alone. All that we believe, teach, and confess is based on God’s Word alone.

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The following is a brief summary of our beliefs, drawn from the Holy Bible, the infallible Word of God:
 

1. There is one true God, who created us and loves us.

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Psalm 139:13 – You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Psalm 145:8-9 – The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all; He has compassion on all He has made.

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2. The one true God is the Holy Trinity – the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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1 Corinthians 8:4 – There is no God but one.
Matthew 28:19 – Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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3. We do not fully experience God’s love because our sin has separated us from Him.

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Isaiah 59:2 – Your iniquities have separated you from God.
Romans 8:7 – The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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4. Lost in our sin, we cannot bring ourselves into a right relationship with God.

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Psalm 51:5 – I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Ephesians 2:1 – You were dead in your transgressions and sins.

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5. Although our sinful rebellion deserves God’s punishment, God does not want us to receive the judgment we deserve. In His love and mercy, God the Father sent his Son, Jesus, to save us from sin, death, and the devil.

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John 3:16 – God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
1 John 4:9-10 – This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

 

6. God the Son, Jesus Christ, saved us by becoming a man, living a sinless life, and dying on the cross as our substitute to pay the price for all our sins.

 

Isaiah 53:4-5 – Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God, smitten by Him, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed.
Galatians 4:4-5 – When the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.

 

7. Jesus’ victory over sin, death, and the devil was publicly demonstrated and declared in His bodily resurrection from the dead.

 

1 Corinthians 15:3 – For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
Romans 4:25 – He was delivered over to death for our sins and raised to life for our justification.

 

8. The free gifts of pardon and peace won for all mankind on the cross are now delivered to us personally in the means of grace*. Through these means of grace, God creates and strengthens saving faith in our hearts.

 

2 Thessalonians 2:14 - To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mark 16:16 – Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Matthew 26:26-28 – While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying: “Take and eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”

 

9. God’s free gifts of forgiveness and everlasting life become ours personally when we receive them in faith. We are not saved by anything we do, but by the grace of God alone, through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

 

Ephesians 2:8-9 – By grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.
Romans 5:1 – Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

10. All who receive Christ in faith have the assurance of everlasting life.

John 11:25-26 – Jesus said… “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die.”
Romans 8:1 – Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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11. All true reconciliation is based on the foundation of what God has done for us in Christ Jesus.

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2 Corinthians 5:18-21 - All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Matthew 5:23-24 - So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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* Across Christianity, there are a variety of views of the means that God uses to impart grace to us, His children. As Lutherans we believe God shares His grace with us in Holy Baptism, in God’s Word, and in Holy Communion. Ambassadors of Reconciliation understands that not all Christians, and therefore not all Christian Reconcilers™ share this same view. 

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