What I believe about the Person and work of Christ

The Person and work of Christ ~ we believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man (John 1:1,2,14; Luke 1:35). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Rom. 3:24; I Pet. 2:24; Eph. 1:7; I Pet. 1:3-5). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9, 10; Heb. 7:25, Heb. 9:24; Rom. 8:34; I John 2:1-2).

Why this is important:

Jesus, the God-Man, is the unique revelation of God and the Savior of God's children. He has declared Himself to be the only way to the Father (John 14:6). In His sinless state, as God and man, we have obtained a perfect Savior to satisfy God's justice and judgment.

This reality calls us to a life of mission to minister to those whom He sought (Is. 61:1-3). We see ourselves as deserving nothing yet receiving everything necessary to have a right relationship with the Father through the work of the Son. As Jesus initiates with us, so He calls us to initiate with the lost. His love demonstrated towards us while we were yet sinners compels us to follow the same pattern and walk as He walked in the pursuit of the lost. Our motivation to love and serve the world comes from understanding the beauty of Jesus manifested in our desire to live a life worthy of the calling with which we were called.