Believers are saved by grace through faith which produces the desire to do the good works for which God creates persons in Christ Jesus. Christian stewardship acknowledges that all of life and creation is a trust from God, to be used for God's glory and service. The motive for Christian stewardship is gratitude for God's abundant love and mercy. All believers are responsible to God and to the covenant community for their stewardship. Death and Resurrection.
Death is both a spiritual and physical reality.
Therefore the church has the privilege and duty to proclaim that in Jesus Christ, God acts to redeem persons from bondage to death both in spirit and body. As in regeneration the whole person is resurrected to new life in Christ, so in the resurrection of the dead the whole person is raised to live in and enjoy the presence of God forever. Believers are assured of having passed from the death of sin into life with God. They confidently await full redemption without fear of judgment. Judgment and Consummation.