He paid our debt to sin at the cross and was raised in glorious triumph. We believe that our salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. We deserve hell, not heaven. We cannot deserve what God has done for us through Christ. Even our deepest remorse over our sins cannot undo the past or erase the harm already done.
Forgiveness is a divine work.
We believe that authentic faith expresses itself in repentance and immersion in Jesus' name. Repentance is our sincere acknowledgement that God's judgment against sin is just, and water baptism is our confession of the sufficiency of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus to save us from sin. We believe that baptized believers are called to adopt a life of discipleship that imitates Christ's own. He is our perfect model in all things. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we pursue all that is holy and learn to abhor the sinful things that once appealed to us.