We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly by grace. The Son of God, who was Himself completely without sin, voluntarily took upon Himself our sin in obedience to the will of the Father. In raising Christ from the dead on the third day, God bore witness to the completion of His atoning work. We believe that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only condition of salvation. This faith in Him involves realization of our sin and turning in repentance and trust to Him as the sole deliverer from sin.
Salvation is therefore a new birth.
It is release from condemnation and guilt and the imparting of divine life. The believer is a new creature whose life is bound to Jesus Christ as Savior, source and sustainer. We believe that it is the will of God that all believers continue to mature toward the stature of Christ under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. As the believer willingly accepts the direction of the Holy Spirit his inner life is sanctified and brought into more perfect obedience to God's will. Moreover, within the fellowship of Christians and in the world, the Holy Spirit directs the believer toward the likeness of Christ so that by his active love he bears witness to God's presence and power within him and glorifies God before men.