The resurrection of Jesus Christ is proof that our salvation has been purchased and the basis upon which we have confidence that it is applied to us.

Jesus suffered all the torment we would have in hell in order to deliver us from it and that is the basis of our hope of heaven.

Sanctification is about being made more like Jesus in sacrificial love for God and others.

Obedience in the Christian life is something that we do not give to God, but he gives to us, by conquering sin’s power over us.

In conquering death on the cross, Christ transforms death for Christians into something positive—the eradication of sin and the entrance into eternal life.

The only way for sinners to be saved was if God would become man, live a perfect life, die a cursed death in our place and be buried, but not decay.

Jesus suffered death in an perfect way so that it would be legal, substitutionary and cursed in order that he might redeem us from all that we deserve for our sin.

Jesus had to be born of a virgin because it was necessary that he both human and sinless in order to redeem sinful humanity.

To call Jesus “our Lord” is to confess he is the God of Israel who saves his people from sin and bondage.

As adopted sons, we are granted all that Jesus has earned as an obedient son, as a gift, by grace.