The church is made up of those who are called out of darkness into the light of Christ. People who have been saved by grace want others to share this power for imperfect people. This fellowship of forgiven sinners is a community built on the foundation of the promises of God. (Matthew 16; 1 Peter 2; John 20; 2 Corinthians 5; 1 John 1)

Our sufferings are an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to work in us. For the Spirit, the Father and the Son are all interceding for us. We need to remain faithful to the word of God. (Romans 8 )

The Holy Spirit sets us free from captivity to the law of sin and death. We now orbit around a new world view filled with God. Our mind can now be set on the work of the Spirit and not on the Flesh. (Romans 8 )

Each person will bear fruit either for death or for God. The battle for life giving fruit goes on inside each of us. We find the battle zone between the old me, the flesh, and the new me, the inmost self. The solution to the battle is to get help from the only one who can strengthen our inmost self, Jesus Christ. (Romans 7)

Renewing our mind keeps us under grace. We turn to the Lord and are changed daily. The Spirit creates new desires in us and this life is freedom. (Romans 12; 2 Corinthians 3; Ephesians 4)

Every person needs to live under God’s grace in Jesus. To do this requires a transfer from living under the law. Only under grace is a person free to yield control of one’s behavior to God. Under law sin still controls. Under grace, God is in control. (Romans 6)

God’s creative power in baptism is connected to the Holy Spirit who works in baptism to bring us blessings. A distinction is made between the baptism of John and the baptism of Jesus. (Matthew 2; Acts 18; Acts 19; Acts 2, 8,9,10,16, 22; Romans 6; Galatians 3; Colossians 2; Titus 3)

Christianity is about what God has done for us, not what we do for God. (1 Corinthians 15)

The Holy Spirit’s work is a creative word which brings the new birth in Christ. We experience the forgiveness of sin. The Spirit’s ministry continues the work of Jesus through the word of the Bible which the Spirit uses to convict, comfort and clarify. (John 3; Acts 2; John 14-16; 2 Corinthians 5; Romans 7)

The message of the Bible is about reality not “what if.” The devil’s lies begin with “if.” When we trust the devil’s lies we are cut off from the Word of life. (Genesis 3; Romans 3)