Sunrise Church

False understanding of the gospel will inevitably lead to misplaced confidence in what has been done BY us instead of what has been done FOR us by Jesus Christ.

Christians must steward their honor diligently and refrain from giving honor reserved for good and Godly people, to the wrong people.

Unity isn’t a baseless idea. It comes from a common gospel experience; meaning it comes to us from a shared experience of redemption. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and our unity is founded on the common hope and faith in this reality. We are all together, in Christ, now truly alive and on the path of God in the confidence of the truth of the gospel.

The dualism of the Christian life is found in Paul’s Predicament: life or death…either way there is victory.

The Christian life is one of gospel partnership and proclamation, love for others, knowledge and discernment, sometimes strife and persecution, but all for the glory of God. In all this, we are called to be faithful and joyful citizens of Christ’s kingdom.

Much of the mess in the Corinthian church could have been avoided if they had merely obeyed Paul's five final commands to be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong and act in love.

The church should take seriously the call to support suffering Christians around the world, support the advance of the gospel and provide real support to those who are discouraged.

Death is an inevitable reality, but for believers in Christ, death allows the perishable to give way to the imperishable and in resurrection, there is true victory. Therefore, Christians can live steadfastly in the light of Christ's victorious resurrection, always abounding in the work of the Lord.

We do not only have hope in Christ in this life and we are not a people to be pitied. We have a deep and abiding hope of our own future victory over eternal death because Christ has delivered us from death by His own resurrection.