Messiah College Confession of Faith

 

We believe in the triune God -- Father, Son and Holy Spirit -- who created and sustains the universe, and who desires to redeem us and all creation. (GC -- Chapter 1: God and Creation)

 

God creates each of us in the very image of God to live in loving relationships: free, responsible and accountable to God and to each other for our decisions and our actions. (GC -- Chapter 2: Human Nature)

 

God speaks to us in many different ways, times, and places but was uniquely revealed to all the world in Jesus of Nazareth who was fully human and fully divine. (GC -- Chapter 3: Hearing God's Voice)

 

God forgives our sins, renews our hearts and minds, and calls us to join in the work of reconciliation by grace through faith in the life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (GC -- Chapter 4: The Fullness of Salvation)

 

God bestows on us the Holy Spirit who leads us to repentance, instructs us in righteousness and empowers us to live joyfully as disciples of Christ, as servants of others and as caretakers of the created order. (GC -- Chapter 5: The Spirit and Life)

 

God calls us to unite in the Church as a visible community of believers which celebrates God's grace in its worship and bears witness to the truth of the Gospel through its being, doing and speaking. (GC -- Chapter 6: Being Church)

 

God gives us the Bible as the inspired, trustworthy and authoritative Scripture to reveal God's ways and purposes, to nourish our minds and souls, and to instruct us in how we ought to think and live. (GC -- Chapter 7: The Bible)

 

God instructs us to pursue the kingdom of peace, righteousness and justice which will ultimately prevail with the return of Christ and assures us that those judged faithful will share resurrected life with God and all the saints forever. (GC -- Chapter 8: The Future)

 

We praise the one God -- our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer -- who has called us to personal faith and new life in Christ and to so order our lives that they may demonstrate the truth of our confession. (GC -- Introduction and Conclusion)