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What Lutherans Believe
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- Lutherans
believe in one true God
Lutherans share the belief of all other
Christians that the one true God has made himself
known as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- Lutherans
believe that God loves all people. Lutherans
believe that God loves every human being, even
though none of us deserve his love.
- Lutherans
believe in Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christ is Lord and Saviour. Jesus Christ is the eternal second person of the Trinity. He is the
Word of God in human form, through whom
everything was made. Fully divine and fully
human, by his life, death, and resurrection God's
plan of salvation is accomplished for us. He will
come again to complete human history and fulfil
the eternal plan of God.
- Lutherans
believe God's forgiveness is a free gift. Sin is more than a
specific act or a string of bad decisions, it is
a break in relationship with God, separation from
God. Because of sin's power over us, we are
unable to save ourselves. God has
forgiven all sins of all people because of Jesus.
God offers
his forgiveness to everyone as a free gift. We
don't have to earn God's forgiveness or pay for
it. It is ours when we believe in Jesus as our
Saviour. God offers us his forgiveness in the
good news about Jesus, and in baptism and holy
communion. "This is love; not
that we loved God, but that God loved us and sent
his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our
sins"(1 John 4: 10).
- Lutherans
believe what the Bible says.
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are
the inspired Word of God and the
authority that decides what they are to believe
and how they should live. The Scriptures have
been inspired by the Holy Spirit and lead us to
an experience of the living Word of God, Jesus
Christ our Lord. Lutherans believe that the
good news about Jesus is the key to the whole
Bible.
** Information based on the brochure "Introducing the
Lutheran Church" (Openbook Publishers)
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