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There's a God. Only one God, in fact, and He is the Creator of everything. We're made in His image, which means we're like Him in many ways, except that He's God and we're not. He's loving and just and desires a relationship with us. As individuals with free will, we have the freedom to respond to the relationship God has initiated with us, or not. We're free to choose to live outside the realm of the life God has for us as it's explained in the Bible. We make many choices in life that bring us either closer to God or farther away from Him. Choices we make that separate us from God is called sin. We all do it, and we'll continue to do so. And, even then, God will love us and passionately pursue us. God loves us so much, in fact, that he sent his only son, Jesus, to die so the rest of us could live. The cost of sin was separation from God--spiritual death--until Jesus came and his death paid everybody's debt. That's serious love. Because of that serious, perfect love, this gift from God is waiting for anyone who wants to receive it. This is called Grace. God gives Grace freely and abundantly. As for us, we need only to decide whether or not to believe and receive this gift. If we decide to believe it, we have available to us a new, full life that can start now and never stop. Although God reveals things to us (including what he's revealed about himself in the Bible), He remains mysterious and wonderful. Santa Fe Baptist Church's beliefs are the same as those contained in the Baptist Faith and Message, the confession of faith of The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). |
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