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Ballito Bible Church : Tel : 032-946 3795 email : ballitobiblechurch@mweb.co.za
Christ Church Umhlanga : Tel : 031-572 6542/3 email : ccu@halomail.co.za
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Who is a "Christian"?
  • The Bible teaches that ‘all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God’ and that ‘there is no-one righteous not even one.’
    A Christian is someone who admits that they have tried to rule their own lives their own way and as a result has failed to live in a way that pleases God the Rightful King.
  • The Bible teaches that ‘the wages of sin is death’.
    A Christian is someone who knows and believes that they deserve to be punished by God because of their rebellion against God.
  • The Bible teaches that God ‘presented Jesus as a sacrifice of atonement for sins’.
    A Christian believes that God the Son entered this world and became a man, Jesus of Nazareth, in order to die, bearing the penalty that our sins justly deserve.
  • The Bible teaches that a ‘righteousness comes from God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe’.
    A Christian is someone whom God accepts as being perfectly righteous because they trust in Jesus’ death on the cross.
  • The Bible teaches that ‘to all those who received Him, to those who believed in His name He gave the right to become children of God’.
    A Christian is someone who has a relationship with God as his/her Father.

 
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Christ Church Umhlanga... Ballito Bible Church... The Bible alone. Christianity is based entirely on what God has said. Everything we ever need to know about God is contained for us in the Bible. The Bible is the highest source of authority. We are not required to believe anything that is not taught by the Bible directly or by reasonable and necessary inference. > Christ alone. Salvation is entirely due to the finished work of Jesus Christ in His life, death and resurrection. He alone is our Prophet, Priest and King. Grace alone. God alone is sovereign, ruling over all creation. God saves us, not for anything we have done, nor because we first believe in Him but rather because of His free and undeserved gift. As a result of His work in us through the Holy Spirit, we then turn to Him and believe. Without His Spirit working in us no-one would ever turn to Him or believe His Gospel.. Faith alone. God's salvation is to be received by faith. We are to live by God's word as we live in His world. There is absolutely nothing we can do to earn our salvation or even contribute to our salvation. We are saved by faith in Christ alone. This kind of faith will always lead us to become more and more like Jesus. To God be the Glory alone. These teachings are the only teachings that magnify the wonder of God's gracious salvation and debase human pride and self-sufficiency. Any other teaching of salvation leaves room for human boasting and detracts from God's glory in saving us and is not in line with what the Bible teaches.