The Gospel Message
Humanity, both collectively and individually, has rejected God, the source of life and goodness. Seeking our own ends, we have become victims and agents of evil, death, and misery. God, not willing we should perish, entered a covenant of grace to deliver humanity from this miserable state by means of a Redeemer. Begun with the Hebrew people, this covenant reached its fulfillment in Jesus who overcame the powers of evil, death, and misery in his earthly ministry, death on a cross, and resurrection from the grave. Jesus calls for all people to turn away (i.e. repent) from evil to the Kingdom of God. To begin this journey, one must confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from the dead.