REFORMED BIBLE CHURCH OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

 

 

THIS IS THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE :

 

GOD,      WHO IS PERFECT, CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, BUT MAN (ADAM) CHOSE TO REBEL AGAINST GOD. THUS ADAM’S SIN INFECTED ALL MANKIND.

 

GOD’S      JUSTICE REQUIRES PAYMENT FOR SIN. THUS THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE, WHICH IS ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD, IS BOUND FOR ETERNAL CONDEMNATION.

 

GOD,        IN HIS GREAT MERCY, DECIDED TO SAVE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS BY PROVIDING A SUBSTITUTE TO PAY FOR THEIR SINS.

 

GOD       PROVIDED THE SUBSTITUTE, JESUS CHRIST, WHO BEING SINLESS, WAS TRULY MAN AND TRULY GOD. HE ALONE WAS ABLE TO ENDURE THE WRATH OF GOD AS THE STAND-IN FOR THOSE HE CHOSE TO SAVE.

 

GOD       THROUGH HIS HOLY SPIRIT OPENS THE SPIRITUAL EYES AND EARS OF THOSE FOR WHOM CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED, SO THAT THEY SEE THEIR SINFUL STATE AND SEEK GOD FOR MERCY.

 

GOD       REVEALS HIMSELF IN HIS WORD, THE BIBLE, WHICH HE USES TO GIVE FAITH TO THOSE WHO ARE BEING SAVED, THUS GUARANTEEING EVERLASTING LIFE TO THEM.

 

GOD       GIVES ASSURANCE OF SALVATION TO THOSE WHO ARE SAVED AS THEY FAITHFULLY STUDY GOD’S WORD AND ARE STEADFAST IN PRAYER, EARNESTLY DESIRING TO KNOW AND DO HIS WILL AND REPENTING OF THE SINS WHICH THEY STILL COMMIT.

 

THIS IS WHAT GOD SAYS                          THIS IS WHAT WE PREACH