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Emanuel Lutheran A Bible Based Church
Where Families Come Together
Salvation
God’s grace and love made known to all in Jesus the Christ
The New Testament is full of warnings about substituting right words and doctrines as religious screens against the living word and will of God. Still, these warnings are not God’s last word.
The final word is that God came to the world in Christ Jesus in order to redeem the world, and that nothing can come between God’s creation (which includes us) and God’s all-encompassing love. That is precisely how Lutherans understand Jesus' Biblical statement about salvation: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
What God has done in Jesus is done for all who believe in Him as Lord and Savior; God’s act in His one and only Son is the way that all come to know God. This Good News we are compelled to joyously share with all people: "God has acted in Christ, and you are the recipient of this loving act."
Will, then, all people receive salvation in the end? A Lutheran Theologian, Carl Braaten, wrote: "We do not ... know the answer. (That) is stored up in the mystery of God’s own future. All (God) has let us know in advance is that He will judge the world according to the measure of His grace and love made known in Jesus Christ, which is ultimately greater than the fierceness of His wrath or the hideousness of our sin."
Quotations from Carl Braaten, The Universal Meaning of Jesus Christ, LCA Partners Magazine
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Today's Events
Sunday, May 20
- BLAST
Children are invited to this exciting ministry that meets right after the children's message every Sunday. B.L.A.S.T. is at both services! - Worship
8:15 AM
Inspirational and traditional worship with organ and piano instrumentation. - Worship
11:00 AM
From piano and organ based or contemporary style we worship our awesome God. - Youth Group
12:30 PM
Every Sunday - we start at Emanuel and then may go play laser tag, bowling, picnic, help someone, or... - Call 334.2130 for more info.
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