Our Values and beliefs as a church.
It's the way we think, act, speak, and love one another. It's in the way we raise our families, love our community, and seek the good of others before ourselves. Here's what makes Orrell Park Baptist Church unique.
The Gospel
We are a Gospel centred Church. We are all about the Gospel which is focused on who Jesus is and what he said and did. Jesus is the hero of history and the centerpiece of the entire Bible.
God made us to worship Him. He was our Father, living and walking among us, giving us everything we needed to live, and yet we chose to sin against Him - a cosmic act of treason punishable by death (Gen 2:17; Rm 6:23). As a result, we were separated from God, and we try to be our own gods, declaring what is right and wrong, and living life by our own standards.
Jesus lived a life we could not
Despite our pride and ignorance, Jesus, who created the world and is God, lovingly came into human history as a man (John 1:14; Rm 1:3; 8:3; Gal 4:4; Philemon 2:7, 8; Col 1:22; 1 Tim 3:16; Heb 2:14; 1 Jn 4:2; 2 Jn 7). He was born of a virgin, (Mt 1:23; Is 7:14) and He lived a life without sin, (Heb 4:15; 1 Pt 2:22; 1 Jn 3:5) though He was tempted in every way as we are.
Because of His great love for us, He went to the cross and took on the punishment of death that we justly deserved (Rm 3:25; 1 Jn 2:2). Before His death and after His resurrection, Jesus preached that the good news of God’s kingdom, love, promise, forgiveness, and acceptance was fulfilled in Him, in both His life and death.
Jesus Died a Death we could not
Adam and Eve in the garden substituted themselves for God, like we do, choose to trust in ourselves and be our own god rather than trusting in God himself and, at the cross, Jesus reversed that substitution, substituting Himself for sinners (1 Cor 15:45–48). When Jesus went to the cross, He willingly took upon Himself the sin of those who would come to trust in Him.
That means that if you trust Him as your Lord and Savior, Jesus went to the cross and took upon Himself all your sin; past, present, and future, and that He died in your place, paying your debt to God and purchasing your salvation (Rm 10:9; Mt 10:32; Lk 12:8).
The Great Exchange
Jesus not only took the punishment for your sin, but He also lived a perfectly righteous life. When you trust in Christ, your sins are forgiven and you are declared righteous by God, the ultimate judge. The righteousness of Christ is attributed to you as if you lived a perfect life. 2 Cor 5:21 tells us this: “For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”
Jesus rose from the grave
Jesus’ dead body was then laid in a tomb, where He lay buried for three days. On the third day, Jesus rose in victory over Satan, sin, death, demons, and hell (Lk 42:1; Mt 28:1–8; Mk 16:1–8; Jn 20:1). Jesus spent more time eating, drinking, laughing, and teaching with his closest friends (Jn 20-21).
Jesus Ascended
He ascended into heaven, and today is alive and reigning (Acts 1:6–11). He is seated on a throne, and he is ruling over all nations, cultures, philosophies, races, and periods of time. Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead, and those who trust in Him will enjoy eternity in His kingdom of heaven forever. Those who do not will suffer apart from Him in the conscious, eternal torments of hell (Rev 21).
He is King of kings and He is Lord of lords (Rev 17:14), and He is ruling and reigning over all people, commanding everyone everywhere to repent. And now He commissions us with the Holy Spirit to be missionaries, telling this amazing news that there is a God who passionately, lovingly, continually, and relentlessly pursues us.
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