Biblically Based, Christ Centered, Caring Community in Annapolis, MD
All of creation is under a curse and subject to constant evil which leads to suffering and death. But Jesus has won a monumental victory over Satan, sin, suffering and eternal death, and followers of Christ can live boldly and rejoice in knowing that they have eternal life and freedom from the antagonists of God.
Revelation 20:15-22:7; Genesis 3:1-19
Christ is the perfect image in character, quality, and power of God with whom we are reconciled by Christ’s death on the cross.
Colossians 1:15-22
Christians receive newness of life through the death and resurrection of Christ, and are empowered to walk in this newness through the bonds of grace.
Romans 6:1-18 (ESV)
Knowing all of these things, what is your only comfort in life and death? That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, that all things must work together for my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, from this day forth, to live unto him.
Romans 14:7–9; Romans 8:31–39
Jesus healed the man who was blind from birth to show that He is the Messiah, the Light of the world, Who came to call sinful humans out of the darkness into His glorious light.
John 11
The ultimate display of God’s power is the resurrection of Christ, who has conquered death and rules over all to fulfill God’s purposes for us.
Ephesians 1:19-23
This teaching gives a Christian response to suffering a tragic, untimely death and also the suicide of a believer. It also contains an extended special time of communion for the church.
2 Corinthians 1:3-11
When people die, their soul continues in conscious existence while awaiting the resurrection of the body on the last day.
Luke 23:38-43
Although every one of us is responsible for Christ’s death because of our sin, God raised him from death that we might be saved.
Acts 2:22-24