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Scripture presents a view of salvation (a soteriological vision) that provides a vision for personal and community life at Bethel.
This is the view
that Jesus Christ shed His blood unto death so that both Jews and Gentiles can be forgiven of their sins,
that by trusting Christ as Savior and Lord a person’s faith is counted for righteousness and the person belongs to Abraham’s worldwide, spiritual family of faith,
that by dying and rising with Christ in each temptation and circumstance through the power of the Holy Spirit the believer can walk in the obedience of faith,
that it is within the discipling activities in the community of faith that each believer is transformed more and more into the character of Christ,
and that the supreme goal of salvation is participation in the work of God’s Kingdom in this life and throughout eternity.
This is not the same soteriological vision as saying our sins are imputed to Christ and Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us and we will go to heaven when we die no matter how we live.
This vision will influence the spirituality of each believer, the way we worship together, and the way we disciple one another.
This vision calls us to worship God in spirit and truth, to encourage and admonish one another for the purpose of experiencing the grace and mercy of God, spiritual and emotional growth toward maturity, and “obedience of the faith” (Rom. 1:5). All of this requires human effort energized by grace and cooperation with God.