What We Believe - Concordia Lutheran Church

Concordia Lutheran Church of Chula Vista, CA

What We Believe

We believe that God is love and that He loves us so much that He came, in Jesus Christ, to put us back into a right relationship with Him. Everyone who has faith in Jesus as the Savior from sin will live with Him forever in heaven. We believe that God is a living God who created all things and still takes care of them.

We believe that the balance and beauty of God's creation was terribly damaged by sin and rebellion against His will. This broken condition is the reason for all the mess in the world today. We also believe that God doesn't want things to stay that way forever; and that God will restore things in Jesus Christ.

We believe that all people need to know God's love in Jesus Christ to get to heaven; for all have sinned and come short of God's standard of perfect obedience to His will.

We believe that life with God is a gift from God. We can never do enough good things to earn our way into heaven; but God loves us so much that Jesus died and rose to forgive our sins and make us His.

We believe that God changes people's lives; that He can overcome our past and our problems; that He can heal our hurts and our brokenness; that He can give us a new start, so that we can start to live better lives.

We believe that everything in the Bible is God's Word. The Bible tells us who God is and what he has done for us. The Bible is useful for teaching and helping people and correcting them and showing them how to live.

What is a Lutheran Christian?
At the heart of Lutheranism are three great theological themes that grew out of the 16th century Reformation, led by Martin Luther.

Grace alone is the concept that we are saved, not because of the good things we do, but solely because of God's undeserved love and mercy for us in His son, Jesus Christ. Jesus died in our place for our sins and rose from the dead to give us life.

Faith alone is the concept that we cannot earn God's love by what we do; we can only receive His grace through faith, which trusts in the promises of God and clings for hope and comfort to the cross of Jesus Christ.

Scripture alone is the concept that the Bible is the only source and standard for Christian life and teaching. We find out who God is, what He has done for us, what He promises us, and what He expects us to do in the Bible, all of which is God's inspired and truthful Word to us.

The good news that God's Son, Jesus Christ, died and rose to forgive our sins is the heart, core, and center of everything we Lutherans believe, teach and confess. We invite you to experience the hope, the comfort, and the joy that such a personal relationship with Jesus can bring to your life.