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should begin this short explanation of what we believe at Libanus with an
apology to those who now expect an article steeped in some deep doctrinal
language. If you want this please look at the Church Constitution which
is also available from the menu on this website. The people who go to Libanus welcome everyone who wants to get to know the one and only true living God. Those who have become members of Libanus believe that the only way to get to know the living God is to learn about Him through the Holy Bible. The Holy Bible has been translated many times over the last 500 years so I would recommend the New International Version as a good place to start, or if you don’t want to buy one, you can download the New English Translation Bible from http://www.bible.org for free. We believe that the
original Holy Scriptures, now called the Bible, are perfectly inspired
by God and have been recorded and passed down by different people throughout
history. God wants to let everyone
know that He has made a way in which every person can be made acceptable
to Him. This way is through believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. We are
told that Jesus is God’s only Son, born of a virgin, conceived of
the Holy Spirit, and that he lived a blameless and spotless life. Of His
own free will He allowed Himself to die by being nailed to a cross about
2000 years ago. In doing this we believe He took on Himself all of our
imperfections and the judgement deserved by us from a pure and holy God.
As Jesus, God’s only Son, paid the price for our sin, He rightly
demands that we put all our trust in Him and follow the way He lived,
so that we may live eternally with Him and the Father when we die. Jesus
took the punishment we deserve from a Holy God for wrong we do in our
lives. Trusting in Him means that our judgement has been transferred onto
Jesus and we are made perfect in God’s sight by covering ourselves
with the life Jesus has set us to live. One day we believe
that the Lord Jesus Christ will return to this earth. When this happens
everyone will see Him. At that time he will divide people up into two
categories, those who believe and have put their trust in Him and those
who do not believe. He will condemn those who do not believe to an existence
without His presence, this we call Hell. Those who have placed their trust
in Jesus will shared with Him His inheritance in heaven and live an eternal
existence praising Him and enjoying the light and joy of his presence. |
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