What do we belive?

To be Confessional Evangelic-Lutherans mean that we are:

1) Confessional. It mean that we are a confessing Church. We confess the truths of the Scripture and deny what Scripture denies. What do we then confess? We confess nothing less than Christ himself, and that he came to the world as a complete sacrifice for the sins of everybody. That includes you and me. We belive that we have fallen so deep into sin, that there is nothing we can do for our salvation. Therefore Jesus had to die. Further we confess what the Church has confessed during every time and which is clearly stated in the three Ecumenical Creeds. We confess them, because they are biblical in every word. The only place where we can get to know God and what is his purpuse for you, me and all the world is in the Bible, which is the inspired and inerrant Word of God. Our Lutheran Confessions states clearly that we belive teach and confess that the only rule and norm according to which all teachings and teachers should be judged are the prophetic and apostolic Scriptures of the Old and the New Testament alone. (FC Ep. I, 1).

As Lutherans

2) Evangelical. As Lutherans we belive that the only way to get eternally saved is through the the work and person of Jesus Christ. No matter how good our deeds would be, there are no works of ourselves that could help us before the living God. James 2:10 shows us how serious it is by saying that even if we fullfill all the Law of God, but breaks one commandment, we are guilty to breaking the law. Therefore Jesus had to come, God in flesh, as the only sinless person, to atone for the sins of all world. The scripture contains of these two main teachings, the Law and the Gospel. The law tells us: "Do this", and the Gospel tells us: "Jesus has done this for you!" The law shows us that we are sinners condemned to eternal death, but thank's be to God, the gospel shows us that Christ came for condemned sinners, taking the punishment, and giving us his righteousness!

3) Lutheran. We are not Lutheran because our main task would be to follow a man named Martin Luther. Of course, we belive that Dr. Luther was a great teacher that helped us understand the Scriptures. But also he was a sinfull man, as everybody else. But that we are Lutheran mean that we follow in the same tradition and biblical teaching as Dr. Martin Luther found during the 16th century. That teaching is the teaching of the Bible, which could be summarized in the four Solas of the reformation, Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, Solus Cristus and Sola Fide. As Lutherans we are not against tradition of the Church, instead we say amen to all traditions and teachings which are according to the Scripture. And everything which does not have it's foundation in the scripture we reject as human thoughts, no matter if it would be a great teacher, a council or even an angel telling us it (Gal 1:6-9). Because, to be Lutheran, is to be Biblical and to teach, belive and confess in accordance with that!