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THEOLOGY
101 From Because
of rebellion against God going all the
way back to Adam, all persons are
inclined toward sin and
selfishness. Sin
means missing the mark of God's
righteousness; it means to be in
rebellion against God, to disobey his
laws. A
person by strength of will power alone
cannot forsake sin and please God. Only
through an intervention of God's grace
in Jesus Christ can a person overcome
sin. "Except
a man be born again, he cannot
see the Kingdom of God. In his
own strength, without divine
grace, man cannot do good works
pleasing and acceptable to God. .
."
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Sundays
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(Hwy. 129) in Athens,
Georgia.
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FALL
2003
What
do United Methodists
believe?
This
is the third in a series of brief
articles summarizing the doctrinal
beliefs of the United Methodist
Church.
WHAT
DO WE BELIEVE ABOUT
SIN?
Article
VII, The Articles of Religion, The
United Methodist Book of
Discipline:
".
. .man is very far gone from
original righteousness, and of
his own nature inclined to evil,
and that continually."
Article
VII, The Confession of Faith, The
United Methodist Book of
Discipline:"We
believe man is fallen from
righteousness and, apart from the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
is destitute of holiness and
inclined toward evil.
Next time: What do we believe about
being relationship with God?