Identity Motivated Living

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Teaching Christian fundamentals often overlooked

Owning Our Salvation means knowing with certainty that God is continually with us, that our broken lives were accepted by Him in exchange for the renewed lives He has given us; that we live securely in His eternal presence, having received infinite unearned value as adopted members of His family; that there is never a need to ask Him to be with us, because He is always with us, just as He promised; that we are confident and thankful for His presence, living with Him in a relationship of everlasting love and forgiveness.

Growing Our New Nature means cultivating the unique identity God intended when He made us, developing that identity through repentance and prayer, while abandoning the behaviors of our old worldly identity; being confident and thankful that He enables us to become who He made us to be; knowing that our task is to labor together with Him to resist the habits of our old nature, as we nurture and grow our new nature; learning to see what is true from his perspective, with assurance that He is always with us to help and strengthen us, even in times of discouragement and despair.

Being Thankful for All Things means embracing with total acceptance whatever circumstances we encounter, expressing thankfulness continually, no matter how painful or difficult our situations may be, just as Christ gave thanks before giving up His life, knowing that God is always with us, that He is always in control, that He uses our hardships in mysterious and incomprehensible ways for unimaginable good, to promote and enable the training and growth of our new Godly identity.

Developing Christian Maturity means living a life that is motivated by Christ who lives within us; expressing thankfulness in every situation, as He enables us to grow our new identity; resisting the temptations of our old identity, as we exemplify Godly character to others, continually maturing and becoming more like Him until the day we finally see Him, face-to-face.

These Biblical principles were taught and chronicled by Dr. Maurice E. Wagner, pastor, psychologist, and founder of Christian Maturity Ministries, Inc. The purpose of this ministry is to equip Christians in developing their sense of personal identity, the quality of their personal relationships, and the depth and closeness of their relationship with God, all in accord with the fundamental teachings in God’s Word.

We believe that both Old and New Testaments are the only Scriptures that they are the inspired Word of God without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.

We believe there is one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe Jesus Christ is true God and true Man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross, a Sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate. He will return to consummate our salvation and establish His glorious Kingdom.

We believe the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, to convict and regenerate the believing sinner. He indwells, guides, instructs and empowers the believer for godly living and service.

We believe man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is, therefore, dead spiritually; only through receiving New Life by the Holy Spirit can salvation and eternal life be obtained.

We believe the shed blood of Jesus Christ, proven by His resurrection provide the only payment that completely satisfies our eternal debt and obtains salvation for all who “faithe” (in the original Greek word it is a verb) in that transaction. Only those who receive this gift of Jesus Christ by “faithing” in Him as Savior and Lord are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus, become children of God.

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