Humanity is mortal. We are closer to death today than we were yesterday and the appointed time will come whether we like it or not. However, those of us who have been baptized in Jesus Christ have already died. We have shared in His death on the Cross where He defeated sin and the devil once and for all time. This is the “Good Death” because those who have died in baptism have been declared righteous and stand justified from sin. If we are dead to sin why dwell in it? Resist it and live the Gospel life.
2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. As a church we will journey through Romans, which contains the scripture pivotal for Luther’s understanding of justification. This will be not only a year of remembrance and celebration, but one where we together seek to examine our own lives, and to see every aspect Re-Formed by God.