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Purpose of the Gospel

The Detroit Church believes that the gospel is the glad tidings of the eternal salvation of sinners through Jesus Christ. This gospel calls men to faith and obedience. Faith and good works performed in obedience to the gospel are evidences that one is in possession of eternal life. They are the effects, not the cause, of eternal life.

Therefore, the gospel is the means whereby men come to know that they have eternal life. By believing and obeying the gospel, a man can gain assurance of his election and can be delivered from ignorance, spiritual immaturity and deception.

Try listening to the on-line sermon, "Temporal Salvation".

Be it understood that this is not an exhaustive statement of the faith of The Detroit Church. It is intended only as a simplified statement of identification. It states our position on several points of doctrine discussed among Bible readers.

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