We are a congregation in the Christian Reformed Church of North America.
As Christians, we share a common commitment to the Triune God as confessed in three historic Christian creeds: the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. Together we are united in praise and thanksgiving to God the Father, Creator of the universe, God the Son, Savior and Lord, and God the Holy Spirit, the Comforter and Counselor of God guiding us in the Bible’s grace and truth.
As Reformed Christians four key Biblical concepts that reveal the reality of God, the person and work of Jesus, and the meaning of faith: the kingdom of God, covenant, church, and union with Christ.
Church reminds us that faith, though personal, is not private. My identity in Christ is affirmed, defined, and nourished as a Christian sister or brother, belonging in the church of Jesus.
Covenant is the way the Lord God relates to creation. Our relationship with God is not contractual or transactional, but by the Lord who makes promises and keeps them. Made in God’s image, the life of faith is not merely personal, confined to thoughts in our minds or a personal piety, but lived out loving God, neighbor, and the church by covenant keeping in all our roles, relationships, and responsibilities.
The Kingdom of God refers to the Triune God’s sovereign rule and providential care throughout creation. Faith is not lived out merely at Sunday worship or serving in my church community. It brings the law of Christ into labor and leisure, Sunday school and day school, creation care and biblical justice, institutions and neighborhoods.
Union with Christ God is not simply an idea, a notion in your mind, or a personal take on life. Christianity is not merely a worldview. God is personal. Christian faith is not a religion, it is a faith relationship. Jesus knows you by name. And we are created with eternity in our hearts, a deep yearning to be loved by God and to love God, to be known by God and to know the Lord, and to recognize that no one is merely mortal. We are united to Christ by faith so that Christ lives in us and through us, and all that Christ has is ours in him.
These Reformed accents are confessed in three Reformed confessions by which we are guided and formed in our following of Jesus: the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession, and the Canons of Dort.
Key Bible passages: Matthew 16:18-19, Psalm 105:8, Hebrews 9:15, Mark 1:15, John 15:4-5
To learn more regarding our beliefs, please refer to our Guiding Biblical Principles for Worship at Lombard CRC.
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