SUMMARY OF PART III OF THE UNSHAKABLE TRUTH

SUMMARY OF PART III God’s Truth Declaration: I Am God Incarnate—The God of Redemption

Unshakable Truth 4: God became Human

We believe the truth that God became human. And when we examine the evidence that Jesus is the God-man we can believe this truth with confidence.Jesus Christ’s coming to earth demonstrates to us that even though we are sinners, God accepts us without condition.When we accept others as God accepts us, we form secure and intimate relationships.


Unshakable Truth 5: Christ's Atonement for Sin 


We believe the truth that Christ’s death on the cross is an atonement for our sin so that we may be redeemed by God. We can believe this with confidence because there is sufficient evidence to establish the truth that Jesus is God’s Son—a perfect and acceptable sacrifice.Christ’s sacrificial death is relevant to us specifically because it demonstrates Christ’s love for us and enables God to forgive us our sins.Christ’s sacrificial death also defines what real love is, a love we are to demonstrate to others. And when we do this we experience the joy of lasting love relationships.

Unshakable Truth 6: Justification through Faith

We believe the truth that being justified before God and completely forgiven of sin is by God’s grace through faith alone in Jesus.Because there is sufficient evidence that Christ is the Son of God, we can believe with confidence that our justification is secure.When we experience a relationship with God, being redeemed, justified, sanctified, and adopted as his child, we are changed from dead to alive and have joyful expectation of eternal life.

Unshakable Truth 7: Living the Transformed Life

We believe the truth that our relationship with God transforms us into a new person.We can believe this truth with confidence as we see our life being consistently changed into the image of God’s Son. As we are conformed to the image of God, we discover our purpose for living—to honor God by being and living like Christ. We can know why we are here.

From Josh & Sean McDowell's book The Unshakable Truth