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Our Beliefs

The Our Savior Lutheran Church of Orlando is a congregation of the The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

With the universal Christian Church, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.

Being "Lutheran," our congregations accept and teach Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three short phrases: Grace alone, Scripture alone, Faith alone.

Grace alone
God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.

Faith alone
By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.

Scripture alone
The Bible is God's inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.

The word "Synod" in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod comes from the Greek words that mean "walking together." It has rich meaning in our church body, because the congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the Synod. Diverse in their service, these congregations hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.

The congregations of the Synod are "confessional." They hold to the Lutheran Confessions as the correct interpretation and presentation of Biblical doctrine. Contained in The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, these statements of belief were put into writing by church leaders during the 16th century.

 

 

**This webpage along with, all Lutheran related descriptions, religious texts, references and links have been referenced and reprinted in accordance to the public domain license issued by the The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.  For more information please visit the official Missouri Synod website here.

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 The Lutheran Confessions

The Three Ecumenical Creeds
The Augsburg Confession
Defense of the Augsburg
••••Confession
The Large Catechism
The Small Catechism
The Smalcald Articles
Treatise on the Power and Primacy
••••of the Pope
The Epitome of the Formula of
••••Concord
The Solid Declaration of the
••••Formula of Concord

 Additional Information

Introduction to the LCMS
Entire Book of Concord (pdf)
Scriptural & Confessional Principles
LCMS Commission to Worship


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