The One True Faith - Wednesday Morning Service

Main message: The sermon argues that reading the New Testament in its original Greek reveals that God's saving work is finished and once-and-for-all (aorist/finished tense), so believers do not earn righteousness by works but receive and live by "the faith of Jesus"—experiencing and proclaiming what is already done.

Key points:

• Our English translations and Western religious habits can obscure original Greek meanings; Greek emphasizes verbs (mood, tense, voice) not nouns.
• The New Testament's default (aorist/finished) tense teaches that forgiveness, righteousness, and salvation are completed in Christ — believers must realize and receive this finished reality.
• Jesus’ command in Matthew 28 uses a participle for "go," meaning make disciples in your everyday life (in your going), not only by special missions.
• Luke 23:34 ("Father, forgive them") exemplifies the finished nature of forgiveness — God responds in the tense of "done" (forgiven), not as an ongoing act to be re-earned.
• Greek genitive/possessive grammar (e.g., Romans 3:22; Galatians 2:16) shows righteousness and faith belong to Christ — we live by the faith of Jesus (a gift), not by works or by producing our own faith.
• Practical implication: move from religious performance to resting in, echoing, and living from the finished work of Christ.

Scriptures mentioned: Matthew 28:19–20, Romans 14:17, Luke 23:34, Romans 3:22, Romans 3:20, Romans 3:24, Romans 5, Romans 10:8, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 2:20, Genesis 3, Ephesians 4:5