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Our Faith

              Whether Baptist, Anglican, Methodist, Church of Christ, Catholic, or non-denominational; Christians share a common faith.   What is the faith that makes us Christians?   It is found in the word of God.   It was only a matter of years before Christians started debating the marks of faith.   Paul’s first letter to the churches was all about settling that historical struggle between persons who claim to share a common faith.   Galatians 2:16 explains: “ Know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified .”   It is faith in Jesus Christ and His death, burial and resurrection that leads to the justification that enables us to become Christians.   Our faith is personal and does not result by joining a certain Christian church.   The church has the task of