WHAT MUST WE BELIEVE IN ORDER TO BE A FAITHFUL FOLLOWER OF JESUS?

15 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." 17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

• Matthew 16:15-18 NIV

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

• 1 Corinthians 12:12 NIV

27 All of you together are Christ's body, and each of you is a part of it.

• 1 Corinthians 12:27 NLT

23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up on meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

• Hebrews 10:23-25 NIV

THE FUNDAMENTAL LIST

NUMBER 1: JESUS IS GOD'S SON AND OUR KING.

NUMBER 2: JESUS CAME TO ILLUSTRATE AND DEMONSTRATE WHAT GOD IS LIKE.

NUMBER 3: JESUS DEFINED SIN AS ANYTHING THAT HARMS YOU OR OTHERS.

NUMBER 4: JESUS DIED FOR YOUR SIN TO RECONCILE YOU TO GOD.

NUMBER 5: JESUS PROMISED JUSTICE IN THE END AND INVITES US TO TRUST HIM IN THE MEANTIME.

NUMBER 6: THE CHURCH IS GOD'S AGENT FOR TRANSFORMATION PERSONALLY, CULTURALLY, AND GLOBALLY.