The Central Event  

     We receive our righteousness by faith, not by works. Anyone who denies Christ's bodily resurrection cannot legitimately claim to be a Christian. 

     His death and resurrection is the central event in salvation. It is the central event in history.

     "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." - Romans 10:9 

     The earliest confession of the New Testament church was not "Jesus is Savior," but "Jesus is Lord." As Lord, he has power, dominion and authority. As Lord, he is declared equal with God, and worthy of power, worship, trust, obedience and prayer. 

     The Christian believes in the Lord with an inward, sincere attitude of the heart. He is Lord over all of life. - Luke 6:46-49; John 15:14. 

     Jesus is Lord over spiritual matters, at home and in the church, and in intellectual, financial, educational, recreational and vocational spheres ... again, all of life.