7 wonders home

If you have wondered about these questions and are still searching for the answers, we can help you. You will discover the answer is not what you need to know, but who you need to know that makes all the difference in life and eternity. If you have read the thoughts in the 7 Wonders and desire a closer walk with Christ and a deeper faith, there is a next step.

The University Church of Christ is a body of Christians praising God through living and telling the good news of Jesus. God adds people to His church (Acts 2:47); therefore, only God knows for sure who has made a genuine, acceptable commitment to Christ. We are compelled to teach only those components of the response of faith to Jesus found in the New Testament. We urge all to respond in faith to Jesus as did the Christians of the New Testament church.

First, men and women become believers in Christ as they hear the story of God's loving, gracious act in Jesus Christ: You see at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. -- Romans 5:6-8

The first response of faith is to believe in Christ.

Second, men and women allow the love of God in Christ to break their hearts and change their lives. Only the hardest heart is able to look at Jesus on the cross and not desire greater personal goodness and God's promised forgiveness. Turning from wrong, or repentance, is another natural response of faith in the life of a believer.

Third, men and women are born again in Jesus Christ. The apostle Peter taught those who believe in Jesus as the Christ: Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. -- Acts 2:38

The faith that prompts a seeker to repent also leads that person to baptism as a continuation of a faithful response to Jesus: You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. -- Galatians 3:26-27

Baptism as practiced in the early church was by immersion into water (Acts 8:39). When a believer is buried in water, he or she is joined with the blood of Christ in his death and burial. The new Christian is raised from the water, joining with the resurrection of Jesus and entering a new life in Christ (Romans 6:4). Baptism is a response of faith that changes lives.

If you believe in Christ and would like to visit with someone about becoming a Christian, about growing a deeper faith, or seeking a community of believers, please contact Dr. Eddie Sharp, our pulpit minister.