Being/Believing in Christ Jesus

No matter what people do on their own, they cannot earn salvation or the forgiveness of sins. The real question is not how many good works does a person need to do to earn salvation, because no one can ever be saved without Jesus Christ.

Rather, a person should ask how do the Scriptures state that a person becomes a part of “Christ Jesus” or the global church.

A great symbol to illustrate this concept of being “in Christ” is that of being married.

Just as Genesis 2:24 says “they shall become one flesh,” a person (spiritually speaking) marries God when he or she commits his or her life to him, becoming one with Jesus (Mark 2:19, John 3:29, Romans 7:4, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:23-33, Revelation 19:7-9, 21:1-2, 9)

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. Liturgy can also be used to refer specifically to public worship of Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembrance, supplication, or repentance. It forms a basis for establishing a relationship with God.

The word liturgy, sometimes equated in English as "service", refers to a formal ritual enacted by those who understand themselves to be participating in an action with the divine.