Welcome.
Rochester Bible Study is a fellowship of believers in Christ who meet in Rochester Minnesota, dedicated to teaching the clear Gospel of grace, the eternal security and position of the believer in Christ, and the Christian Life by grace through faith based on our identity in Christ. We believe the Gospel is the only means of salvation (Rom 1:16) whose content is that Jesus Christ (God who became a sinless man) died for our sins and rose again to save us from a Hell we deserve to a Heaven we don't because of His great love for us. The only response to this message is faith alone in Christ alone. We reject wrong responses to the Gospel such as being baptized, giving money, doing religious rituals or good works, asking Jesus into your heart, praying the sinner's prayer, coming forward, surrendering your life, confessing Christ, and so forth. The Bible says simply to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved (Acts 16:31). We believe these false responses cause confusion and add unbiblical conditions to salvation. We believe strongly in the wonderful truth of the eternal security of the believer. This means once a sinner has trusted in Christ alone, he is never in danger of going to Hell, but has eternal life as his present possession and is guaranteed a place in Heaven by the grace of God. God now wants genuine believers to grow in grace and in the knowledge of His Son (2 Peter 3:18) which involves desiring the pure milk of the Word of God (1 Peter 2:2). As the believer in Christ then learns to abide in daily fellowship with the Lord, the Holy Spirit will be free to enable him to bear much fruit to the glory of God and the blessings of others (John15:1-8) as the believer waits for the blessed hope of Christ's imminent return (1 Thess.4:13-18). The Rochester Bible Study exists to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ, and the encourage and edify believers so that they could then fulfill God's will as ambassadors for Christ -compelled by God's great love for us displayed at Calvary. You are more than welcome to join us as we study the Scriptures together and fellowship around the Lord Jesus Christ. Rochester Bible Study is sponsored by Duluth Bible Church.