Teach that hope is found in Christ alone.  A pastor must teach very clearly that a person’s hope and trust must not be in who they are or what they have done, but in Jesus Christ and what he has done—that God became man in Christ, that he died on the cross as a substitute for everyone who repents and believes, that he rose again for our justification and as the first fruits of the final resurrection.   •      So any idea that people can be converted through our own works must be rejected. Romans 1–3 by itself clearly destroys any such idea.    •      We must confess that Jesus is the Christ and the incarnate Son of God (see 1 John 2:20–25; 3:23; 4:2–3, 9–10, 14–16; 5:5, 10–12).    •      We must be clear not only about his person but about his atoning work. “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us” (1 John 3:16; cf. 2:2).    •      We must also be c...