Legacy of Life is an initiative by Meghala and Rampert Ratnaiya. It is an Inter denominational Christian Ministry situated in Chennai, India. It exists to teach, preach, sing of the truths in the Bible and about the person of Jesus Christ, so that the hearer can understand God's gracious offer of reconciliation and His plan for their lives in a needy, pain filled and fractured world.This ministry has enjoyed an acceptance among several Churches, Colleges, Schools, Fellowships and Corporates. As they are inter denominational, they have ministered in a diverse variety of churches such as CSI, Assemblies of God, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist as well as in Independent Churches.
About Rampert
Rampert Ratnaiya grew up in a devout Christian home. However, his early years were rebellious and it did not honour God. God intervened in his life and his life and started a work of grace in him. Soon he started to share his about the work of God in his life with people in and around the city of Chennai. In the year 1987 he heard the call to full time Christian work and has been serving the Lord since then hrough various ministries and from 2009 along with Meghala, has been serving God under the banner “Legacy of Life.” Rampert and Meghala live in Chennai and have three children Rachelle, Johann and Rebecca. Rampert has a B.A. Degree in Economics from the Madras Christian College and an M.Div. Degree from the Union Biblical Seminary, Pune.
About Meghala
Meghala was 8 years old when she first heard about the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. It made a deep and lasting impression on her. Later in life, when her mother became a widow at age 39 and was left with the debt of a collapsed business and and a hopeless future, she decided to end her life and the lives of her four children, of whom Meghala was the oldest. At this point the Lord Jesus intervened in their lives and they all turned to Him. After a training program in Christian studies, Meghala answered God's call to full time ministry in the year 1984. She served with the Assemblies of God Church through whom she worked among young people in the city. After her marriage, she joined FMPB and served there till the year 2000. Meghala has had a wide experience in preaching and teaching in a variety of contexts. She is also a Regional level faculty with the Haggai ministries. Rampert and Meghala live in Chennai with their three children Rachelle, Johann and Rebecca.
About Rampert
Rampert Ratnaiya grew up in a devout Christian home. However, his early years were rebellious and it did not honour God. God intervened in his life and his life and started a work of grace in him. Soon he started to share his about the work of God in his life with people in and around the city of Chennai. In the year 1987 he heard the call to full time Christian work and has been serving the Lord since then hrough various ministries and from 2009 along with Meghala, has been serving God under the banner “Legacy of Life.” Rampert and Meghala live in Chennai and have three children Rachelle, Johann and Rebecca. Rampert has a B.A. Degree in Economics from the Madras Christian College and an M.Div. Degree from the Union Biblical Seminary, Pune.
About Meghala
Meghala was 8 years old when she first heard about the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. It made a deep and lasting impression on her. Later in life, when her mother became a widow at age 39 and was left with the debt of a collapsed business and and a hopeless future, she decided to end her life and the lives of her four children, of whom Meghala was the oldest. At this point the Lord Jesus intervened in their lives and they all turned to Him. After a training program in Christian studies, Meghala answered God's call to full time ministry in the year 1984. She served with the Assemblies of God Church through whom she worked among young people in the city. After her marriage, she joined FMPB and served there till the year 2000. Meghala has had a wide experience in preaching and teaching in a variety of contexts. She is also a Regional level faculty with the Haggai ministries. Rampert and Meghala live in Chennai with their three children Rachelle, Johann and Rebecca.
Rampert and Meghala are committed to communicating the truths of the whole counsel of God as revealed in Scripture. While we extend the hand of fellowship to believers from across the protestant denominations, we believe that the following essential beliefs are absolute and non-negotiable.
The Bible
We acknowledge that the Bible is God’s inerrant Word. We are enlightened by its truths, corrected by its reproofs so that we may live in a manner pleasing to God.
The 66 books of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, written by God's chosen people as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Bible is without error in its original manuscripts, is completely reliable as the final authority in all matters of doctrine and practice, and is centered on the person and work of Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; and 2 Peter 1:20–21).
God the Father
We acknowledge that the Bible teaches that there is one God. In the unity of the one God there are three divine persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—equal in power but distinct in roles.
As the first person of the Trinity, the Father, who is the source and ruler of all things. The Lord God Almighty in whom there is no shadow of change and is fatherly in His relationship with creation in general and believers in particular. (Psalm 103:19; Matthew 28:19; and 1 Peter 1:2).
The Lord Jesus Christ
We acknowledge Jesus Christ as our Lord, for from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. That he came in human flesh—the object of our worship and the subject of our praise.
As the second person of the Trinity, the Son reveals the Father. According to the Father’s plan, the eternal Son humbled Himself and became incarnate, inseparably uniting undiminished deity with true humanity. As fully God and fully man, Jesus Christ lived a sinless life, died to pay in full the penalty for our sin, rose bodily and miraculously from the dead, ascended into heaven, and will come again in glory. (Romans 11:36; John 1:1–3, 14; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 1:1–3; and 1 John 5:11–12).
The Holy Spirit
We recognize the Holy Spirit as the third member of the Godhead who is incessantly at work convicting, convincing, and comforting.
As the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is the personal agent of the Father and Son for revelation and regeneration. Though pervasively present and active in creation, the Holy Spirit specially dwells among God’s people and uniquely indwells individual believers, giving them new life and empowering them for lives of personal holiness and endowing them with gifts for the common good and the building up of God's people. (John 14:26; Acts 1:5, 8; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; and Ephesians 1:13–14; 1 Corinthians 12).
The Depravity of Humanity
We acknowledge that Adam’s fall into sin affected him and all humanity was left without hope of reconciliation with God against whom all have sinned and fallen short of His righteous requirements. All people have fallen under the curse of death. Unable and unwilling to please God, all humans are undeserving of His blessings, blinded to His truth, and dead in their sins—spiritually and, ultimately, physically. This state of judgment before the just and holy God is a condition that permeates every facet of human life and cannot be cured apart from the grace of God through Christ.
We acknowledge that by grace through faith in the good news brought by Christ, a new birth is made possible by the Savior’s substitutionary death and miraculous, bodily resurrection. Apart from this we have no other means of attaining peace with God through our own works. (Genesis 3; Jeremiah 17:9; and Romans 3:10–18, 23; 5:12).
Salvation
We believe the offer of salvation is God’s love-gift to all. Those who accept it by faith, apart from works, become new creatures in Christ.
Because fallen humans are unable to save themselves, God, according to His own sovereign mercy, acts to save those who come to Him by grace through faith. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to suffer the penalty of death in place of condemned humanity. Simply through believing the good news that Christ died for his or her sins and then rose from the dead, a person can be forgiven of all sin, declared righteous by God, reborn into new life, and guaranteed eternal life with God. (John 3:16; Romans 10:9–10; 1 Corinthians 15:1–5; and Ephesians 1:4–12; 2:8–9).
The Return of Christ
We anticipate our Lord’s promised return, which could occur at any moment.
According to the Father’s plan, Jesus Christ will one day return in power to bring completion of salvation and rewards to believers and judgment and wrath to unbelievers. The Bible teaches that the years leading up to the judgment will be marked by increasing evil, but the actual time of the end is unknown. It could begin at any moment. Though the details of Christ’s return are sometimes unclear, its reality is certain, and all believers are called to live holy lives in anticipation of His coming. (1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12; Hebrews 9:28; and Revelation 19:11–16).
Resurrection of Humanity
We are convinced that all who have died will be brought back from beyond—believers to everlasting communion with God and unbelievers to everlasting separation from God.
Though a believer’s spirit is ushered into the Lord’s presence immediately upon physical death, the fullness of salvation awaits Christ’s return, when He will resurrect believers in glorified bodies like His own immortal body which can never die. While all believers throughout history will enjoy eternal life in perfect paradise, unbelievers will be resurrected to suffer eternal conscious punishment for their sins. (John 11:23–27; 1 Corinthians 15:51–57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; and Revelation 20:4–21:5).
The Body of Christ
We know the Lord is continuing to enlarge His family, the universal body of Christ, over which He rules as Head.
The body of Christ is the ever-enlarging universal church consisting of true believers in heaven and on earth over whom Jesus Christ reigns as Lord. Regardless of denomination, all true believers are spiritually baptized by the Holy Spirit into Christ’s body and are therefore spiritually united with Him and with one another. (Romans 12:4–5; 1 Corinthians 12:12–14; Ephesians 4:11–16; and 1 Peter 2:9–10).
The Family of God
We are grateful to be a part of the local church, which exists to proclaim God’s truth, to administer the ordinances, to stimulate growth toward maturity, and to bring glory to God.
Believers are called to faithful membership in a visible, local congregation for the purpose of mutual encouragement and spiritual growth. As the family of God, a healthy local church is marked by God-glorifying worship, Scripture-centered teaching, intimate fellowship, and vivid expressions of the church’s faith, hope, and love through evangelism, disciple-making, financial support, and service. (Acts 2:41–47; Philippians 2:1–4; and Hebrews 10:24–25).
The Bible
We acknowledge that the Bible is God’s inerrant Word. We are enlightened by its truths, corrected by its reproofs so that we may live in a manner pleasing to God.
The 66 books of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, written by God's chosen people as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. The Bible is without error in its original manuscripts, is completely reliable as the final authority in all matters of doctrine and practice, and is centered on the person and work of Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; and 2 Peter 1:20–21).
God the Father
We acknowledge that the Bible teaches that there is one God. In the unity of the one God there are three divine persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—equal in power but distinct in roles.
As the first person of the Trinity, the Father, who is the source and ruler of all things. The Lord God Almighty in whom there is no shadow of change and is fatherly in His relationship with creation in general and believers in particular. (Psalm 103:19; Matthew 28:19; and 1 Peter 1:2).
The Lord Jesus Christ
We acknowledge Jesus Christ as our Lord, for from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. That he came in human flesh—the object of our worship and the subject of our praise.
As the second person of the Trinity, the Son reveals the Father. According to the Father’s plan, the eternal Son humbled Himself and became incarnate, inseparably uniting undiminished deity with true humanity. As fully God and fully man, Jesus Christ lived a sinless life, died to pay in full the penalty for our sin, rose bodily and miraculously from the dead, ascended into heaven, and will come again in glory. (Romans 11:36; John 1:1–3, 14; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 1:1–3; and 1 John 5:11–12).
The Holy Spirit
We recognize the Holy Spirit as the third member of the Godhead who is incessantly at work convicting, convincing, and comforting.
As the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is the personal agent of the Father and Son for revelation and regeneration. Though pervasively present and active in creation, the Holy Spirit specially dwells among God’s people and uniquely indwells individual believers, giving them new life and empowering them for lives of personal holiness and endowing them with gifts for the common good and the building up of God's people. (John 14:26; Acts 1:5, 8; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; and Ephesians 1:13–14; 1 Corinthians 12).
The Depravity of Humanity
We acknowledge that Adam’s fall into sin affected him and all humanity was left without hope of reconciliation with God against whom all have sinned and fallen short of His righteous requirements. All people have fallen under the curse of death. Unable and unwilling to please God, all humans are undeserving of His blessings, blinded to His truth, and dead in their sins—spiritually and, ultimately, physically. This state of judgment before the just and holy God is a condition that permeates every facet of human life and cannot be cured apart from the grace of God through Christ.
We acknowledge that by grace through faith in the good news brought by Christ, a new birth is made possible by the Savior’s substitutionary death and miraculous, bodily resurrection. Apart from this we have no other means of attaining peace with God through our own works. (Genesis 3; Jeremiah 17:9; and Romans 3:10–18, 23; 5:12).
Salvation
We believe the offer of salvation is God’s love-gift to all. Those who accept it by faith, apart from works, become new creatures in Christ.
Because fallen humans are unable to save themselves, God, according to His own sovereign mercy, acts to save those who come to Him by grace through faith. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to suffer the penalty of death in place of condemned humanity. Simply through believing the good news that Christ died for his or her sins and then rose from the dead, a person can be forgiven of all sin, declared righteous by God, reborn into new life, and guaranteed eternal life with God. (John 3:16; Romans 10:9–10; 1 Corinthians 15:1–5; and Ephesians 1:4–12; 2:8–9).
The Return of Christ
We anticipate our Lord’s promised return, which could occur at any moment.
According to the Father’s plan, Jesus Christ will one day return in power to bring completion of salvation and rewards to believers and judgment and wrath to unbelievers. The Bible teaches that the years leading up to the judgment will be marked by increasing evil, but the actual time of the end is unknown. It could begin at any moment. Though the details of Christ’s return are sometimes unclear, its reality is certain, and all believers are called to live holy lives in anticipation of His coming. (1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12; Hebrews 9:28; and Revelation 19:11–16).
Resurrection of Humanity
We are convinced that all who have died will be brought back from beyond—believers to everlasting communion with God and unbelievers to everlasting separation from God.
Though a believer’s spirit is ushered into the Lord’s presence immediately upon physical death, the fullness of salvation awaits Christ’s return, when He will resurrect believers in glorified bodies like His own immortal body which can never die. While all believers throughout history will enjoy eternal life in perfect paradise, unbelievers will be resurrected to suffer eternal conscious punishment for their sins. (John 11:23–27; 1 Corinthians 15:51–57; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; and Revelation 20:4–21:5).
The Body of Christ
We know the Lord is continuing to enlarge His family, the universal body of Christ, over which He rules as Head.
The body of Christ is the ever-enlarging universal church consisting of true believers in heaven and on earth over whom Jesus Christ reigns as Lord. Regardless of denomination, all true believers are spiritually baptized by the Holy Spirit into Christ’s body and are therefore spiritually united with Him and with one another. (Romans 12:4–5; 1 Corinthians 12:12–14; Ephesians 4:11–16; and 1 Peter 2:9–10).
The Family of God
We are grateful to be a part of the local church, which exists to proclaim God’s truth, to administer the ordinances, to stimulate growth toward maturity, and to bring glory to God.
Believers are called to faithful membership in a visible, local congregation for the purpose of mutual encouragement and spiritual growth. As the family of God, a healthy local church is marked by God-glorifying worship, Scripture-centered teaching, intimate fellowship, and vivid expressions of the church’s faith, hope, and love through evangelism, disciple-making, financial support, and service. (Acts 2:41–47; Philippians 2:1–4; and Hebrews 10:24–25).
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