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What We Believe
Doctrinal Statement
Bible
We believe that the Bible (Old and New Testament) is the inspired Word of God and wholly without error. We also believe that it is completely sufficient for all of the answers to life, spirituality, and eternity. Although the Bible is not a history or science book, we believe that it is fully without error in all it says about science, creation, and history (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21). We also believe that all revelatory gifts have ceased and that God is not continuing to reveal any special revelation. His revelation is complete through creation, Jesus the Word made flesh, and through the written word of Scripture that ended when the book of Revelation was completed, and the canon of Scripture was closed.
God
We believe that there is one true God who has revealed Himself in a trinity. He has revealed Himself through the Scriptures as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is one God with three distinct person’s equal in character, perfection, eternality, and all three are one God. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 8:6).
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the second person of the trinity. He is the eternal word, and only begotten Son. He is eternally God, but became a man by the miracle of the virgin birth. Thus He became “Emmanuel,” (God with us) the perfect God-Man. He is fully God, and fully man. He died on the cross of Calvary to pay for the sins of the World, and rose again three days later to give true life to all who would put their complete trust in Him for reconciliation to the Father. (Colossians 1:15; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 4:14-16; Revelation 11:15-17; 20:4-6, 11-15).
Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinity, and that He convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, and that He gives believers spiritual gifts to be exercised by the believer to edify and exhort the body of Christ, which is the church. (1 Cor. 2:10-11; Heb. 3:7-9). We also believe that the Holy Spirit is the one who applies the salvation that was planned by the Father, paid by the Son. The Holy Spirit indwells us at the point of Salvation (Ephesians 2:22), and is the one who seals our salvation (Eph. 1:13).
Man
We believe in the distinctiveness of man to rule over the entire God created earth. God created man alone in His image on the sixth literal day of creation. All men have sinned by nature and by choice, are sinful and lost, and without hope in and of themselves of eternal life. (Gen. 1:26-28; Romans 3:10). Men are fully created beings with a future eternal existence. Man is created in the image of God, but is only a broken reflection of God’s image, and not in any way a god or deity himself. Because of this the words of man have very limited power upon the thinking and perception of others, whereas the words of God unlimited power.
Salvation
We believe that Salvation is by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ Jesus of Nazareth on the Cross of Calvary. Salvation is a free gift from God, neither merited nor secured by virtue or work of mankind, and it can only be secured through personal faith in the person and payment of Jesus Christ through the propitiation of His sacrificial death of the cross. (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9).
Church
We believe that the Church is an elect body of believers baptized by the Holy Spirit at the moment of Salvation. Its mission is to teach the believers God’s instructions of how to live, and to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people. Its ordinances are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. (Eph. 4:10-12; Mt. 28:19; 1 Cor. 11:23-29).
Second Coming
We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and that His coming, which is our blessed hope, is always imminent. (2 Thes. 4:16-17; Rev. 21). We believe in the literal rapture of the Church of Jesus before the literal seven years of earthly tribulation which will preceed the literal thousand-year reign of Christ in his Millennial Kingdom
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