Statement of Faith:
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Scriptures:
We believe that the scriptures of both the Old and New Testament
are verbally inspired of God, that they are the supreme and final
authority for faith and practice, and are preserved in the Authorized
KJV 1611 Bible.
II Timothy 3:16; Psalms 12:6,
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God:
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father,
Son and Holy Spirit. That God is supreme in His person, absolute
in His attributes, glorious in His perfection, and eternal in His
being.
1 John 5:7; II Corinthians 8:6;
II Corinthians 13:14 |
Jesus
Christ:
We believe in the Deity of Jesus Christ, His conception by the
Holy Spirit, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His death on the
cross to pay the penalty for our sins, His bodily resurrection, His
exaltation at God’s right hand, and His personal, imminent, pre-millennial,
and pre-tribulational return.
Matthew 1:20; Luke 24:6, 39; II
Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 1:7; I Timothy 2:5 |
Holy
Spirit:
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity,
one with the Father and the Son, the indweller of every believer to
enlighten, guide and enable him in life, testimony, and service, and
seal each believer until the day of redemption of the body.
John 15:26-27; Ephesians 1:13-14 |
Man:
We believe that God created man in His image and likeness (a triune
being: spirit, soul and body) in a state of innocence, but through
temptation, he willingly transgressed, becoming dead in trespasses and
sins. As a result, his posterity (all men) inherit a corrupt
nature, are born in sin, and are under condemnation.
Genesis 1:26; Psalm 51:5; Romans
5:12 |
Salvation:
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according
to the scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice;
that He arose from the dead in His glorified body, ascended into heaven,
and as our great High Priest and Advocate He ever lives to make intercession
for us; that all who believe on His name are justified on the grounds
of His shed blood and receive the gift of eternal life by the grace
of God. Nothing prevents the salvation of even the greatest sinner
except his own voluntary rejection of the gospel.
Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrew 7:24-25;
Isaiah 1:18; John 3:18 |
The
Blood:
We believe the blood shed by Jesus Christ on the cross to be the only
and all sufficient remedy for the sin of man; that this blood alone
makes atonement for the soul.
Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22; I
Peter 1:18, 19 |
Security
of the Believer:
We believe that those who by faith receive Jesus Christ as personal
Savior are born again of the Holy Spirit, are the children of God,
are heirs and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, are kept by the power
of God, and can know they are eternally saved and cannot lose their
salvation.
Ephesians 4:30; John 10:27-30;
Jude 24 |
Baptism:
We believe that baptism by immersion for a believer in water in the
name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost is the Bible’s mode of baptism
which testifies to the believer’s faith in, and identification with
the crucified, buried, risen, and soon-coming Savior.
Matthew 3:16; Romans 6:4; I Peter 3:21 |
Heaven:
We believe in a literal place called heaven where the saved shall
enjoy everlasting blessedness. Heaven is where God’s immediate
presence is manifested, where the angels reside, where the redeemed
shall ultimately be, where Christ makes intercession for the saints,
and from whence Christ shall come to judge the “quick and the dead.”
II Corinthians 5:8; John 14:1-3 |
Hell:
We believe in a literal, burning hell that God prepared for the Devil
and his angels. It is the place of everlasting, conscious punishment
of the unbelieving lost.
Luke 16:22-28 |
Satan:
We believe he was created perfect, as a Cherub called Lucifer, in
the original creation, and because of pride, rebelled against God
and became the author of sin. We believe in the existence and
operating power of a real and personal being opposed to all saints
(saved unto all righteousness), and exalting himself against all that
God is, has, and tries to accomplish. We believe that the “Evil
One” is called Satan, the Devil, the Prince and Power of the Air,
and is a powerful being, but not all powerful.
Ezekiel 28:12-19; Isaiah 14:12-15;
I Peter 5:8, 9; James 4:7 |
The
Church:
We believe that the local church is a congregation of baptized believers,
instituted for the purpose of worship, service and fellowship.
The local church is an indigenous and autonomous body. We further
believe in “The Church” as a living organism. It consists of
all the blood-bought, born-again believers throughout the Church age.
This body of the redeemed collectively makes up the ultimate bride
of Christ.
Acts 2:42; Ephesians 5:21-23 |
Ordinances:
We believe the two ordinances of the church are:
1. The Lord’s Supper: whereby believers do show forth the
Lord’s death until He comes again.
I Corinthians 11:23-32.
2. Believer’s Baptism. (See Baptism above) |
Separation:
We believe that all saved are called into a life of separation from
all worldly and sinful practices and alliances.
II Corinthians 6:14-18; Romans 16:17-18;
II Thessalonians 3:6-14 |
Last
Things:
We believe in the imminent, pre-tribulational, pre-millennial
return of Christ. The Lord shall return for His Church and
rapture out the Church at any given moment. The world will
then enter into a seven-year period of tribulation that will end
with the battle of Armageddon and the Second Advent of Jesus Christ.
He will come as “King of Kings” and “Lord of Lords,” and establish
His Kingdom that will last for 1,000 years. The Lord will then
judge the living and the dead at the Great White Throne Judgment
(which is different from the Judgment Seat of Christ where the Lord
judges the Church). After this, all the lost, Satan, death and
hell, are cast into the Lake of Fire, while the Lord and His saints
enter into Bliss.
I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Corinthians
15:51-58; Revelation 19:11-21; 20:1-15; 21:1-6 |
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