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What We Believe
The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God,
the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original
writings, infallible and God-breathed. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20,
21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12, 13).
The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God,
eternally existing in three persons, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and
glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deuteronomy 6:4;
2 Corinthians 13:14).
The Person and Work of
Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal
Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived
by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might
reveal God and redeem sinful man. (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke 1:35).
We believe that the Lord
Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross
as a substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure
by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. (Romans 3:24-25; 1
Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7;1 Peter 1:3-5).
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to
Heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High
Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and
Advocate. (Acts 1:8, 10; Hebrews 9:24; 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John
2:1-2).
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy
Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and
of judgment, and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration,
baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, in dwelling and sealing
them unto the day of redemption. (John 16:8-11; 2 Corinthians 3:6, 1
Corinthians 12:12-14; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13-14).
We believe that He is the
Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth; and that it is the
privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit. (John
16:13; 1 John 2:20, 27; Ephesians 5:18).
The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that man was created
in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the race fell,
inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and that man
is totally depraved and of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost
condition. (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3,12).
Salvation
We believe that salvation is
the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for
the forgiveness of our sins. (Ephesians 2:8-10; Johns 1:12; Ephesians
1:7; 1 Peter 1:18-19).
The Eternal Security and Assurance of
Believers
We believe that all the
redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in
Christ forever. (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 38, 39; 1
Corinthians 1:4-8; 1 Peter 1:5).
The Church
We believe that the church,
which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is a spiritual
organism made up of all born-again persons of this present age.
(Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25-27; 1 Corinthians 12:12-24; 2 Corinthians 11:2)
The Personality of Satan
We believe that Satan is a
person, the author of sin and the cause of the fall; that he is the open
and declared enemy of God and man; and, that he shall be eternally
punished in the Lake of Fire. (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew
4:2-11; Revelation 20:10)
The Eternal State
We believe in the bodily
resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to
judgment and everlasting punishment. (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29;
11:25-26; Revelation 20:5-6, 12,31)
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