...We Believe...
- the
Bible is the Spirit-inspired and wholly authoritative Word of God. (II
Tim 3:16)
- that
there is one God who is eternally existent in the three persons of the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (I John 5:4-7)
- in
the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless
life, in His miracles, in His substitutionary death on the cross,
in His shed blood for the remission of sin, in His bodily resurrection
from the dead, in His Ascension to the right hand of the Father, and
in His personal return in power and glory. (Jn
10:30, Lk 1:34,35, Heb 7:26, Acts 2:22, II Cor 5:21, I Jn 1:7,
I Cor 15:4, Acts 2:33, Lk 21:27)
- that
God created the heavens and the earth, light and darkness, the sky and
waters, the sea and land, vegetation according to its various kinds,
the day and night, the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, the
creatures of the earth according to their kinds, and man in His
image. (Gen 1:1-27)
- that
man was created good and upright, and that by voluntary transgression
fell and thereby incurred physical and spiritual death, which is separation
from God the Father. (Gen 1:26, 27; 2:17;
3:6; Rom 5:12-19)
- that
man's salvation is received through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus
Christ, shown by a life that is growing in holiness.
(Lk 13:3; Rom 10:9; I Cor 7:1)
- in
leading a life that is sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit where
sanctification is the act of separation from that which is evil
and being dedicated unto God. (Rom 8:13;
12:1-2)
- in
the resurrection of both the saved and the lost—the saved to the
resurrection of life, and the lost to the resurrection of condemnation.
(John 5:24, 28–29)
- in
the spiritual unity of the Body of Christ, that includes all those that
are trusting Christ for their salvation and leading a sanctified
life. (Jn 17:21-23)
|