What we believe
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We believe... the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible and
authoritative Word of God.
The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments,
are verbally inspired of God and are the revelation of God to
man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
1 Thessalonians 2:13
2 Peter 1:21
We believe... there is one
God, eternally existent
in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost. The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent
"I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has
further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Deuteronomy
6:4
Isaiah 43:10,11
Matthew 28:19
Luke 3:22
We believe... in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ,
in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning
death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and
in His personal, future return to this earth in power and glory to rule over the nations.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God.
The Scriptures declare:
His virgin birth
Matthew 1:23
Luke 1:31
Luke 1:35 |
His sinless life
Hebrews 7:26
1 Peter 2:22 |
His miracles
Acts 2:22
Acts 10:38 |
His substitutionary
work on the cross
1Corinthians15:3
2 Corinthians 5:21 |
His bodily resurrection
from the dead
Matthew 28:6
Luke 24:39
1 Corinthians 15:4 |
His exaltation to the
right hand of God.
Acts 1:9
Acts 1:11
Acts 2:33
Philippians2:9-11
Hebrews 1:3 |
We believe... in the blessed hope the rapture of the Church at Christ's
coming. The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their
translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is
the imminent and blessed hope of the church.
1
Thessalonians 4:16,17
Romans 8:23
Titus 2:13
1 Corinthians 15:51,52
We believe... the only means of being cleansed
from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood
of Christ. The Salvation of Man. Man's only hope of redemption is
through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
Conditions to Salvation
Salvation is received through repentance
toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration
and renewing of the Holy Ghost, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an
heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.
Luke
24:47
John 3:3
Romans 10:13-15
Ephesians 2:8
Titus 2:11
Titus 3:5-7
The Evidence of Salvation
The inward evidence of salvation is the
direct witness of the Spirit.
Romans 8:16
The outward evidence to all men is a
life of righteousness and true holiness.
Ephesians 4:24
Titus 2:12
We believe...
regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.
We believe...
in water baptism by immersion Ordinances of the Church
Baptism in Water
The ordinance of baptism by immersion is
commanded by the Scriptures. All who repent and believe on Christ as Saviour and
Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ
and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.
Matthew 28:19
Mark 16:16
Acts 10:47,48
Romans 6:4
Holy Communion
The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements
--bread and the fruit of the vine-- is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature
of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4), a memorial of his suffering and death (1
Corinthians 11:26 ), and a prophecy of His second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26 ), and is
enjoined on all believers "till He come!"
We believe...
the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to
prevailing prayer. Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance
from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is
the privilege of all believers.
Isaiah 53:4,5
Matthew 8:16,17
James 5:14-16
We believe...
the baptism in the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4, is
given to believers who ask for it.
The Baptism in the Holy Ghost
All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of
the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the command of our Lord
Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it
comes the enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their
uses in the work of the ministry.
Luke 24:49
Acts 1:4
Acts 1:8
1 Corinthians 12:1-31
This experience is distinct from and subsequent to
the experience of the new birth.
Acts 8:12-17
Acts 10:44-46
Acts 11:14-16
Acts 15:7-9
We believe...
in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled
to live a holy life.
With the baptism in the Holy Ghost come such experiences
as:
- an overflowing fullness of the Spirit,
John 7:37-39
Acts 4:8
- a deepened reverance for God,
Acts 2:43
Hebrews 12:28
- an intensified consecration to God and
dedication to His work,
Acts 2:42
- and a more active love for Christ,
for His Word and for the lost.
Mark 16:20
We believe...
in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the
other to everlasting damnation. There will be a final judgment in which the wicked
dead will be raised and judged according to their works.
Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his
angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment
in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Matthew
25:46
Mark 9:43-48
Revelation 19:20
Revelation 20:11-15
Revelation 21:
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