1. We
believe the Holy Bible (Old and New Testaments) to be the verbally inspired,
infallible, authoritative Word of God.
The Holy Bible, as our sole written source of truth, is complete and
altogether sufficient for Christian faith (belief) and practice (behavior). We
believe that it is the only trustworthy testimony of Jesus Christ. (2 Tim.
3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21)
2. We
believe in the Trinity—that there is one and only one God, eternally existent
in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. They
are not only one in purpose but also one in essence. (Is. 43:10-11; John 1:
1-2, 10:30, 37-38)
3. We
believe in the full deity and the true humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Col.
2:9), the Son of God and God the Son, Who, although eternally pre- and
co-existent with the Father and the Spirit, took on Himself a human nature
(although remaining sinless) through the virgin birth for the purpose of
redeeming lost sinners through His death on the cross. Jesus Christ is the Way,
the Truth, and the Life, and no person comes to God the Father but by Him
[Christ] (John 14:6). Further, there is no other name under heaven whereby we
must be saved (Acts 4:12). We also believe in Christ’s literal bodily
resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal
return in power and glory. (Is. 7:14; Mt. 1:23; Luke 1:35; John 11:25; Acts
1:11; Heb. 4:15; Heb. 7:25; Rev. 19:11-16)
4. We
believe that all people are sinners, beginning with Adam, (1 Cor. 15:22) and
have fallen short of the glory of God (Rom 3:23; Rom 3:19 Is. 59:2), and that
the wages of sin are death (Rom 6:23) and eternity in hell (II Thess. 1:8-9).
Salvation was purchased by Christ’s vicarious and atoning death through His
innocent shed blood (Eph. 1:7).
Christ is therefore our only mediator (1 Tim 2:5). We believe that we
are saved from the guilt and penalty for sins by grace alone through faith
alone in Jesus Christ as personal Savior (John 3:3-6, 16-19; John 5:24; Rom
10:9, 13; 2 Cor. 5:17). Salvation is a free gift, wholly granted by Divine
grace alone. There is nothing we can do to become worthy of or add to this
all-sufficient gift; any and all of man’s works are ineffectual for salvation
(Titus 3:5-6, Eph 2:8-9).
5. We
believe that God lives in us, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, whereby the
Christian is enabled to live a Godly life. (Gal 5:22-23; Eph. 5:18; Eph. 4:30;
1 Cor. 6:19-20)
6. We
believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they who are saved,
unto eternal life with God in heaven in a resurrected, perfected body, and they
who are lost unto eternal punishment, in hell. (John 5:28-29; Rev. 14:11; Rev.
20:14-15)
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