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About God
About Assurance
About
Jesus
Christ
About
Sanctification
About the Holy
Spirit
About the
Church
About the
Bible
About Angels
About
Man About the Future
About
Salvation
About God
We believe in one God eternally existing in three equal persons: Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit (Deut. 6:4; Isa. 48:16; Matt. 28:19; John 1:1-3; 10:30;
Acts 5:3-4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Heb. 1:8; 13:8).
About Jesus
Christ
We believe that God the Son became flesh in the person of Jesus
Christ, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, and
who is true God and true man (Matt. 1:18-25; 26:38; John 1:1-3,14, 18; 8:58-59;
20:28; Rom. 9:5; Col. 1:15-19; 2:9; Heb. 1:8; 2:14; 1 John 5:20).
We
believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, His ascension into heaven,
and His present life there for us. Jesus now serves as high priest, intercessor,
and advocate on our behalf with the Father (Luke 22:69; John 20:25-27; Acts
1:9-11; Rom. 1:4; 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:12-19; Heb. 7:25; 1 John 2:1).
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We believe that God the Holy Spirit is a person who
convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. He also regenerates
those who receive Christ as Savior, baptizes them into the Church (the body of
Christ) indwells them permanently, seals them unto the day of redemption,
bestows spiritual gifts, and enables them to walk in obedience to Christ. We
believe that some gifts such as speaking in tongues, prophecy, and miraculous
healing were given as authenticating signs in the early Church and were
temporary (John 3:8; 14:16-17; 16:7-11; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 2:12; 6:19; 12:4-11,
13; 13:8-13; 14:21-24; Gal. 5:16; Eph. 1:13-14; 2:18-20; 4:30; Heb.
2:4).
About the Bible
We believe that the Bible (consisting of the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments) is the verbally inspired Word of God,
without error in its original writings. It is to be interpreted in a normal,
literal fashion (John 17:17; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21; 3:15-16).
About
Man
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We believe that man was created in the image of God,
and that in Adam he sinned and consequently experienced not only physical death
but also spiritual death (which is separation from God). The consequences of
this sin affect the entire human race. All human beings are born with a sinful
nature and are sinners in thought, word and deed (Gen. 1:26-27; 2:17; 3:6; Mark
7:20-23; John 2:24-25; Rom. 3:23; 5:12-19; Eph. 2:1-3; 4:18 ).
About Salvation
We believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins
as a substitutionary sacrifice and that all who personally trust in Him for
salvation are declared righteous by God on the basis of His shed blood. This
salvation is not the result of any human effort or merit; by grace, God chooses
us to be His own and brings us to saving faith. (Mark 10:45; John 3:16; 6:44,
65; Acts 13:48; 16:31; Rom. 3:24-26; 5:8-9; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; 2 Cor. 5:14; Eph.
1:4-6; 2:8-9; 1 Pet. 3:18).
About Assurance
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We believe that all who are born of the Spirit through
faith in Christ can have assurance of salvation and are eternally secure in
Christ (John 10:27-29; Rom. 8:1; Eph. 1:13-14; 4:30; Phil. 1:6; 2 Tim. 1:12; 1
John 5:13).
About Sanctification
We believe that every true
child of God will evidence the reality of his conversion by making progress in
his personal spiritual growth and in the manifestation of the fruit of the
Spirit (2 Cor. 3:18; Gal. 5:22-23; 1 Thes. 4:3-8; 1 John 3:7-10).
About the Church
We believe that the Church is composed of all
believers and that it is the body and bride of Christ. The Church exists in two
aspects: the Church universal and the local church. The universal Church is the
elect company of believers, baptized by the Holy Spirit into one Body. The local
church is a group of believers that meets regularly for the purposes of worship,
prayer, teaching, fellowship, and evangelistic outreach (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts
2:42; 1 Cor. 12:13-14, 27; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:24-30; 1 Tim. 2:1; Heb. 10:23-25).
The ordinances of the Church are believer's baptism and the Lord's
Supper (Matt. 28:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26).
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Angels
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We believe that God created angels as sinless spirit
beings. Some have remained in that holy state and serve the Lord. Others
rebelled against God and are fallen spirit beings, among whom is Satan (Matt.
25:41; John 8:44; Eph. 6:12; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:14; 12:22; 1 Pet. 5:8; Jude 6).
About the Future
We believe in the imminent return of Christ for
the Church. All members of the body of Christ, living or dead, will at that time
be caught up to be with the Lord forever. This event will be followed by seven
years of tribulation on earth which will ultimately lead to the second coming of
Christ to establish His kingdom on earth for a one thousand year period.
Following the earthly reign of Christ, a brief period of renewed deception by
Satan will culminate in the destruction of the heavens and the earth and the
establishment of eternal heavens and earth, (Matt. 24:15-31; 1 Cor. 15:51-53; 1
Thes. 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; 2 Ptr. 3:10-13; Rev. 3:10; 20:1-21:1).
We
believe in the bodily resurrection of all men. Believers are resurrected to
enjoy eternal life with God in heaven. Unbelievers are resurrected to experience
judgment and then eternal suffering apart from God in hell (Dan. 12:1-2; John
5:28-29; 1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thes. 4:16-17; Rev. 20:4-6, 12-15;
21:1-8).
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