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Our Beliefs
Statement of Faith
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THE BIBLE: The Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God (II Tim. 3:16; II Peter 1:21). |
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THE ONE TRUE GOD: Existing eternally as three persons the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:22; Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14). |
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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST: His preexistence and deity (John 1:1-3), incarnation by virgin birth (John 1:14, Matt. 1:18,23), sinless life (Heb.4: 15), substitutionary death (I Cor. 5:21), bodily resurrection (Luke 24: 36-43), ascension into heaven and present ministry (Heb. 4:14-16), and coming again (Acts 1:11). |
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THE HOLY SPIRIT: His personality (John 16:7-15); and deity (Acts 5:3 -4); and His work in each believer: baptism and indwelling at the moment of regeneration (I Cor. 12:13; Rom. 8:9); and filling (Eph. 5:18), to empower for Christian life and service (Eph, 3:16; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22-23). |
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MAN: His direct creation in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-28), his subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death (Gen. 3:1-24; Rom. 5:1 2), and the necessity of the new birth for his salvation (John 3:3-5). |
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SALVATION: A complete and eternal salvation by God’s grace alone, received as the gift of God through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work (Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; I Peter 1:18-19). |
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THE CHURCH: One true church the body and bride of Christ (Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-32), composed of all true believers of the present age (I Cor. 12:12-13); and the organization of its members in Local churches for worship; for edification of believers, and for worldwide gospel witness, each local church being autonomous but cooperating in the fellowship and work (Eph. 4:11-16). |
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CHRISTIAN LIFE: A life of righteousness, good works, and separation unto God from the evil ways of the world (Rom. 12:1-2), manifested by speaking the truth (James 5:12), maintaining the sanctity of the home (Eph. 5: 22-6: 4), settling differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God (I Cor. 6:1-8), not engaging in carnal strife but showing a Christ-Like attitude toward all men (Rom. 12:17-21), exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23), and maintaining a life of prayer (Eph. 6:18; Phil. 4:6), including the privilege, when sick, of calling for the Elders of the church to pray and to anoint with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:13-18). |
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ORDINANCES: The Christian should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are (1) baptism of believers by triune immersion (Matt. 28:19) and (2) the threefold communion service, consisting of the washing of the saints’ feet (John 13:1-17), the Lord’s Supper (I Cor.11: 20-22, 33-34; Jude 12), and the communion of the bread and the cup (I Cor. 11:23-26). |
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SATAN: His existence and personality as the great adversary of God and His people (Rev.12: 1-10), his judgment (John 12:31), and final doom (Rev. 20:10). |
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SECOND COMING: The personal, visible, and imminent return of Christ to remove His Church from the earth (I Thess. 4:16-17) before the tribulation (I Thess. 1-10; Rev. 3:10), and afterward to descend with the Church to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth (Rev. 19:11-20:6). |
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FUTURE LIFE: The conscious existence of the dead (Phil. 1:21-23; Luke 16:19-31), the resurrection of the body (John 5:28-29), the judgment and reward of believers (Rom. 14:10-12, II Cor. 5:10), the judgment and condemnation of unbelievers (Rev. 20:11-15), the eternal Life of the saved (John 3:16), and the eternal punishment of the Lost (Mart. 25:46; Rev. 20:15). |
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Bible VerseWhere you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. James 3:16 NIV |
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