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We Believe
the Bible to be the
inspired, infallible, authoritative, and
the inerrant Word of God.
(II Timothy
3:15-17, II Peter 1:21)
We Believe
there is one God,
eternally existing in three persons: the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
(Genesis 1:1,
Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19,
John10:30)
We Believe
in the deity of Christ
(John 10:33);
His virgin birth
(Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke
1:34-35); His sinless life
(Hebrews 4:15,
7:26); His miracles
(John 2:11);
His vicarious and atoning death
(I Corinthians
15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9);
His resurrection
(John 11:25, I Corinthians 15:4);
His ascension to the right hand of the
Father (Mark
16:19); His personal return to
earth in power and glory.
(Acts 1:11,
Revelation 19:11-13, Revelation
19:14-16)
We Believe
in the
absolute necessity of regeneration by
the Holy Spirit for salvation because of
the exceeding sinfulness of the human
nature, and that all are justified on
the single ground of faith in the shed
blood of Christ, and that only by God's
grace through faith alone are we saved.
(John 3:16-19;
John 5:24, Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8-9,
Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5)
We Believe
in the
resurrection of both the saved and the
lost; those who are saved unto the
resurrection of life, and those who are
not unto the resurrection of damnation.
(John 5:28-29)
We Believe
in the spiritual unity of
the believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Romans 8:9, I
Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28)
We Believe
in the present ministry
of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling
the Christian is enabled to live a godly
life. (Romans
8:13-14, I Corinthians 3:16; I
Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30;
Ephesians 5:18)
We Believe
that we as Christians are
examples of the love of God in this
world. It is this (agape) love that we
desire to possess and without which we
have no right to call ourselves
Christians.
Our supreme desire is to know Christ and
be conformed into His image by the power
of the Holy Spirit.
(I
John 4:16-17)
Adapted from the
Reality; Statement of Beliefs
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