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SCRIPTURES
The
Bible, including both Old and New
Testaments, is the inerrant,
Infallible, and inspired Word of God.
The Scripture is the final Authority
in all matters of Faith and
practice.
(II
Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:20,21).
SOVEREIGN
GOD
There is one true God
eternally existing in three persons, as Father, Son and
Holy Ghost. Each of whom ― possesses equally,
all the attributes of Deity and
the characteristics of personality.
(Deuteronomy
6:4; Matthew 28:19; I Corinthians 8:6;
Ephesians 3:14;
I Peter 1:2; Revelation 5:9 - 10).
SON
Jesus
Christ, eternally existing, is the only
begotten Son of God, who became a man
totally apart from sin, being conceived
by the Holy Spirit and born of the
Virgin Mary, and is true God and true
man.
(Luke
1:30-35; John 1:15; Philippians 2:5-8;
Colossians 1:15-18)
THE
HOLY SPIRIT
We
believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine
Personality: The third Person of the
Trinity; who is now, throughout this age
of Grace, here present in the true
Church, having been sent for the express
purpose of revealing Christ Jesus to the
members of the Church, that they may be
comforted, instructed, and built up in
their most holy faith, and to the world
that sinners may be convicted of sin, of
righteousness, and of judgment
.
(John
7:38-39; 14:16-18; 15:26-27; 16:13 -15;
Acts 1:8; 2:1- 4; 5:1-9)
SIN
Man
was created in the image of God but fell
through sin, bringing not only physical
death but also spiritual death
(separation from God). Now all mankind
is totally depraved, having inherited a
sinful nature, is bent toward sinning,
and has become sinful in thought, word,
and deed.
(Genesis
1:26,27; 2:16,17; 3:6 - 19; Romans 3:10
- 23; 6:23)
SACRIFICE
The Lord Jesus Christ
suffered and died as a substitution-sacrifice for the sins of the whole
world. He arose from the dead in the
body in which He was crucified; He
ascended into Heaven in that glorified
body and is seated at the right hand of
God the Father as Head of the Church,
making intercession for the saints as
our High Priest.
(Luke 24; Acts
1:9 - 11; Romans 5:8 - 10; Ephesians
1:20 - 23; I Peter 3:18)
SALVATION
Man is lost and must be
born again to enter the Kingdom of God.
Salvation is by grace alone through
personal faith in the finished work of
Christ on the cross.
(John 1:12; 3:3
- 7; Ephesians 2:8,9)
SERVICE
The local church is a
group of believers baptized by water,
banded together for edification,
exhortation, and evangelism as commanded
by Christ in the Great Commission:
preaching the gospel to every
creature.
(Mark 16:15; 1
Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 1:22,23)
SECOND COMING
The Lord Jesus Christ
Himself is coming again in the air at
any moment to catch up His Church and to
reward their service; the unbelievers
left behind will go through a period
called the Tribulation, after which
Christ shall return visibly to the earth
to set up His Kingdom of one thousand
years of righteousness; after this the
unbelievers of all ages will stand at
the Great White Throne to be judged and
cast into the Lake of Fire, separated
from God forever; while the believers
spend eternity in the fullness of joy in
Heaven with the Lord.
(Matthew
24:29-42; I Thessalonians 4:16-18;
Revelation 19:11-20; 20:15).
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