What
We Believe
....the
Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written
Word of God (2
Peter 1:19-21; 2
Timothy 3:16).
...there
is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father,
God the Son and God the Holy Ghost (Deuteronomy
6:4; Hebrews
1:3; Acts
5:3,4).
...in the
deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 1; John
20:28); in His virgin birth (Luke
1:34); in His sinless life (Hebrews
4:15); in His miracles (John
20:30); in His vicarious and atoning death and His bodily resurrection
(1
Corinthians 15:3-5); in His ascension to the right hand of the
Father (Mark
16:19); in His personal future return to this earth in power
and glory to rule a thousand years (Revelation
20:4; Luke
21:27).
...the only
means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith
in the precious blood of Christ (Acts
16:30-31; 1
John 1:7-10).
...regeneration
by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation
(John 3:1-8; Titus
3:5).
...in the
baptism by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ (1
Corinthians 12:13).
...in the
sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling immediately
upon salvation the Christian is enabled to live a holy life (Romans
8:9-11; 1
Peter 1:2; John
14:17).
...in the
baptism with the Holy Spirit and repeated fillings of the Holy Spirit
subsequent to salvation for empowerment unto service and testimony
(Acts
1:8; 2:4;
4:31;
9:17;
Luke
11:13; Ephesians
5:18).
...in the
power of Christ to heal the human body in answer to believing prayer
(Isaiah
53:4; Matthew
8:17; 1
Corinthians 12:9).
...in the
continuing operation of the Gifts of the Spirit for the edification
of the Church (1 Corinthians 12-14).
...in the
pre-tribulation rapture of the church (1
Thessalonians 4:13-18).
...in
the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting
life and the other to everlasting damnation (Matthew
25:31-46; John 5:28-29) |
