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What We Believe
We believe that the entire Bible is the Divinely Inspired Word
and Revelation of God, and therefore our only authority for
faith and practice. 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21.
We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons,
the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit; and that these three are
one God, having precisely the same homage, confidence and
obedience. Mark 12:29; John 1:1-4; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 5:3-4;
2 Corinthians 13:14; Hebrews 1:1-3; Revelation 1:4-6.
We believe in the full Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, that He
is very God by whom and for whom all things were created. John
1:1-3; Philippians 2:6-8 We believe in His Virgin birth, that He
was conceived by the Holy Spirit and is, therefore, God
manifested in the flesh. Luke1:31, 32-35; 2:7
We believe in salvation by divine sacrifice, that the Son of God
gave, "His life a ransom for many," and "bore our sins in His
own body on the tree." Matthew 20:28; 1 Peter 2:24
We believe in His physical resurrection from the dead and in His
bodily presence at the right hand of God as our High Priest and
Advocate. Luke 24:39; Hebrews 9:11; 1 John 2:1; Hebrews 10:12
We believe in the universality and heinousness of sin in all
men, and in salvation by grace, "Not of works lest any man
should boast"; that sonship with God is attained only by
regeneration through the Holy Spirit and by faith in Jesus
Christ. Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5
We believe in the personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, Who
indwells believers and Who is here to "reprove the world of sin,
and of all righteousness, and of judgment." John 16:7-11; Romans
8:11
We believe in the command which our Lord has given to his Church
to evangelize the world, and that this evangelization and the
edification of the body of Christ is the great obligation of the
Church. Romans 1:14-16; Ephesians 4:11-13; 2 Timothy 4:5
We believe in the second, and visible coming of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ to complete His saving work and establish
His world-wide Kingdom on earth. Acts 1:10-11; Revelation 22:20
We believe in a Heaven of eternal bliss for the righteous, and
in the conscious and eternal punishment of the wicked. John
14:1-3; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; Revelation 20:11-15; 21:1-5
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