We Believe In the Bible as God's only inspired, inerrant and authoritative revelation of Himself to man in written form.
(2 Timothy 3:16,17)
We
Believe In one God, eternally existing in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (1 John
5:7 NIV/New King James)
We Believe In the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
(John 1:1), His virgin birth (Matthew 1:18), His sinless
life (2 Corinthians 5:21), His miracles (Acts 10:38),
His vicarious death as the only sacrifice for the sin of the world
(1 John 2:2), His bodily resurrection from the dead (Luke
24:39), His ascension to the right hand of God as our
intercessor (Hebrews 7:25), and His future return in glory,
first to rapture His church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) and
second, to establish the kingdom of God upon the earth
(Revelation 20:6).
We Believe In the finality of Christ's mediatorial
work for the redemption of mankind and the present freedom of access
to the Father. (1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 4:14-16)
We Believe In the new birth as the only means of
receiving eternal life. The new birth involves a cleansing and
deliverance from the penalty and power of sin. It is
effectuated through faith in Jesus Christ and repentance from sin.
(John 3:3,5,7; Ephesians 2:8,9; 1 Peter 1:18-20)
We Believe In divine healing for the total man,
spirit, mind and body and that this healing is accomplished in the
redemptive work of Christ on the cross and appropriated in the
believer's life through prayer. (Isaiah 53:5; Matthew 8:17; 1
Peter 2:24; James 5:13-15)
We Believe In the
baptism of the Holy Spirit as an endowment of power for all
believers. This infilling is subsequent to salvation and may be
evidenced by speaking in tongues. This baptism enables a deeper
expression of spiritual fruit, a greater growth in Christ-likeness,
a genuine manifestation of spiritual gifts and a more effective
prayer life.
(Acts 19:1-6; Acts 2:4,38-39; Acts 10:44,45; Ephesians 5:18;
Galatians 5:22,23; I Corinthians 12:1-11; II Corinthians 3:18;
Romans 8:26,27; Philippians 2:13; John 15:5)
We Believe In the process of spiritual development (sanctification) accomplished in the believer's life by the Holy Spirit through
yielded-ness and obedience. This growth involves a daily dying to
sin and living unto righteousness (Romans 6:1-23), finds
expression in a holy life (Hebrews 12:24) and will be
perfected at the return of Christ (1 John 3:2).
We Believe In the resurrection from the dead.
First, the righteous unto eternal life and second, the ungodly unto
eternal damnation. (Daniel 12:2; John 5:28,29; Revelation 20:4-6,
11-15)
We Believe In the sacraments of the Church
established by Jesus Christ our Lord: the Lord's Supper (Matthew
26:26- 30; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) and baptism by immersion as a
witness of the new birth. (Matthew 28:19; 1Peter 3:20-22)
