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The Holy Scriptures:
We believe the Holy Scriptures, both the Old and the New
Testaments, in its entirety is revelation breathed out
by God. All of its parts, even to the very words of the
original writings, are inerrant in every area, including
doctrine or matters of history, geography, or science.
(II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21; John 10:35)
The Godhead: We
believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three
persons -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- co-equal in
power and glory. (Deuteronomy 6:4; II Corinthians 13:14)
The Person and Work of Christ:
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son
of God, became man without ceasing to be God, having
been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin
Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem
sinful man.
(John 1:1-2; John 1:14; Luke 1:35)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our
redemption through His death on the cross as a
vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice, and that our
justification is made sure by His literal, physical
resurrection from the dead. (Romans 3:24-25; I Peter
2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5) We believe that the
Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven; and is now exalted
at the right hand of God where, as our High Priest, He
fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor,
and Advocate. (Acts 1:9; Hebrews 9:24; Romans 8:34; I
John 1:1-2)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ shall return to
the earth at an hour known only to the Heavenly Father,
and that because the time of His coming is hidden,
believers should live in a state and attitude of
constant readiness for His return. We believe that in
God’s proper time there shall be a Tribulation period,
and thereafter the Lord Jesus Christ shall set up His
Millennial Kingdom on the earth.
(Titus 2:15; John 14:3; Revelation 19:11-16, 20:1-6; I
Thessalonians 4:13-18)
The Work of the Holy Spirit:
We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts the world of
sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, and that He
indwells the souls of all believers, sealing them unto
the day of redemption. (John 16:8-11; II Corinthians
3:6; I Corinthians 12:12-13; Romans 8:9; Ephesians
1:13-14)
We believe that He is the divine Teacher who guides
believers into all truth, and that it is the privilege
as well as the duty of all the saved to be filled with
or controlled by the Spirit. (John 16:13; Ephesians
5:18)We believe sanctification in the Holy
Spirit to be the work of God’s free grace, whereby we
are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and
are enabled step by step to live unto righteousness and
true holiness. (Ephesians 4:23-24; Romans 6:6, 6:14,
8:4; II Corinthians 7:1; Hebrews 12:14)
Satan: We believe that Satan is a person, the
author of sin, and the cause of the fall; that he is the
open and declared enemy of God and man; and that he
shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire. (Job
1:6-7; Matthew 4:2-11, 25:41; Revelation 20:10)
Man: We believe that man was created in the
image of God and fell into sin and can only obtain
regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Genesis 2:17; Romans
5:12-21, 3:23)
Salvation: We believe that
salvation is the gift of God brought to man by
grace and received by personal faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on
Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins.
(Ephesians 2:8-10; John 1:1-12; Ephesians1:7; I
Peter 1:18-19)
The Eternal Security and Assurance of Believers:
We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept
by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever.
(John 6:37-40, 10:27-30; Romans 8:1, 8:38-39; I
Corinthians 1:4-8; I Peter 1:5)We believe that it is the
privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of
their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word.
However, we believe that the Scriptures clearly forbid
the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the
flesh. (Romans 13:13-14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15)
Church: We believe that the true church is the
body of Christ whose function is to uphold the truth.
Christ is its sole head. Only members of the true church
shall be eligible for membership in this assembly. (I
Timothy 3:15; I Corinthians 12:12-14; Ephesians 4:15;
Colossians 1:18)
Spiritual Gifts: We believe
that God has given spiritual gifts to all
Christians according to His divine will.
Concerning the particular gift of tongues, we
believe the New Testament, without exception,
teaches that tongues were foreign languages
which were a temporary sign given by God to
signify the beginning of the church age. (I
Corinthians 14:20-22, 13:8-11) We believe that
God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, in
accord with His own will, for the sick and
afflicted. (John 15:7; I John 5:14-15; James
5:14-16)
Separation: We
believe in the Biblical command to separate
entirely from worldliness and ecclesiastical
apostasy unto God. (I John 2:15; II Peter 2;
Jude)
Eternal State: We
believe in the bodily resurrection of all men,
the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to
judgment and everlasting punishment. (Matthew
25:46; John 5:28-29, 11:25-26; Revelation
20:5-6, 12-13)
We believe that the souls
of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the
body and present with the Lord, where in
conscious bliss they await the first
resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are
reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord.
(Luke 23:43; Revelation 20:4-6; II Corinthians
5:8; Philippians 1:23-3:21; I Thessalonians
4:16-17).
We believe that the souls of
unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious
misery until the second resurrection, when the
soul and body reunited they shall appear at the
Great White Throne of Judgment, and shall be
cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be
annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious
punishment. (Luke 18:19-26; Matthew 25:41-46; II
Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Mark 9:43-48;
Revelation 20: 11-15)
Dispensationalism: We believe in the
dispensational view of the Bible interpretation
but reject the extreme teaching known as ”Hyper
Dispensationalism” such as that teaching which
opposes either the Lord’s table or water
baptismal as a scriptural means of testimony for
the Church in this age. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts
2:41-42, 18:8; I Corinthians 11:23-26)
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