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What We Believe:
The church accepts the Scriptures as
the revealed Will of God, the all
sufficient rule of faith and
practice, and for the purpose of
maintaining general unity, adopts
these Statements of Fundamental
Truths and Doctrine.
The Scriptures Inspired: The
Bible is the inspired Word of God, a
revelation from God to man, the
infallible rule of faith and
conduct, and is superior to
conscience and reason, but not
contrary to reason (2 Timothy
3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews
4:12).
The One True Godhead: The
triune Godhead is comprised of 3
separate and distinct personalities,
The Father, The Son and The Holy
Spirit, who are eternally
self-existent, self-revealed and
function as one entity. Jesus
Christ, who is God manifested in the
flesh, is the second member of the
Godhead, co-equal and co-eternal
with The Father and The Holy Spirit
(Matthew 3:13-17).
Man, His Fall and
Redemption:
Man was created good
and upright, for God said, "Let Us
make man in Our image, after Our
Likeness." But man, by voluntary
transgression, fell and his only
hope of redemption is in Jesus
Christ the Son of God (Genesis
1:26-31, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21).
The Salvation of
Man: (a)
Man's only hope of redemption is
through the shed blood of Jesus
Christ. On the cross Jesus Christ
became sin and sickness providing
both salvation and divine healing
for all mankind, (Psalm 103:3) being
justified freely by His Grace
through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus. For by grace we are
saved through faith. "The word is
near you, in your mouth and in your
heart---that is, the word of faith
which we are preaching, that if you
confess with your mouth Jesus as
Lord, and believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the dead, you
shall be saved; for with the heart
man believes, resulting in
righteousness, and with the mouth he
confesses, resulting in salvation"
(Romans 3:24; Ephesians 2:8; Romans
10:8-10).
(b) The Evidences of Salvation. The
inward evidence, to the believer of
his salvation, is the direct witness
of the Spirit (Romans 8:16). The
outward evidence to all men is a
life of righteousness and true
holiness. "And this is His
commandment, that we believe in the
name of His Son Jesus Christ, and
love one another, just as He
commanded us" (1 John 3:23).
(c) Faith and Works. Salvation is
by Faith in Jesus Christ and not by
human works; however, our works will
determine the rewards in eternity
(Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9;
Titus 3:5-7; Romans 14:20-21; and II
Cor. 5:10).
Baptism in Water:
The ordinance of Baptism by a
burial with Christ should be
observed as commanded in the
Scriptures by all who have really
repented and in their hearts have
truly believed on Christ as Savior
and Lord. In so doing, they declare
to the world that they have died
with Jesus and that they have also
been raised with Him to walk in
newness of life (Matt.28:19; Acts
10:47,48; Romans 6:4).
The
Lord's Supper: "And when He had
given thanks, He broke it, and said,
`This is my body which is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me. 'In
the same way also the cup, after
supper, saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in my blood. Do this, as
often as you drink it, in
remembrance of me.' " Let a man
examine himself, and so eat of the
bread and drink of the cup (I
Cor.11:24, 25, 28).
The Promise of the Father:
All believers are entitled to, and
should ardently expect and earnestly
seek, the promise of the Father, the
Baptism in the Holy Ghost and Fire,
according to the command of our Lord
Jesus Christ. This was the normal
experience of all in the early
Christian church. With it comes the
endowment of power for life and
service, the bestowment of the gifts
and their uses in the work of the
ministry (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-8; I
Cor. 12:1-31).
The Evidence of the Baptism in
the Holy Spirit: The full
consummation of the Baptism of
believers in the Holy Spirit is
evidenced by the initial physical
sign of speaking with other tongues
as the Spirit gives utterance, and
by the subsequent manifestation of
spiritual power in public testimony
and service (Acts 2:4; 10:44-46;
19:2,6; 1:8).
The Church: The Church is the
body of Christ, the habitation of
God through the Spirit, with divine
appointments for the fulfillment of
her great commission. Each
believer, born of the Spirit, is an
integral part of the general
assembly and church of the first
born, which are written in Heaven
(Eph. 1:22; 2:19-22; Hebrews 12:23).
Divine Healing:
We believe
that divine healing is provided for
in the atonement, and it is the
privilege of every believer (Isaiah
53:4-5, Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24).
Blessed Hope: Jesus is coming
again to gather all His Saints to
Heaven (I Cor. 15:51-52; I
Thess.4:16-17 and II Thess. 2:1).
The Lake of Fire: Those who
have not accepted the redemptive
work of Jesus Christ will suffer
eternal separation from the
Godhead. The devil and his angels,
the beast and the false prophet, and
anyone whose name was not found
written in the book of life, shall
be consigned to everlasting
punishment in the lake of fire which
burns with brimstone. This is the
second death, the lake of fire (Rev.
19:20; 20:10-15).
The Millennial Reign of Jesus:
The return of our Lord Jesus Christ
with His Saints from Heaven to rule
and reign for one thousand years on
the earth as the Scriptures promised
(Romans 11:25-27; II Thess. 1:7;
Rev. 19:11-16; 20:1-7). After this,
there shall be a new heaven and a
new earth (Rev.21). |
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