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What
We Believe
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God
is holy, eternal, loving, all-wise, sovereign and immutable.
He is worthy of worship, obedience and service. We believe
in the tri-unity of God, expressed in the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, each co-equal and co-eternal with the other.
(Deut.4;35, Isa.45:5, Psa.145:5, Lev. 11:45,
Deut.6:4, Mal.3:6, II Cor.13:4, I Tim. 2:5, Heb. 9:14, John
5:23, 17:3 and Jude 25.)
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in
the plenary verbal inspiration and authority of the Holy
Scriptures. The scriptures are defined as the 39 books
of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament
and are infallible and inerrant. We believe that God has
providentially preserved His Holy Scriptures.
(Psa. 12:6, 19:7, II Tim.3:16-17, II Peter
1:20-21, II Samuel 23:2, Deut.6:6-9, Isa. 8:20, Matt.
5:18, 24:35, John 5:46-47, Proverbs 13:13.)
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in
the Genesis
account of a creation with man
and woman created in God's image. God's image
in man was marred by Adam's fall resulting in
sin and death passed upon all mankind.
(Genesis Chapters 1-3, Matt.
19:4-6, Romans 5:12-19, 3:9-10, 3:22-23, Ecclesiastes
7:20, and Psa. 8:3-8)
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in the undiminished deity and true humanity
of the Lord Jesus Christ; He was God
manifest in the flesh, born of a virgin,
lived a sinless life, and He suffered
and died for sinners on the cross as
a substitutionary blood sacrifice for
the sins of mankind.
(John 1:1-3, 14, 5:14,
8:35, 58, 17:5, Luke 2:7, 40, 52, I
Timothy 3:16, Romans 5:6-8, I Cor. 15;3-4,
I Peter 2:22-24, Hebrews 2:9-14, I John
2:2, 4:14, Ephesians 1:7.)
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that Christ bodily rose from the dead
on the third day and ascended into
Heaven where He now sits at the exalted
right hand of God, the Father, as
Intercessor and Advocate.
(I Cor. 15:3-4, 20,
Acts 1:2-10, Romans 8:34, Ephesians
1:20, Hebrews 7:25, 13:20, I John
2:1.)
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in the ministry of God, the Holy Spirit; He convicts of
sin, baptizes the believer into the Body of Christ, indwells
and sanctifies each believer.
(Romans 8:9, I Cor. 12:3-5, John 16:8,
I Cor. 12:12-14, John 14:16-17, Ephesians 1;13-14, I Thess.
4:3-8, II Thess. 2:13, Ephesians 5:18.)
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all
men and women ar lost through Adam and condemned to
separation from God apart from the imputed righteousness
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Romans 3:19-25, 4:23-25, 5:1, II Corinthians
5:12-21, Philippians 3:9, and Titus 3:7).
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sinners are saved by the grace of God through faith
in the Person and finished work of the Lord Jesus
Christ. At salvation, each person who believes on
the Lord Jesus Christ is eternally secure in that
salvation.
(Ephesians 2:8-9, Hebrews 10:10-12,
Romans 10:4, 8:9, I Cor. 12;13, John 14:16-17, Colossians
2:9-10, Titus 3:5, Jude 24, John 10:28, II Timothy
2:13, Ephesians 1:7, John 19:30).
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in
the everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved
and the everlasting conscious torment of the lost.
(Rev. 7:14-17, 14:13, 21:4-8, Matt.
25:41, Luke 16:19-21, Rev. 20:10, 14:10-11, II
Thessalonians 1:9)
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the
Church is the Body of Jesus Christ,
made up of all who believe in Him.
The Body of Christ is to gather
together as local churches according
to the pattern of New Testament
and doctrine and practice. We believe
that the Lord Jesus Christ will
received His church unto Himself
before the Tribulation Period.
(I Cor. 1:2, Eph.
3:5-7, Romans 16:16, I Cor. 12:27,
14:33, 37, II Thess.2:15, I Thess.
4:16-18, Titus 2:13, I Thess. 1:10,
Daniel 9:24-27).
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in
the practice of water baptism
of believers and communion of
the Lord's Table.
(Matt. 28:19-20,
Acts 2:41, 8:37, I Cor. 11:23-33,
10:16)
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in
the person of Satan, the opposer
of God's will and plan. His intent
is destructive and his method
is falsehood. He has enormous
influence in this world in seeking
to limit the gospel. He will suffer
the torment of the Lake of Firre
for eternity.
( Job 1:11, 2:4-5,
Isaiah 14;12-16, Ezekiel 28:12-19,
Mark 4:15, John 8:44, I Thess.2:19,
I Peter 5:8-9, Rev. 12:9, 20:10.)
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in
the distribution of spiritual
gifts by the Holy Spirit to members
of the Body of Christ during the
Church age. These gifts are to
edify and encourage the Body of
Christ. Certain miraculous gifts
served their purpose in establishing
the church during the Acts period
and have been discontinued with
the completion of the New Testament
scripture.
( I Cor. 12-14,
Ephesians 4:7-13, II Tim. 3:16-17,
II Cor. 12:12, I Cor. 13:8-13)
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in
the pre-millenial, visible and
bodily return of the Lord Jesus
Christ as King of kings and Lord
of lords in conjunction with the
conversion and blessing of national
Israel.
(Jeremiah 33:19-36,
Romans 11:25-27, Rev.1:7, 7:4-8,
19:11-15, Zechariah 12:9-10, 13:1,
14:1-4, and Daniel 9:24-27)
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