Our Beliefs
1. The Bible
is the sole inspired, infallible, authoritative, and inerrant written
Word of God
(II Timothy 3:15-17, II Peter 1:21).
2. There is
one God, eternally existing in three persons: the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit
(Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30).
3. Jesus Christ
is God in flesh (John 10:33); He was born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14,
Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:34-35); He never sinned during his entire life
(Hebrews 4:15, 7:26); He performed miracles (John 2:11); He died
a vicarious and atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7,
Hebrews 2:9); He came back to life after having been dead (John
11:25, I Corinthians 15:4); He ascended bodily to the right hand
of the Father (Mark 16:19); He will personally return to earth in
power and glory
(Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16).
4. It is absolutely
necessary to be regenerated by the Holy Spirit for salvation because
of the exceeding sinfulness of the human nature. The only way to
be justified is on the single ground of faith in the shed blood
of Christ. Only by God's grace through faith alone can we be saved
(John 3:16-19; 5:24, Romans 3:23; 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus
3:5).
5. Both those
who are saved and those who are unsaved will be resurrected. Those
who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and those who are not
unto the resurrection of damnation
(John 5:28-29).
6. Christians
are examples of the love of God in this world. It is this (agape)
love that we desire to possess and without it we have no right to
call ourselves Christians
(I John 4:16-17).
7. It is the
mandate of the whole Church to go into the whole world and to preach
the Gospel to every living creature (Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19-20).
In
essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty;
in all things, charity.
Our Commitments
1. We will seek
first the Kingdom and His righteousness because we know that then
and only then will all other things be added to us.
2. We will do
our best to serve God by our obedience. That means obedience to
Gods commandments, and all of His Sons admonitions.
3. We have chosen
to follow after Jesus so we will deny ourselves daily and take up
our cross and do our very best to be like Christ.
4. We believe
in biblical evangelism. We know that its Gods love and
kindness that leads us to repentance and He illustrated His love
for us because Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. We
also know we must use the Law of God to stop the mouth of a self
righteous sinner, to bring the knowledge of sin and as a school
master to lead people to Christ. We know we must use the law to
prepare/plow the heart before planting the seed of the Gospel so
that when the seed is planted, it may find good soil and produce
a crop of 30, 60 or 100 fold.
5. We will treat
all other seed sowers with the love and respect we would give to
Jesus. We will not make harsh remarks about another seed sower whether
in private or in public.
6. We will not
allow doctrinal divisions in our ranks. We dont need or want
to get into deep doctrinal discussions that divide the Body. We
want the focus to remain on Christ crucified and resurrected and
on preaching the Word.
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