What We Believe
The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Scriptures, both the Old and the
New Testaments, to be the verbally inspired Word
of God, written by men under the control of the
Holy Spirit, inerrant and infallible in the
original manuscripts and the final authority in
the faith and life. We accept the
grammatical-historical system of interpretation
of the Scriptures, and accept the historical
record of the Bible as accurate.
Salvation Is Secure
We believe that all saved, those in whom God has
accomplished His transforming work of grace, are
kept by His power and thus are secure in Christ
forever. This assurance, however, is not the
occasion for sin, for God in holiness cannot
tolerate persistent sin in His children, and in
infinite love He corrects them. True faith in
Christ is expressed by a fruitful, God pleasing
life that endures until death.
One and Only God
We believe in one God, eternally existing in
three persons; the Father, Jesus Christ, and the
Holy Spirit, who are identical in essence and
substance, equal in power and glory, and possess
precisely the same attributes and perfection.
Sanctification
We believe that God, in the Scriptures, has
given us everything pertaining to life and
godliness. This includes the salvation from the
penalty of sin and on going work of
sanctification (separation) from sin.
Sanctification from sin affects both the
positional and practical aspects. Positional
sanctification as a work of the Holy Spirit is
complete and absolute; however, practical
sanctification is a result of the continuing
work of the Spirit using the Word of God to
provide nourishment for growth into maturity in
Christ. While the process of practical
sanctification is assured by the word and the
Spirit, it is yet imperfect in this life.
Spiritual growth occurs as believers feed on the
Word and are in fellowship with other believers
for encouragement and service.
Jesus & What He Did
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the
eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing
to be God; that He was conceived by the Holy
Spirit and physically born of a virgin, in order
that He might redeem (pay the price for) sinful
man. He accomplished this redemption by
voluntarily giving His physical life as a
sinless substitutionary sacrifice on a wooden
cross, thereby satisfying God's righteous
judgment against the sin of man. He gave proof
that He accomplished that redemption by His
bodily resurrection from the grave. He then
ascended to heaven and sits on the right hand of
His Father where He intercedes on behalf of His
people.
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Divine
Person who convicts this world of sin; that He
alone brings new life to those who are
spiritually dead and places all believers into
the one true Church, which is the Body of
Christ; that He indwells them permanently, seals
them unto the day of redemption, bestows
spiritual gifts upon them; that He helps us
pray; that he fills and leads us.
Human Race
We believe that men and women were created in
the image and likeness of God, in innocence and
without sin. But in Adam's sin the human race
fell, inherited the consequence and guilt of his
sin, a sinful nature, becoming spiritually dead
and alienated from God so that man is a sinner
both by nature and by personal choice. Man, of
himself, is incapable of remedying his lost and
depraved condition.
Ordinances of The Church
We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ instituted
two ordinances to be observed by all believers
as a matter of obedience, not as a condition for
salvation. Water baptism, subsequent to the
believer's profession of faith, and the Lord's
supper – to be done in remembrance of Christ’s
sacrifice for our sins.
Eternal Life
We believe that at death the souls of
unbelievers remain in conscious misery until the
final judgment when the soul and body will be
reunited and cast into the lake of fire, not to
be annihilated, but to be separated from God
forever in conscious punishment. We also believe
that at death the souls of those who have
trusted Christ for salvation pass immediately
into His presence and remain there in conscious
bliss until the resurrection of the body at
Christ's coming for the Church, when the soul
and body will be reunited. We then shall be with
Him forever in glory.
Salvation From Sin
We believe that salvation is a gift of God's
grace given to all whom God has elected to
salvation. Salvation includes all that God does
in rescuing men and women from the penalty,
power and presence of sin and restoring them to
a right relationship with God. As such, it is
solely the work of God from the beginning to the
end. It is the Holy Spirit who causes believers
to have saving faith. Salvation cannot be gained
by doing good works because it is a free gift
for all who put their trust in Jesus Christ and
His finished work on the cross. All who trust in
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord are forgiven and
saved from their sins and made righteous before
God and are born into the family of God. God's
purpose for saving His elect is so that they
bring glory to Him by their lives.
End of Time
We believe, according to His promise, that Jesus
will personally return to earth again for His
people prior to a massive outpouring of sin and
ungodliness led by a wicked earthly leader – the
antichrist. After a period of time, Christ will
return again with His people to set up His
millennium (1,000 literal years) reign on this
earth. He will end this reign with a final
sentencing of Satan to an eternal punishment in
the lake of fire.
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