We hold the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory and having the same attributes and perfection (Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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; 2:14-25; Luke 1:35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe that\n the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on \nthe cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; \nand, that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical \nresurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24-25; 1 Peter 1:3-5; 2:24;
Ephesians 1:7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 1:9-10; Hebrews 9:24; 7:35; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption (John 16:8-11; 2 Corinthians 3:6;
1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13-14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\n believe that He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all \ntruth; and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be \nfilled with the Spirit (John 16:13; 1 John 2:20, 27; Ephesians 5:18).\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man is totally depraved, and, of himself, totally unable to remedy his lost condition (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3,12). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 1:7; 2:8-10; John 1:12; 1 Peter 1:17,19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe that every saved person possesses two natures, with provision made for victory of the new nature over the old nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit; and, that all claims to the eradication of the old nature in this life are unscriptural (Romans 6:13; 8:12-13; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:10; 1 Peter 1:14-16; 1 John 3:5-9). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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,
38-39; 1 Corinthians 1:4-8; 1 Peter 1:17,19).
We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word; which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh (Romans 13:13-14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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,
38-39; 1 Corinthians 1:4-8; 1 Peter 1:17,19).
We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word; which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh (Romans 13:13-14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe in the two church ordinances: Water baptism by Immersion for Believers and the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 1:14; 11:23-34; Acts 8:12, 35-37; 10:47-48). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Saviour and Lord; and, that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations is commanded of God (2 Timothy 3:1-5; Romans 12:1-2; 14:13; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9-11 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe that is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and by word to the truths of Holy Scripture and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all mankind (Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19-20). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowment of all gifts; and, \nthat the gifts of evangelists, pastors, and teachers are sufficient for \nthe perfecting of the saints today; and, speaking in tongues and the \nworking of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament \nScriptures were completed and their authority became established (1 \nCorinthians 12:4-11; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 4:7-12).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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; 1 John 5:14-15). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe in the dispensational view of Bible interpretation but reject the extreme teaching known as “Hyper Dispensationalism”, such as that teaching which opposes either the Lord’s table or water baptism as a Scriptural means of testimony for the church in this age (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 18:8; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:2-11; 25:41; Revelations 20:10). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe in that “Blessed Hope”, the personal, imminent, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones; and in His subsequent return to the earth, with His saints, to establish His Millennial Kingdom (1 Thessalonians 1:10; 4:13-18; 5:9; Zechariah 14:4-11; Revelations 19:11-16; 20:1-6; 3:10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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; Revelations 20:5-6, 12-13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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; Revelations 20:4-6; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when, with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment (Luke 16:19-26; Matthew 25:41-46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Mark 9:43-48; Revelations 20:11-15). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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