DOCTRINAL
STATEMENT
- SCRIPTURES: I
believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in
the original writings as being the inspired, infallible, and
inerrant Word of God. I believe the Bible to be
our supreme and final authority in all matters regarding faith
and life. (II Tim. 3:16-17; II Pet.1:19-21)
- THE GODHEAD: I believe in one
Perfect, Infinite, Holy and Eternal God, Creator of all things,
eternally existent in three Persons. The Father, The Son
and Holy Spirit, each having the same nature, attributes and
perfection and each worthy of the same worship and obedience.
(Gen.1:1; 1:26; Matt.3:16-17 and John 10:30)
- THE LORD JESUS CHRIST: I
believe in (1) Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son of God
(John 1:18); (2) His virgin birth (Luke 1:35); (3) His death
on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of
men (Rom. 3:25, Heb.9:14); (4) His literal bodily resurrection
from the dead (Luke 24:36-43, Acts 17:31); (5) His present
ministry as our Intercessory High Priest in Heaven (Heb.7:22-28,
8:1, 2); (6) His personal, literal and immeninent return. (John
14:2, 3, Acts 1:11, I Thess. 4:16)
- THE HOLY SPIRIT: I believe
that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Godhead. He baptizes, indwells,
seals, and regenerates all believing sinners at the moment of
salvation (I Cor.12:13, 3:16, Eph.1:13-14). He convicts
men of sin (John 16:8) and distributes to each believer at least
one spiritual gift for service. (I Cor.12:11)
- SALVATION: I believe
that (1) Salvation by grace through faith in the shed blood
of the Lord Jesus Christ is available freely to every man (John
3:16, Eph. 2:8-9); (2) All who receive Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord are born again into the family of God and are eternally
secure from all condemnation of sin ( John 1:12, I John 5:13,
John 3:18); (3) Salvation occurs instantaneously the moment
one receives Jesus Christ in their heart and lives. (Rom.10:9,13)
- PROPHETIC VIEW: I believe in the personal
premillennial and pretribulational rapture of the church (Rev.3:10,
I Thess.5:9). I believe that Christ will come for His saints
and gather them unto Himself (I Cor.15:51-58). I believe in the
bodily resurrection of the unjust unto the Great White Throne
Judgment and the eventual condemnation to everlasting conscious
punishment in the lake of fire. (Rev.20:11-15)
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