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. . . Doctrinal Statement. . .
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- We believe in the complete verbal inspiration and inerrancy of the whole Bible as originally written, and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice (Psalm 119:160; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17).
- We believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in Divine Perfection (Matthew 28:19).
- We believe in the Genesis account of Creation (Genesis 1:1-2:4).
- We believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the eternal lake of fire (Isaiah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 28:11-19; Matthew 25:41; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 6:10-17; Revelation 20:10).
- We believe the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:18-20; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22).
- We believe the Deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14; 2 Corinthians 5:19).
- We believe the Holy Spirit is the Divine Administrator for Jesus Christ in His Churches (Luke 24:49; John 14:16,17; Acts 1:4,5,8). Whose work as such began on the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus Christ with the Baptism of the Holy spirit, which event occurred only once and is not repeated (Acts 2).
- We believe that miraculous spiritual gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10 were done away when the Bible was completed (1 Corinthians 13:8-10), that the gift of apostleship ceased with the death of the last apostle chosen directly by the Lord Jesus (Ephesians 2:20), and the abiding gifts adequately equip the churches for service to God. (Romans 12:13; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Ephesians 4:7-16; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2).
- We believe that man was created in the image of God and lived in innocence until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless state, the result being that all mankind are sinners (Genesis 1:26; 3:6-24; Romans 5:12,19).
- We believe that the substitutionary suffering and death of Jesus Christ was sufficient to propitiate for sins of all humanity, thus making salvation available for all mankind. (Isaiah 53:6; Hebrews 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:38; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 2:2).
- We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and the bodily resurrection of His saints (Matthew 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:42-58; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
- We believe in the pre-millennial, personal, bodily return of Christ as the crowning event of the Gentile age. We further believe at His coming the righteous dead will be raised, the living saints will be changed and we shall go to be with the Lord. We also believe that after the Millennial Reign of Christ on earth the unrighteous shall also be resurrected unto eternal punishment in the lake of fire. (John 14:1-6; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelations 19; 20:4-5; 21:8).
- We believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 13:3,5; John 3:16,18; Acts 20:21; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8,9), and that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures and indwells every believer (John 3:6; 16:8,9; Romans 8:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:19,20; Ephesians 4:30; Titus 3:5).
- We believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; 5:24; 10:27-30; Romans 8:35-39; Hebrews 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5).
- We believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He chastises the disobedient, and that He blesses the obedient in this life and reserves rewards for the future. (Matthew 16:27; 25:14-23; John 1:12; Hebrews 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Revelation 22:12).
- We believe that Jesus Christ established His mission during His ministry on earth and that it is always a local, visible assembly of scripturaly baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each mission is an independent, self-governing body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority over it. We believe that Jesus Christ gave the Great Commission to New Testament churches only, and that He promised the perpetuity of His churches.
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