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This Statement of Faith is not
intended to cover all Biblical truth but only to establish a basis for
fellowship and cooperation so that we may "all speak the same thing, and
that there be no divisions".
"A declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us."
(Luke 1:1)
The Scriptures
The Bible is the inspired word of God to men, the infallible,
all-sufficient, final authority in all matters of faith and conduct. (2
Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)
The One True God
The one true God has revealed Himself as eternally existent in three
persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Luke 3:22; John
14:12, 16, 28; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28)
The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
"In Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form." "The Son is
the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being". (
Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:3) Jesus is the eternal Son of God who was with
God and was God in the beginning. (John 1:1-3) He was conceived by the Holy
Ghost and born of the virgin Mary. (Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:35) "He went around
doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil" (Acts
10:38) He lived a sinless life - "holy, blameless, pure, set apart from
sinners". (Hebrews 7:26) "He died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
was buried and was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures." (1
Corinthians 15:1-4) He has now been "exalted to the right hand of God".
(Acts 2:33; Hebrews 1:3) "This same Jesus, who has been taken into heaven,
will come back in the same way." (Acts 1:11)
The Fall of Man
"There is no one righteous" before God. "All have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God."
(Romans 3:10, 23; Isaiah 64:6)
God's Plan of Redemption
"Salvation is found in no one else" but the Lord Jesus Christ, "for there is
no other name under heaven given by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) Man
is saved by grace, through faith, not by His own efforts but as a gift from
God. (Ephesians 2:8) God saves "us through the washing of rebirth and
renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through
Jesus Christ our savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we
might become heirs having the hope of eternal life."
(Titus 3:5-7)
Water Baptism
All who repent and believe on Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord are commanded
in Scripture to be baptized in water. (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16)
Present Work of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is at work in the earth today:
• "to convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and
judgment." (John 16:8)
• empowering men to witness and confirming the word with signs that
accompany it.
(Mark 16:17-20; Acts 1:8; 4:29-31; Hebrews 2:3, 4)
• producing the fruit of the Spirit in men's lives. (Galations 5:22-26)
• giving various gifts to men "for the common good." (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
• In response, believers are commanded to "eagerly desire the greater gifts"
and to "try to excel in gifts that build up the church." (1 Corinthians
12:31; 14:12)
Future Events
There is a coming resurrection: "those who have done good will rise to live,
and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned." (John 5:29; 2
Corinthians 5:10)) There is a coming judgment where any whose name is "not
found written in the book of life" will be "thrown into the lake of fire"
"which is the second death". (Revelation 20:14, 15)
The Unity of All Believers
"In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the
others." "For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body". (Romans
12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12)
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