Our BELIEF SYSTEM

Salvation

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 sins. (Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; John 1:12; 1 Peter 1:18,19).

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Jesus Christ

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; Luke 1:25). The Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24, 25; 1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:3-5). The Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, whereas our High Priest. He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9; Hebrews 9:24, 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2).

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Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin righteousness, and 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; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13-14). He is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all the truth; and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit. (John 16:13; 1 John 2:20, 27; Ephesians 5:18)

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Scripture

We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the verbally, inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed. We believe in the literal, grammatical, and dispensational view of Bible interpretation. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13)

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Man

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but 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; 5:15; Ephesians 2:1-3, 12)

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The Church

We believe that the Church, which is the body and espoused bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of this present age (Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25-27; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 11:2). The establishment and continuance of local churches are clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. (Acts 14:27; 20:17, 28-32; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11).