"Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints." Jude 3
What we believe….concerning
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...God and Jesus Christ
...Man
...Salvation
...the Work and Person of Christ
...the Resurrection
...the Future
What we believe…concerning ...God and Jesus Christ*God is Life. There is no life outside of God. All life is from God and goes back to God. The opposite of life is to perish. Gen. 2:7, Ecc. 12:7, John 3:16
*God is Light. Outside of God is darkness. It is from the darkness that he translates his people into His kingdom. The condemnation of God is that He has turned men over to love the darkness. Col.1:13, John 3:19
*God is Love. Man was created to love God. God's love was made known to us through Jesus Christ that we might live and dwell in the light. 1 John 3:7-10 John 8:12
*God has revealed Himself to his people, through His Spirit and His Word. John 1:1-3,1416:12-15 Revelation 1:1
*That Jesus the Christ was fully Man and Fully God, this being a great mystery and incomprehensible to our finite minds. John 1:14 1Tim.3:16
*That Jesus Christ was the very Word of God who took upon Himself human flesh, humbling himself, literally emptying himself of the glory that he had with the Father and was obedient to the will of the Father for which he came to be a sacrifice and die for his people.
John 1:1-3,1416:12-15 Philippians 2:6-8*That we can... see God in the man from Nazareth, born of a woman, the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and that the one true God has spoken to His people in these last days by His son. Hebrews 1:1-3
*God is pleased, and it is through His son Jesus that it is so and we are to hear Him. Matthew 3:17 12:18 Colossians 1:19
*God is Satisfied, completely, and it is through the obedience of His son Jesus unto death that made it possible for God to be satisfied. Isa.53:11
*That God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. 2 Corinthians 5:19
*That there is no salvation outside of Jesus Christ. There is no other name by which a man must be saved. Acts 4:12
What we believe….concerning ...Man*That man is fallen before God and is in bondage (slaves) to sin and death because of the first man Adam.
Romans 5:12*That all have sinned and have fallen short of God’s Glory. Romans 3:23
*That death and sin has entered this world because of Adam’s disobedience (unbelief). Romans 5:12
*That man is born in sin and is dead spiritually to the things of God. Ephesians 2:1 & 1 Corinthians 2:14
*That man is unable or willing to come to God on is own because of the corruption of his heart.
John 5:40 6:44,65 Jeremiah 17:9,10*That it is by God’s grace that He holds us back from being pulled into the depths of our depraved natures. Romans 1:18-25 John 3:27
*That it has been appointed to every man to die and after that, to be judged. Hebrews 9:27
*That every man will stand before God to be judged, and all will confess and give an account of himself to God. Romans 14:10-12 Revelation 20:12,13 Luke 21:36
What we believe…concerning ...Salvation*That salvation is wholly of God, salvation is a person, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 1:21 Luke 2:11 Isaiah 9:6 Exodus 15:2 Psalm 38:22*That through the disobedience of the first man Adam, all men are fallen from God; the believer is restored back to God through the Obedience of the last man, Christ Jesus. Romans 5:15-19 1Cor. 15:47
*That all men are guilty before God because of Adams disobedience, and the believer is made righteous because of Christ’s obedience. Romans 5:19
*That Jesus Christ came to seek and save that which was lost. And came with the intent and purpose of saving his people whom God the father had given him. Matt. 1:21 18:11 John 6:38-41 17:9-11
*That Salvation is the Work of God according to His mercy, by His Spirit. Titus 3:5 Romans 9:15,165:5
*That Salvation is by God’s Grace through the gift of faith that we are saved. Ephesians 2:8
*Faith being the gift of God, to whom He gives according to His good pleasure. John 3:27 Romans 5:5
*That we are Justified by God’s Grace. Titus 3:7 Romans 3:24 5:1-2,8
What we Believe…concerning ...the Work and Person of Christ
*That Jesus the Christ was the very Word of God who took upon Himself human flesh, humbling himself, literally emptying himself of the glory that he had with the Father and was obedient to the will of the Father for which he came to be a sacrifice and die for his people.
Philippians 2:6-8*That Jesus the Christ came into this world to do His Fathers will and accomplish the work that had been set before Him. John 5:30 4:34 5:17 6:38-40 Galatians 1:4
*That Jesus the Christ finished that work and accomplished all that was necessary for His peoples salvation.
John 4:34 5:17 9:4 *17:4*That the Christ lived and fulfilled the law of God completely, which no man could do. Matthew 5:17,18 Luke 24:44
*That learning obedience (Heb. 5:8) Jesus the Christ pleased the Father, the only man to do so. (2Peter 1:17, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22)*That the scriptures speak of Christ, the old covenant typifies his work and person; and the New covenant is the fulfillment of that work - in His person. John 5:39 Hebrews 10:1-10
*That Jesus, as our high priest has perfected for ever those whom he has sanctified through the sacrifice of himself, establishing the New Covenant which is based upon better promises. Hebrews 10:9-21 9:15 8:6
*That Jesus sits at the right hand of God’s Throne as our High Priest, making intercession for his people that they might come to God. Hebrews 8:1 7:25,26 Romans 8:34
*That God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit is presently working in the believer.
1 Cor. 12:6,11 Gal. 5:6 Ehp. 3:20 Phil. 2:13 Col. 1:29 1 Thess. 2:13
What we Believe…concerning ... the Ressurection
*It was in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead that God the father set him upon the throne of David whereby He rules and reigns as Lord and Christ over His enemies making them His footstool this very day. Acts 2:32-36
*The resurrection is the great hope of the believer. If there is no resurrection as the apostle postulates in 1 Cor.15:16-18, then all those who have died will have perished. 1 Peter 1:3,13,21 1 John 3:2,3
*The resurrection is the promise of God to remember His people in death. Job 7:7, 10:9, 14:13,14 Luke 23:42
*It was in the resurrection of Jesus Christ whereby he conquered death. Isa. 53:12, 1Cor.15:21, Rom 6:8-10
*It was for this purpose that He came and took on the body prepared for Him of the Father. Heb. 2:13,14, 10:5
*The last enemy that will be destroyed will be death and the grave, this will be take place when the faithful will be called forth in the resurrection on the last day. Rev.20:12-15
What we Believe…concerning ...the Future*That Jesus Christ will return in the manner in which He left… visible and bodily.
Acts 1:9-11 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10*That we await only His return and that He will come suddenly and without warning.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6 2 Peter 3:10*That He will come as stated above to fulfill the promise of the Resurrection upon the last day.
John 6:,39,40,44 John 11:24,25 Phil. 3:11 1Cor. 15:51-55*With the Resurrection will also bring the final Judgment which will be carried out at Christ’s second coming, when he comes to purge all things that offend in His Kingdom. Matthew 25:31-46 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10
*That all those found in Christ (on that day) will receive the end of their faith, the salvation of their souls, and the Rest for which we labor today to enter. 1 Peter 1:7-10 , 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 , Heb. 4:9-11
*That we look for New heavens and a new earth where righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13
*That we look forward to the Promise that 'the Meek shall inherit the Earth.' Psa.37:11 Matt.5:5. Rom. 4:13
*That as His people we are to continue to grow in Grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18
This page last updated 10/8/06