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1. The Bible is the inspired Word of God,
the written record of His supernatural revelation of
Himself to man, absolute in its authority, complete in
its revelation, final in its content, and without any
errors in its statements. (II Timothy 3:15, 16, II Peter
1:20-21, John 10:35, Hebrews 6:13, II Peter 3:16). Our
church uses only the King James Bible in all its
services.
2. There is one God, eternally existent, creator of the
heavens and earth. He is manifested in three (3)
persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Gen. 1:1,2,
Deut. 6:4, Isaiah 7:14, John 14:9, I Timothy 3:16, I
John 5:7).
3. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God who took on flesh
and dwelt on earth. He was sinlessly perfect and gave
Himself as substitutionary sacrifice by shedding His
blood and dying on the tree. He then arose from the
dead. This was to pay for all sins (past, present and
future) for all those who believe. (II Cor. 5:21,
Hebrews 2:9 I John 3:5).
4. God is absolutely sovereign, and in His sovereignty
gave man a free will to accept or reject the salvation
that He has provided. It is God's will that all would be
saved and that none should perish. God foreknows, but
does not predetermine any man to condemnation. God
permits man's destiny to depend upon man's choice. (I
Tim. 2:4, II Thess. 2:13, I Peter 1:2, II Peter 3:9,
John 6:64,65, Romans 8:29,30, Acts 10:34).
5. Each member of the human race is fallen, sinful and
lost, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely
essential for salvation. That the moment a person
receives Christ as Saviour, immediately the Holy Spirit
indwells the believer who is sealed until the day of
redemption. (Rom. 3:23, John 3:7, Rom. 8:9, I Cor. 6:9
Eph. 1:13,14, Titus 3:5).
6. Man is saved by grace through faith and nothing of
man enters into his salvation. It is a free gift. Man's
efforts, regardless of how good or well-intended before
or after salvation, have nothing to do with it.
Salvation is by the finished work of Christ and nothing
can be added to it. (Eph. 2:8,9, Gal. 2:16, Col. 2:13,
Rom. 11:6, Titus 2:5, Rom. 3:22).
7. Every true child of God possesses eternal life, being
justified by faith, sanctified by God, sealed with the
Holy Spirit, is safe and secure for all eternity, and
cannot lose his salvation. However, a Christian can,
through sin, lose his fellowship, joy, power, testimony
and reward, and incur the Father's chastisement.
Relationship is eternal being established by the New
Birth. Fellowship, however, is dependent upon obedience.
(I Cor. 3:11-17, Heb. 12:5-11, I Cor. 5:1-5, 11:30-32).
8. A true child of God has two births: one of the flesh,
the other of the Spirit, giving man a fleshly nature and
Spiritual nature. The fleshly nature is neither good nor
righteous. The Spiritual man does not desire to commit
sin. This results in a warfare between the Spirit and
the flesh, which continues until physical death or the
return of the Lord. The fleshly nature of man does not
change in any way with the new birth, but can be
controlled and kept subdued by the new man. (John 3:3-7,
Rom.7:15-25, Rom. 8:8, Gal. 5:17, I John 3:9, I Peter
1:25, I John 5:18, I John 1:8).
9. There will be a resurrection of the saved and of the
lost; of the saved unto eternal life, and of the lost
unto eternal, conscious punishment. These two
resurrections are separated by at least 1,000 years.
(Dan: 12:2, I Thess. 4:13-18, Rev. 20:5-16, Matt.
25:41).
10. We believe in the personal, pre-tribulational and
pre-millennial return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, His pre-tribulational return in the air for the
Church and His pre-millennial return to the earth to set
up His kingdom. (I Thess.5:9-11, I Thess. 1:10, II
Thess. 2:1-8, Rev. 3:10, Titus 2:13, Isaiah 26:19-21,
Rev.4:1).
11. Satan is a person, the author of sin; and he and his
angels shall be eternally punished. (Ezek. 28:13-17,
Isa. 14:12-15, Rev. 30:10, Matt. 25:41).
12. The gift of tongues (languages) was a manifestation
of the Spirit's power solely for the demonstration of
God's wisdom, purpose, and power in the establishment of
the early church; and was always in a language that was
in use. (Acts 2:6, I Cor. 14:21,22).
13. We believe in the separation of church and state,
with each having a definite and distinct spheres of
responsibility. (Matt. 22:17-21).
14. We believe in the priesthood of all believers.
Christ is our Great High Priest and through Him every
born-again person has direct access into God's presence
without need of a human priest. The believer has the
right and the responsibility to personally study and
interpret the Scripture, in light of the scripture,
guided by the Holy Spirit. (Rev. 1:6, Heb. 4:14-16, I
Tim. 2:5, II Peter 1:20,21).
15. We believe in the Lordship of Jesus Christ and that
He alone is the Head of the Body of Christ, into which
all true believers are immediately baptized at the time
of salvation by the Holy Spirit; that all members of
this one spiritual body should assemble and identify
themselves in local churches. (Acts 2:36, Col. 1:18, I
Cor. 12:13, Heb. 10:25, I Tim. 3:9).
16. We believe in the importance of the local church.
That it is an assembly of born-again baptized believers
united in organization to practice New Testament
ordinances, to meet together for worship, prayer,
fellowship, teaching and a united testimony, and to
actively engage in carrying out the Great Commission.
(Matt. 16:18, Acts 13:1-3, 15:4, 16:5, I Cor. 11:2).
17. We believe the ordinances given to the local church
are two: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptism is by
immersion of believers, thus portraying the death,
burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Lord's
Supper is the partaking of bread and the cup by the
believer as a continuing memorial of the broken body and
shed blood of Christ until He returns. (Rom. 6:3,4, I
Cor. 11:2, I Cor. 11:23-26).
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THE POWER
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