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Our Beliefs
We have listed our
beliefs here. Please click on
each heading to learn what we believe about that subject.
- The
Holy Scriptures
We
hold the Holy
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired
Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the
original writings, infallible and God-breathed (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Peter
1:20-21; Matt. 5:18; John 16:12-13).
- The
Godhead
We
believe in one
Triune God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit - co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power
and glory and having the same attributes and perfection (Deut. 6:4; 2
Cor. 13:14).
- The
Person and Work of 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; 2:14-25; Luke
1:35).
- We believe
that 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
(Rom. 3:24-25; 1 Peter 1:3-5; 2:24; Eph. 1:7).
- We believe
that the Lord Jesus Christ
ascended to heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where,
as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative,
Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9-10; Heb. 9:24; 7:35; Rom 8:34; 1
John 2:1-2).
- The
Person and work of the Holy Spirit
- We believe
that the Holy Spirit is a person
who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of 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; 2 Cor. 3:6; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; Rom. 8:9;
Eph 1:13-14).
- We believe
that He is the Divine Teacher
who guides believers into all 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; Eph 5:18).
- The
total depravity of man
We
believe that man was
created in the image and likeness of God, but that 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
(Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12; Eph. 2:1-3,12).
- 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 our sins (Eph. 1:7; 2:8-10; John
1:12; 1 Peter 1:17,19).
- The
two natures of the believer
We
believe that every
saved person possesses two natures, with provision made for victory of
the new nature over the old nature through the power of the indwelling
Holy Spirit; and, that all claims to the eradication of the old nature
in this life are unscriptural
(Rom. 6:13; 8:12-13; Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:10; 1 Peter
1:14-16;
1 John 3:5-9).
- The
eternal security and assurance of believers
- We believe
that all the redeemed, once
saved, are kept by God's power and are thus secure in Christ forever
(Jon 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom 8:1,38-39; 1 Cor. 1:4-8;
1 Peter 1:17,19).
- We believe
that it is the privilege of
believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the
testimony of God's Word; which, however, clearly forbids the use of
Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh (Rom. 13:13-14; Gal.
5:13;
Titus 2:11-15).
- 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 (Eph. 1:22-23;
5:25-27; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 11:2).
- We believe
that the establishment and
continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New
Testament Scriptures (Acts 14:27; 20:17, 28-32; 1 Tim. 3:1-13; Titus
1:5-11)
- Ordinances
We
believe in the two
church ordinances: Water baptism by Immersion for Believers and the
Lord's Supper (1 Cor. 1:14; 11:23-34; Acts 8:12, 35-37; 10:47-48).
- Separation
We
believe that all the
saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their
Saviour and Lord; and, that separation from all religious apostasy, all
worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations is commanded
of God (2 Tim. 3:1-5; Rom. 12:1-2; 14:13; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9-11
- Missions
We
believe that is the
obligation of the saved to witness by life and by word to the truths of
Holy Scripture and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all mankind (Mark
16:15; Acts 1:8; 2 Cor. 5:19-20).
- The
ministry and spiritual gifts
- We believe
that God is sovereign in the
bestowment of all gifts; and, that the gifts of evangelists, pastors,
and teachers are sufficient for the perfecting of the saints today;
and, speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles gradually
ceased as the New Testament Scriptures were completed and their
authority became established
(1 Cor. 12:4-11; 2 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:7-12).
- We believe
that God does hear and answer
the prayer of faith, in accord with His own will, for the sick and
afflicted (John 15:7; 1 John 5:14-15).
- Dispensationalism
We
believe in the
dispensational view of Bible interpretation but reject the extreme
teaching known as "Hyper Dispensationalism", such as that teaching
which opposes either the Lord's table or water baptism as a Scriptural
means of testimony for the church in this age (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts
2:41-42; 18:8; 1 Cor. 11:23-26).
- The
personality of Satan
We
believe that Satan
is a person, the author of sin and the cause of the fall; that he is
the open and declared enemy of God and man; and, that he shall be
eternally punished in the Lake of Fire (Job 1:6-7; Isa. 14:12-17; Matt.
4:2-11; 25:41; Rev. 20:10).
- The
second advent of Christ
We
believe in that
"Blessed Hope", the personal, imminent, pre-tribulation and
pre-millennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones;
and in His subsequent return to the earth, with His saints, to
establish His Millennial Kingdom (1 Thess. 1:10;
4:13-18; 5:9; Zech. 14:4-11; Rev. 19:11-16; 20:1-6; 3:10).
- The
eternal state
- We believe
in the bodily resurrection of
all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and
everlasting punishment (Matt. 25:46; John 5:28-29; 11:25-26; Rev.
20:5-6, 12-13).
- We believe
that the souls of the redeemed
are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where,
in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit,
soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Luke
23:43; Rev. 20:4-6; 2 Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:23; 1 Thess. 4:16-17).
- We believe
that the souls of unbelievers
remain after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection,
when, with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White
Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be
annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment (Luke
16:19-26; Matt. 25:41-46; 2 Thess. 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Mark 9:43-48; Rev.
20:11-15).
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