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We believe in the absolute truthfulness of Scripture; that Scripture in the original manuscript does not affirm anything which is contrary to fact.
We believe in the necessity of Scripture; that the Bible is necessary for knowledge of the Gospel, for maintaining spiritual life and for the knowledge of God’s will.
We believe in the sufficiency of Scripture; that Scripture contained all the words of God, He intended his people to have at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains everything we need God to tell us for salvation, for trusting Him perfectly, and for obeying Him perfectly – reminding us that we are to add nothing to Scripture, and that we are to consider no other writing of equal value to Scripture. The sufficiency of Scripture reminds us that in our doctrinal and ethical teaching, we should emphasize what Scripture emphasizes and be content with what God has told us in the Scripture.
In light of above, we do not teach or preach any doctrine apart from that which Scripture teaches.
- There is only one God: God the Father who reigns over His entire universe with providential care [Isaiah 43:10, Deut 6:4-5, Isaiah 44: 6,8, John 17:3, 1 Cor. 8:5-6]
- The Trinity: God exists eternally as three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; and each person is fully God.
- God the Son: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is fully God. We believe that He became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man.
We believe in the ‘Hypostatic Union’- The union of two natures, divine and human, in the one person of Jesus Christ. These natures are inseparably united without loss or mixture of separate identities, without loss or transfer of properties and attributes, the union being personal and eternal [Col 2:9, 1Tim 2:5, Heb 4:15]
- God the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit is fully God. [Acts 5:1-4, 2 Cor. 13:14. Matt 28:19]. Once we understand God the Father and God the Son to be fully God, then the Trinitarian expression in verses like Matt. 28:19 assume significance for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, because they show that the Holy Spirit is classified on an equal level with the Father and the Son.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life, and through whom the Church is empowered to carry on Christ’s great commission.
- The Fall of Man: ‘All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.’ (Rom 3:23). ‘As it is, there is none righteous, not one.’ (Rom 3:10). By these scriptures, man is lost and totally separated from his creator. And the result is death, eternal death (Rom 6:23)
To this end, man is in desperate need of a Savior.
- Atonement: The atonement is the work Christ did in His life and death to earn our salvation. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures as a substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are redeemed by His shed blood. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord Jesus Christ and in His ascension into heaven. He remains our High Priest and Advocate before God the Father [1 Pet 2:24, Matt 20:28, 1 John 2:2]
- Salvation:
- We believe that salvation is a free gift of God (Rom 4:5-7, Eph 2:8-9)
- Salvation cannot be gained or made more secure by meritorious works, but is freely bestowed upon all who put their faith in the finished works of Jesus Christ on Calvary (Rom 10:9, 10. Rom 6:23, Acts 16:30,31 Eph 2:8-9)
- All who so trust the savior are forgiven of their sins and born into the family of God by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. (John 1:12)
Salvation, all said, is faith alone in Jesus alone.
- The Lord’s Ordinances: We believe in, and practice:
- Baptism - Mathew 28:19, Eph. 4:4-5
- The Lord’s Supper- Luke 22: 19-20, 1 Cor.11:23-26
- Foot washing- John 13:1-17
- Final Judgment and Eternal Punishment:
- We believe there will be a final judgment. (Heb 9:27, 2 Peter 3:7)
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved & the lost; those who are saved unto the resurrection of life and those who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.(Rom. 6:5, 2Cor. 5:6-10, John 11:25,26 Rev 20:11-15)
- We believe God will create a new heaven and a new earth (2 Pet 3:13, Rev 21:1)
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