What We Believe?
We receive The Word of God as our sole authority in all matters of faith and practice, and adopt the following Statement of Faith as our interpretation of these Important Biblical Doctrines
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We Believe The Scriptures of both the Old and New Testament as verbally inspired of God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority.
(II Timothy 3:16; Matthew 4:4; John 5:39; Psalm 119:160)
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We Believe in One God eternally existing in Three Persons: God The Father; God The Son; God The Holy Spirit; Three in One, Co-Equal, Which is The Trinity.
(Hebrews 9:14; Matthew 3:16-17; I Corinthians 8:6; II Corinthians 3:14)
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We Believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of God, conceived of The Holy Spirit,
and born of The Virgin Mary.
(Philippians 2:6-11; John 1:1/14; John 3:13; John 14:6)
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We Believe in The Holy Spirit, Third Person of The Trinity, Who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgement. He is the life of the believer, and He empowers the preaching, teaching and understanding of God's Word.
(John 16:7-14; Genesis 1:2; Acts 2:1-4; II Peter 1:21)
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We Believe that man was created in the image of God, that man sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death, but spiritual death, which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and those who reach moral responsibility are sinners in thought, word and deed.
(I Corinthians 15:22; I Corinthians 2:14; Romans 5:12/14; Romans 6:23)
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We Believe that The Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to The Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified
on the grounds of His shed blood.
(I John 4:10; I John 2:2; Romans 6:3; I Peter 1:18-19; Matthew 20:28)
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We Believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension into Heaven and His present life there as High Priest and Advocate for us.
(I Peter 2:5; I Corinthians 15:4; Hebrews 1:3; Acts 1:9)
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We Believe in that blessed hope, the personal, pre-millenial, and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
(Matthew 24:27-31/36; I Thessalonians 3:13; Matthew 25:31; Jude 14; Colossians 3:14;
Zechariah 14:4-5)
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We Believe that all who receive by faith The Lord Jesus Christ are born again of The Holy Spirit, and thereby they become children of God and heirs of eternal life.
(Ephesians 4:30; Philippians 1:6; Romans 8:31-39; I Peter 1:15; I John 5:6; John 10:28)
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We Believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost, and the blissful joy of the saved, which demand a literal Heaven and Hell.
(I Thessalonians 4:15-16; II Corinthians 4:14; I Corinthians 15:12-58; Acts 24:15)
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We Believe in the existence of a personal devil, the old deceiver, a liar from the beginning, who is still working in the world to destroy the souls of men and that he and all his angels and all who receive not Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord will eternally perish in the lake of fire.
(Isaiah 14:12-14; John 8:44; Luke 4:6-7; I John 3:8)
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We Believe in The Church, The Body and Bride of Christ, whose mission it is to preach The Gospel to all the world, with all of its endeavors being supported by God's financial plan of the free will offering and gifts of His people.
(Ephesians 5:23-32; Ephesians 4:11-13; Ephesians 1:22-23; I Timothy 3:15; Acts 20:28)
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We Believe that the ordinances of The Church, given by our Lord, are Baptism (most rightly practiced by immersion) and The Lord's Table, known as Holy Communion.
(Matthew 26:26-30; Romans 6:3-4; I Corinthians 11:18-32; Galatians 3:27
Matthew 3:13-15; Colossians 2:12; Matthew 28:19-20; I Peter 3:21)
We Believe that all the foregoing are Bible Doctrines; therefore, we stand firm upon this Declaration of Faith which may not be amended,
unless to add clarity