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<font size=5>The Scriptures The Scriptures

          

          We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New

          Testaments to be the Bible, I Thessalonians 2:13

 

          We believe in verbal, plenary inspiration in the

          original writings, and God's preservation of His

          pure words to every generation

          II Timothy 3:16, Psalms 12:6-8

 

         

The Masoretic Text of the Old Testament and the Received Text of the New Testament (Textus

Receptus) are those texts of the original languages we accept and use; the King James Version

of the Bible is the only English version we accept and use. The Bible is our sole authority for

faith and practice.

 

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

             perfections

                  

              Deuteronomy 6:4

              II Corinthians 13:14         

              I John 5:7

 



<font size=5>The Person and the Work of Christ The Person and the 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 men.

 

John 1: - 2; John 1:14; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 7:14;

Philippians 2:5-8; Galatians 4:4-5

 

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His finished

work on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our

justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead

 

Romans 3:24-25; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:3-5

 

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; Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews 7:25; Romans 8:34 I John 2:1-2

 

 

<font size=5>The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit

       

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Person who reproves the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, indwelling all believers and sealing them unto the day of redemption

                 

        John 16:8 -11; II Corinthians 3:6;

        Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13 - 14

 

We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and the gift of

healing, were temporary. We believe that speaking in tongues was never the common or

necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit and that ultimate deliverance of the

body from sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection,

though God frequently chooses to answer the prayer of believers for physical healing

 

 II Corinthians 12:12; I Corinthians 13:8; Hebrews 2:3 - 4; Mark 16:17-20; 

  I Corinthians 1:22; I Corinthians 14:21-22

 

                                                                    Sin

 

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, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition

 

Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23; Ephesians 2:1 - 3, 12

 

The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image

and is mindful of him, and in that Christ died for man; therefore every individual possesses

dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.

 

Psalm 8:4 - 9; Colossians 3:9-11


<font size=5>The Way of Salvation The Way of Salvation

 

We believe that the clear message of salvation is “repentance

toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ”         

 

Acts 20:21

 

We believe that salvation is "by grace" plus nothing minus

nothing. We believe that men are justified by faith alone and

are accounted righteous before God only through the merit

of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

 

Ephesians 2:8 -10; John 1:12; I Peter 1:18-19

 

We believe that all the redeemed, once saved are kept by God's power and are thus secure

in Christ forever. We believe that eternal life is the present possession of every believer

 

John 6:37-40; John 10:27 - 30; Romans 8:1, 38-39; I Corinthians 1:4-8; I Peter 1:4-5; Jude 1, 2

<font size=5>The Church The Church

       We believe that the Church, which is the body and the

       espoused bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made

      up of all born-again persons of this present age which

       began with Christ and the Apostles, was empowered at

       Pentecost, and will be caught up to be with Christ at

      the Rapture

 

        Ephesians 1: 22 - 23; Ephesians 5: 25 – 27;

        I Corinthians 12: 12 – 14; II Corinthians 11: 2

 

We believe that the New Testament church is a local assembly of baptized believers who

have voluntarily joined themselves together to carry out the Great Commission. The Lord

is doing His work in this world through local churches. The establishment and

continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures

        

Acts 14:27; Acts 20:17, 28-32; I Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11

 

We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority or control. Christ

is the only head of the church

 

Acts 13:1-4; Acts15:19-31; Acts 20:28; Romans 16:1, 4; I Corinthians 3:9, 16; 

I Corinthians 5:4-7, 13; I Peter 5:1-4



                                                                 Church Ordinances

 

We recognize the ordinances of baptism by immersion in water and the Lord's Supper

as a Scriptural means of testimony for local churches in this age

 

Matthew. 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; Acts 18:18; I Corinthians 11:23-26


Biblical Separation

We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon

their Savior and Lord; and, that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and

sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded of God.

 

 

II Timothy 3:1-5, Romans 12:1-2,  Romans 14:13, I John 2:15-17, II John 9-11, II Corinthians 6:14-7:1


The Return of Christ


 

We believe the "Blessed Hope" of

our Lord's return is literal,

personal, visible, imminent,

premillennial, and pretribulational.

Believers will caught up to be with

the Lord prior to the seven years

of tribulation, and at the end of the

tribulation Christ will return with

His saints to establish His

thousand-year reign on the earth.

 

I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; 

I Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 3:10;

Zechariah 14:4-11; Psalm 89:3-4

Revelation 19:11-16;

Revelation 20:1-6;





Our Eternal State
 


 

We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved

to judgment and everlasting punishment

 

 Matthew 25:46; John 5:28, 29; John 11:25-26; Revelation 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; Revelation 20:4-6; II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; Philippians 3:21; I Thessalonians 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; Matthew 25:41-46; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 20:11-15






 

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