THE BIBLE

I believe the Bible to be the revealed Word of God, fully and verbally inspired of God. I believe the Scriptures to be the inerrant, infallible Word of God, as found within the sixty-six books from Genesis to Revelation. I believe God not only inspired every word but has preserved them through the ages. The Scriptures are to be the sole authority for every believer's faith and practice. I use the King James Bible as the standard of excellence and accuracy for English speaking people.

 (Psalm 12:6-7; II Timothy 3:15-17; I Peter 1:23-25; II Peter 1:19-21)

 

THE TRIUNE GOD

I believe in one God, who is eternal, self-existent, infinite, and immutable. I believe He has one nature, one essence, and one substance, yet manifests Himself to man in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

 (Deuteronomy 6:4; I Timothy 1:17; James 1:17; I John 4:4)

 

JESUS CHRIST

I believe Jesus Christ to be the one and only Saviour of mankind. I believe Jesus Christ to be eternally God and to possess all the attributes of Deity. I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was virgin born, that He was God incarnate, and that the purposes of the incarnation were to reveal God and to redeem humanity. I believe Jesus Christ never relinquished any attributes of His Deity but merely veiled them. I believe He lived a perfect, sinless life, at the end of which He was offered for all mankind as a substitutionary sacrifice for man’s sin. This sacrifice was a just payment to God for the forgiveness of sin. After his resurrection, He ascended into Heaven to be seated at the right hand of the Father, waiting for the time of receiving those in Christ at His appearing, and returning seven years later to earth to rule and reign as King for 1,000 years.

(Psalm 2:7-9; Isaiah 7:14,9:6,43:11; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:25; Luke 1:26-35;J ohn 1:1,1:3,14,18,29; Romans 3:19-25; Romans 5:6-15; Philippians 2:5-11; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Timothy 2:5; I Timothy 3:16; Titus 2:10-15; Hebrews 7:26,9:24-28;I  Peter 1:19,2:2;I  John 1:3; Revelation 20:1-6)

 

HOLY SPIRIT

I believe the Holy Spirit of God is a person who has personality and all the attributes of Deity. The Holy Spirit has always been involved in the affairs of mankind. However, I believe He has a special ministry which began at Pentecost and will continue until Christ’s coming for His people. This ministry includes convicting the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit was also sent to regenerate, sanctify, seal, and fill all who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ.

(John 3:5-6; John 14:16; Acts 1:5; Acts 11:15; I Corinthians 3:16; I Corinthians 6:19-20; I Corinthians 12:13)

 

SIN AND SALVATION

I believe all people are born with an inherited sin nature received from our common ancestor, Adam. I believe that because of his nature, man is a sinner by choice, and he is totally incapable of reforming himself or ceasing from his sin by his own power. The only hope of deliverance is the gospel of Jesus’ death for sin, burial, and resurrection from the dead. If a person recognizes his sinful condition before God and believes on Jesus’ finished work, they will be saved. Only through the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ on the Cross can a man be delivered from his sin. All those who reject Jesus Christ as their Saviour are already condemned to an eternity in the Lake of Fire.

(Genesis 5:1-5; Acts 4:19; Acts 16:31; Romans 3:10-23; Romans 5:6-12; Romans 6:23; Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9;Titus 3:5-6; Revelation 20:11-14)

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

I believe the church began with the calling out of the twelve apostles by Jesus Christ and was empowered on the day of Pentecost. The local church is God’s chosen instrument to carry out His work today. The local church is composed of members who have been saved and baptized, according to the command of Christ, and have voluntarily united together for the purposes of worship, evangelism, fellowship, service, and the Lord’s Table. I believe all true believers will be taken up when Jesus returns for the redeemed, just prior to the Tribulation. 

(Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 1:15; Acts 2:41-43; Acts 11:15; Acts 20:28; I Corinthians 15: 51-58; Ephesians 1:12-14; Ephesians 5:25-30; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Timothy 3:4-15)

 

SEPARATION

I believe that a Christian should grow in grace, living a life that is becoming of the gospel and honoring to Jesus Christ—properly reflecting His love and holiness. I believe in separating from biblical heresy and from sinful, self-destructive, and immoral behavior. 

(Romans 12:1–2, 14:13; 2 Corinthians 6:14–7:1; 2 Timothy 3:1–5; 1 John 2:15–17; 2 John 9–11; Leviticus 19:28; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20)

 

THE LAST DAYS

I believe in the literal interpretation of the Scriptures in their grammatical and historical context. I believe in the pre-tribulational coming of Christ for the saints, followed by the seven-year Tribulation. I believe in the pre-millennial return of Christ to the earth and His literal rule of one thousand years. Following this one thousand years is the Great White Throne judgment and then the new Heaven and new earth.

(I Corinthians 15:51-58; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Thessalonians 5:1-9; Revelation 19-22)