• The Triune God

There is only one God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The three persons are coeternal, consubstantial, and fully divine. Each person is omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent. Each possesses equally all the attributes of divinity, deity and the characteristics of personality. 

[Deuteronomy 6:4; John 1:1-2  John 8:58;  2 Corinthians 3:17; Colossians 1:16]

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• The Deity and Person of Christ

Jesus Christ is God, the Living Word, and Israel’s Messiah who became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. He is therefore perfect 100% deity and 100% humanity, united in one person forever. 

[Matthew 1:18-25; Romans 1:3-4; John 1:1-4,14,18]

 

• The Kingdom of Darkness

There exists a kingdom of darkness, personified in a fallen angel… The Satan (The Adversary), who once was an angelic being, but turned by choice and degenerated into evil in the face of perfect light. Satan and his demons carry out an organized opposition to the Kingdom of God and seek the demise of humanity and God's plan for it. Though defeated by Christ at the cross and subsequent resurrection, and his power and authority diminished, Satan will suffer ultimate and total defeat at the end of human history, and be sentenced to a spiritual eternity in the lake of fire. 

[Job 1; Ezekiel 28:11-17; Isaiah 14:12-15;  Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 4:4;  Revelation 12:17;

Ephesians 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Peter 5:8-9; Job 1:6-2:7; Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10]

 

• The Fall

Man (mankind/humanity) was created in the image of God, with the freedom of will and choice. With this freedom, man chose to sin and disobey God. This brought upon all people the curse of sin and death, divine condemnation, and a curse upon the Earth.

[Genesis 1:26-3:24; Romans 5:12,15-19; Colossians 1:21; Romans 3:23]

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• Mankind’s Impossibility

Mankind's nature is fallen and corrupted. It is therefore totally impossible to please God without being born-again and regenerated by the Holy Spirit. 

[Ephesians 2:1-3; John 3:1-8; 6:44,65; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 12:3; Acts 16:14; Titus 3:5]

 

• The Atonement

Jesus came to Earth and He lived a perfect life before the Father. He then gave his life freely as a sacrifice and our substitute, taking upon Himself the punishment for all sin, thus satisfying God's divine justice and accomplishing salvation for all who place their trust in Him alone. 

[2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 7:26-28]

 

• The Resurrection of Christ

Jesus rose from the dead physically in the same body in which He lived and died, thus validating His deity, words, and deeds. 

[Acts 2:32; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4,12-20; John 20:24-28]

 

• ​The Only Way To Eternal Life

Jesus ascended bodily into heaven and sits at the right hand of The Father, where He is now the only mediator between God and humanity. He ever lives to make intercession for us before the Father and is the only way to eternal life.

The Way, The Truth, and The Life.

[John 14:6; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:23-25; Romans 8:34]

 

• Salvation

Salvation and the forgiveness of sin is the free gift of God made possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. It is the privilege of all who are born-again by the Spirit to be assured of their salvation from the very moment in which they trust Christ as their Savior and receive His gift of grace. This assurance is not based on any kind of human merit but is produced by the witness of the Spirit, who confirms in the believer the testimony of God concerning the work which Christ did on the Cross according to His written word. The evidence of salvation is revealed in a changed life, good works, and a commitment to follow Christ and His teachings.

[1 John 5:13; Ephesians 1:13-14; Romans 8:15-16]

 

• Grace Through Faith Alone

A person's salvation is based totally on the grace of God, and is not the work, in whole or in part, of human effort, goodness, or religious practice. God declares people righteous who put their faith in Christ alone and His atoning work on the cross. 

[Ephesians 2:4-9; Philippians 2:13; Romans 3:22; 10:3-4]

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• The Bible

The Bible is the inspired written word of God, collected in the canonical 66 books of the Old and New Testaments and is infallible, without error, or contradiction in its original writings. It is the final authority on all matters about life and godliness. It alone is the standard for right-living, right doctrine, and right thinking. The written word points us to the Living Word, Jesus Christ.

[2 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:3; Luke 4:4; Psalm 119:105; Psalm 119: 89; Psalm 68:11]

 

• ​The Holy Spirit

The third person of the Trinity has come into the world to give witness to the Son of God and thus to glorify Jesus Christ. The Spirit convicts sinners and draws them to Christ. He imparts new life to them and continually indwells them from the moment they are born again. Upon receiving salvation, He then seals them until the day of redemption (bodily resurrection). His fullness, power, and gifts are appropriated in the believer's life by faith. 

[John 15:26; 2 Corinthians 3:18; John 16:7-11; Titus 3:5; Acts 2:38; Ephesians 1:13; 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11]

 

• ​Holiness

Every believer is called to right living and obedience to the teachings of Jesus by the power of the indwelling Spirit, and that in choosing to do so will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will bear fruit to the glory of God.  As a believer grows, matures, and walks with the Lord, they are empowered by the Holy Spirit to live a godly life.

[Galatians 5:16-24; Luke 6:43-44]

 

• ​Baptism

Taken from the Greek word baptizo, which means "to immerse", Baptism is a sacrament that symbolizes a person's identification with Jesus and His death, burial, and resurrection. It also marks an outward sign of an inward change/repentance and a person's entry into the Christian community.

[Acts 2:38; Matthew 28:19; Acts 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21; Romans 6:3-4; Ephesians 4:5; Galatians 3:27]
 

• The Great Commission

The Lord Jesus commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel (good news) to the whole world, to teach and make disciples of every nation, and to baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.   

[Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8]

 

• The Church

The assembly of men and women, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through adoption and rebirth by saving faith. The Church is the local expression of His Body on the Earth.

[Colossians 1:1 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; 1 Corinthians 14]

 

• Why We Gather

We assemble regularly for celebration, worship, prayer, participation in sacred ordinances, the teaching of the word of God, the exercising of spiritual gifts, and the building up and mutual encouragement of one another as the body of Christ.  

[Hebrews 10:24-25; 1 Corinthians 14:26; Psalm 23:25; 26:12; 35:18; 40:9]

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• The Mission and Purpose

The Church is called to reach up (to God), reach in (to the Body), and reach out (to the world) demonstrating the love of God in word, deed, and power.

[Acts 17:27; Rev 7:9-10  Eph 5:19-21; Acts 2:44-47; 1 Cor 13 & 14; Heb 6:10 Luke 10-2; John 9:4 1 Cor 2:4; Acts 3:6]

 

• The Death of a Christian

At physical death, the body returns to the dust, while the soul and spirit of the believer enter immediately into conscious fellowship with the Lord awaiting the resurrection and the eternal age to come when God's Kingdom comes to Earth.

[2 Corinthians 5:1-8; Luke 16:19-31]

 

• The Death of an Unbeliever

At physical death, the unbeliever (those unrepentant/unregenerate/unredeemed) enters immediately into conscious awareness of judgment of sin and separation from the Lord. The unbeliever will later be resurrected (in the 2nd resurrection), face their final judgment, and be sentenced to the condemnation of eternal destruction (the second death).

[Luke 16:19-31. Revelation 20:11-15]

 

• The Second Coming of Christ

Jesus Christ will come again to the Earth, personally, visibly, and in His glorified physical body to fully make manifest His established Kingdom, ultimately eliminate evil and the final enemy death, and heal creation with a New Heaven and New Earth. The dead in Christ and those who are here and alive on the Earth at this time will rise in the First Resurrection with glorified bodies and will rule and reign with Christ on the Earth for a thousand years and then forever be with the Lord. 

[Matthew 24:30-31; 25:31-46; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians 15:51-54; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 19:11-21:4]

 

• ​​The Age To Come (Eschaton)

After the Resurrection and Judgement, God will complete His ultimate plan for the universe and dwell with His creation on Earth, filling it and us with His glory for all eternity. Amen.

[Habakkuk 2:14; Psalm 72:19; Revelation 21:3]