Essentials
I believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
I believe that the Bible is the Word of God. It is inspired by God in its entirety, and is without error in its original autographs. It is the complete and final written revelation from God. The Word of God is sufficient for all things pertaining to life and godliness. It also is our source for ministry and it is limitless in it's power.
I believe that all humanity is born with a sinful nature. Mankind is corrupt, totally depraved, and lost. We can only be saved by grace through faith, not by human effort. Salvation is a work of God and therefore we must be born again. I believe without repentance there is no forgiveness of sins.
I believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God and promised Messiah. He was born of a virgin and totally without sin. Jesus Christ is God in human flesh. He died on the cross and shed His blood for our sins. He was buried and rose again from the dead bodily on the third day. He ascended to the right hand of the Father in heaven, and is coming again to judge the earth.
I believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
Non-Essentials
I believe that God created the universe in six literal, 24-hour periods. I reject Evolution, the Gap Theory, the Day-Age Theory, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin.
I believe in the great commission and the call to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. That we are to be witnesses of the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I believe in a personal devil, called Satan, who deceives the whole world and along with all his angels, called demons or evil spirits, are destined to spend eternity in hell. (the lake of fire)
I believe in the Perseverance of the Saints (adopted from the Westminister Confession)
I. They, whom God has accepted in His Beloved, effectually called, and sanctified by His Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved.
II. This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ, the abiding of the Spirit, and of the seed of God within them, and the nature of the covenant of grace: from all which arises also the certainty and infallibility thereof.
III. Nevertheless, they may, through the temptations of Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption remaining in them, and the neglect of the means of their preservation, fall into grievous sins; and, for a time, continue therein: whereby they incur God's displeasure, and grieve His Holy Spirit, come to be deprived of some measure of their graces and comforts, have their hearts hardened, and their consciences wounded; hurt and scandalize others, and bring temporal judgments upon themselves.
I believe that all believers need to be filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live a godly life and to be bold in our witness for the Lord.
I believe in the spiritual unity of all genuine believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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believe that the nation of Israel has a special place in God's plan, and that all of the promises of God to Israel will be fulfilled.
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