What We Believe
The Bible:
·
We
Believe the Bible contains the Holy Scriptures and are the words of God,
prophecies of times to come, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Salvation, all
written down by Godly men through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
(II Peter
1:15-21, II Tim. 3:15-16, Psalms 68:11)
·
We
Believe that as Believers of God, we are to live by the Bible, in its entirety
that nothing is to be left out or set aside for personal interpretation.
(Matt.4:4; Joshua 1:7,
II Peter 1:20-21)
·
We
Believe that as servants of God we are to meditate daily on the scriptures,
study the scriptures and rightly dividing the word of truth, to be ready day in
and day out to be a witness, testimony, to share with others in their time of
need.
(I
Tim 2:15, Joshua 1:8)
·
We
Believe all understanding, knowledge, and wisdom of the scriptures is given
to us through spiritual discernment by God through the power of the Holy
Spirit.
(1
Cor. 2:10-16)
·
We
Believe in a literal Heaven for God and His creation that followed Him
after the fall of 1/3 of His angels and Satan, and for the Believers that
accepted His Son, Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
·
We
Believe in a literal Hell for the Devil, the fallen angels, demons,
anti-Christ, and all people that chose NOT to follow after the Lord, and chose
to deny the Gospel of Christ.
·
We
Believe God ordained various positions in the Church to run the local
churches and ministries on this earth, to lead the church, congregations,
outreach, and other offices to provide support to the Leadership of each local
church body.
o Apostles
o Evangelists
o Preachers
o Deacons
o Bishops
o Prophets
o Teachers
Deity of God:
·
We
Believe in the deity of the One True God, in the Trinity, God three in One,
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each as individuals, and
as one being.
(John
4:24; 14:16; 16:27-27; 17:21-22)
·
We
Believe God is God, from beginning to end, the Alpha and the Omega that He
is the only being in the natural and supernatural, that is…
o Perfect
– Matt.5:48
o Infinite
– 1Kings 8:27
o Eternal
– Ps. 90:2, Deut. 33:27
o Intellectual
– Isa 1:18
o Omniscient
– Acts 15:18, Ps. 139:16, Heb 4:13
o Omnipotent
– Gen. 1:1, Acts 5:30, Rev. 19:6,
o Omnipresent
– Ps 139:7-10
·
God CANNOT
o Lie
or Go back on His Word – Num 23:19, II Tim 2:13, Titus 1:2, Heb. 6:18
o Change
– Mal 3:6
o Cease
to Be God – Deut. 33:27
o Fail
– Ezra 4:22
Jesus Christ:
·
We
Believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was all God
(John
1:1-14)
·
We
Believe that Jesus Christ was the word made flesh, to dwell among men to be
the way to salvation and eternal life and the ONLY way to get to heaven.
·
We
Believe that Christ was born of a virgin, who was conceived through the
Holy Spirit and his birth, death, burial, and resurrection, was foretold in the
Old Testament as the Messiah to be the Savior of the world.
·
We
Believe Christ was born on earth, lived on earth for 33 years in a silent,
growing time, and raised by Mary and her earthly husband Joseph. (Luke 2)
·
We
Believe Christ began his earthly ministry at 33 years of age, he was
rejected by his own people in Nazareth , and he
began going out throughout Israel ,
teaching and preaching the Gospel to all who would hear. Calling disciples to
work with and be taught the things of God, to continue the work after his
return to Heaven.
·
We
Believe Christ’s shed blood and resurrection is the only way for man to
have eternal life and having a place in Heaven with the Lord.
(Life,
Death, Burial, and Resurrection predicted and carried out in all for books of
the Gospel… Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John)
Holy Spirit:
·
We
Believe that the Holy Spirit, as the third part of the Trinity, was sent by
God as the comforter spoken throughout the New Testament.
(John
14:16-17, 26; 16:7-11, 13-15)
·
We
Believe that immediately after salvation comes to dwell in our spirit and
leads you into God’s will and helps you gain understanding of the scriptures to
grow in one-on-one relationship with God.
(John
16:13-15)
·
We
Believe as you build that one-on-one relationship with God through the
meditation of the scriptures, daily prayer and fellowship with God, the Holy
Spirit not only dwells in you, but begins to fill you and consume you to
entirety, which will open your heart, mind, life, and spirit to walk in the
Spirit and the fruit of the spirit will being to show in your actions, words,
life, and personality.
(Gal
5:22)
Creation:
·
We
Believe that God created the world by speaking it into existence and saying,
“Let there be…” and it was done. (Gen
1:1, Col 1:16)
·
We
Believe the God as the trinity was present at the time of creation. Let us make
Man in Our Image…
(Gen
1:26; John 9:58, John 17:5)
·
We
Believe Adam was created from the dust of the ground, in the Spirit image
and likeness of God, and that Eve was created from a rib in Adam’s side. (Gen
1:26; 2:7-21-22)
Salvation:
·
We
Believe that through disobedience of Adam and Eve to not eat of the fruit
of Good and Evil, they experienced spiritual death, which created a situation
where all that are born as man are born as sinners, in need of a savior. God
had to make a way through shed blood and forgiveness of sins for Salvation and
eternal life because of their sin, there is no other way to God or Heaven.
·
We
Believe that Salvation is by
faith, coming to God with a broken and humbled spirit, believing that Christ is
the Son of God, confession our sins to God with our mouth for the forgiveness
of our sins and true repentance.
·
We
Believe true repentance is a change of heart, mind and life.
·
We
Believe that salvation and faith does not come by works, but by faith only,
and We Believe that faith without works is also dead. In other words, you can’t
be saved my “doing” something, but if you are truly saved, by faith, your
actions should change and you should WANT to perform works for others and for
God when your heart and life changes for the Lord. (Gal 2:16,30)
·
We
Believe that immediately at the time of Salvation, when the Holy Spirit
comes to dwell in your heart and life, God gives you all you need in your
spirit to live a life in Christ to full abundance, and when you begin to walk
in the spirit, you will be able to begin to access all those things that God
gave you in your spirit to be absolutely, complete In Him. (Col 2:10)
Sanctification:
·
We
Believe Sanctification of the believer is a three fold process…
o Immediately at salvation, by God, He forgives you of your sins,
fills your soul with the Holy Spirit, and sets you apart as Holy for His
Service.
(John
17:17, I Thes. 4:3, 5:23)
o We are to DAILY set ourselves apart,
Holy for God’s Service. Daily you CHOOSE to be set aside for God’s work and
witness for each day. You have to choose to be His workmanship, have to choose
to allow God to keep you as HIS for each day. (II Cor 6:7, Eph 5:26, I Pet 3:15)
o Entire Sanctification happens when you get
to heaven, it is the removal of all sins and desire of sin, where you will
live perfect, without sin, Holy and set apart for God. Because of our daily
struggle with the flesh and the fact that we are not made perfect after
salvation, we know this happens once you are in Heaven to live perfect, holy,
and righteously in the New Heaven and New Earth.
Discipleship:
·
We
Believe that each person that chooses Salvation is responsible for their
own education and spiritual growth in their One-on-One Relationship with their
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That this education and spiritual growth will
come in various forms, but not limited to…
o Personal Bible Reading and Study the
Scriptures – I Tim 4:6, II Tim 2:15;
3:16-17, II Peter 3:18, Proverbs 4:7, I Thes 2:12,13, Col 2:12-17
o Personal Prayer and Communion with God
– I Tim 2:1-8, I Thes 5:17, Col 2:17: 3:2, Phil
3:10; 4:6-7, Eph 5:1-2, 19-20; 6:18
o Communion Between You and the Holy
Spirit – Rom 8:1-2, 14, 26-27, I Cor
2:10-16, I Thes 1:5, 1 John 2:20, 27-28, Gal 3:5, 4:16-18, 5:22-26, Eph 3:16,
4:30
o Attending Church and Sitting Under the
Preaching of an Anointed, Called, Man of God who has been placed in a position
of authority to teach, preach, and train the congregation in Spiritual Growth
and Understanding – Hebrews 10:25,
o Christian Elder or Godly Counsel – Ps 1:1-3, Prov. 6:20-23; 7:1-5, Titus 2, II Tim 1:2-5, II Tim 1:16-17
·
We
Believe when each person studies the Bible, spends time in prayer and
communion with the Lord you build strength, able to withstand temptation, able
to point others to the Lord, and build your faith in the Lord and all His
promises. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God.
(I
Pet 5:8-10, II Pet 1:1-8; 2:9)
Ordinances:
·
We
Believe there are two established ordinances given to each individual who
become saved. Water Baptism and Holy Communion.
·
Baptism –
First ordinance ordered by God to be performed immediately after salvation – It
is a one time act of immersion of your body, head to toe into water, signifying
the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Christ. We teach Baptism as the obedience to God as an
outward showing of the inward work of Salvation.
·
Lord’s
Supper – Christ observed the first communion, known as the Lord’s Supper,
in the upper room with His
disciples, the bread represents the body broken for them at the cross, at the
time of the crucifixion. The wine represents the blood of Christ, spilled out
on the cross to cover our sins and making a way for Salvation of the believer.
This ordinance is to be observed as often as you can in remembrance of Christ
and what He did for us.
(Matt
26:26-29; John 6:51-58; 1 Cor. 11:23-34)
Christian Life of the
Believer:
·
We
Believe that all who believe on the Name of God for salvation, become a New
Creation, all things are passed away, and all things became new. Therefore,
they should strive to walk in the newness of life
·
We
Believe that all who accept Christ has their Savior, must give up the
things of the World, Renew their Minds, and begin a Transformed Life in Christ.
(Romans
12:1-2, Phil 2:5,
·
We
Believe the Bible says, that you should walk as Christ would walk, which
means, your life style should match that of Christ Jesus, which matches
Christs, to live a life of No Compromise as best we can as Humans on this
earth.
·
We
Believe we must follow after the Will of God in a new life in Christ, and
that the Holy Spirit will lead you in the Will of God, so you will know how you
are to go in Christ.
·
We
Believe God sends angels to minister to our spirits, hearts, and minds when
we face trials, troubles and despair to help His Children in anything they are
going through.
The Church:
·
We
Believe that the Great Commission
in the New Testament was ordered by Jesus to His disciples and to all the
saints a ministry, to go out and preach the Gospel to every creature, baptizing
them, teaching them to be disciples and workers for Christ for Kingdom
Advancement until Christ’s Return.
(Matthew
28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16)
·
We Believe
that who God commands to preach the Gospel by the Great Commission, who He has
called and ordained to serve Him in Kingdom Advancement, Salvation of
Unbelievers, Discipleship of the New Converts, and Preparation of the coming
Rapture of the Saints, as well as the Tribulation. We know the scriptures
teach, Whom He calls, He Ordains and Equips for His work.
(Eph. 2:10, Matt. 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-16,
I Cor. 7:17)
·
We
Believe that the Church is the Saved, Sanctified, Body of Christ (Believers
of the Lord, Jesus Christ) and their mission is. to “Seek and Save that which was lost…”
Which in turn advances the Kingdome of God, and is the start of the Churches’
Outreach Ministry.
(Acts
2:42-47; 5:14)
·
We
Believe God commands all His Children, THE CHURCH, to Love the Lord our God
with all their Heart, Mind, Soul, and Spirit, and to love your neighbor as
yourself, and these are the first and second commandments, greatest of them
all. To be a living example to new believers how to live for the Lord and live
a life of No Compromise through the instructions in the Bible.
·
We
Believe in the rapture of the Church
End Times Prophesied in the
Bible: Coming Tribulation, Second Coming, New Heaven and New
Earth
·
We
Believe in the coming tribulation, appearance of the anti-Christ, the one
world church, and the forced mark of the beast, which will all end in the
Victorious Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ after 7 years of Tribulation.
·
We
Believe in the Millennial Reign of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Battle of
Armageddon, and the ultimate punishment for the fallen angels, demons, Satan,
the anti-Christ, and all who did not choose to accept Christ as their Savior.
·
We
Believe in the establishment of the new Heaven and the New Earth that God
has promised as the New Kingdom of God.
·
We
Believe in the final judgments awaiting the Christians to give an account
for their life here on earth and a final judgment for the non-saved who had
refused the Gospel of Christ.
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