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Statement of Faith
There is one living and true God, infinitely perfect in glory, wisdom, holiness, justice, power and love, one in His essence but eternally existing in the Godhead: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
God sovereignly created the world out of nothing, so that His creation, while wholly dependent upon Him, neither comprises part of God, nor conditions His essential perfection. (Genesis 1:2; Matthew 28: 19,20)
The Bible is the inspired, inerrant and infallible Word of God as originally given. (2 Timothy 3:16)
God created man in His own image, in a state of original righteousness, from which man subsequently fell by a voluntary revolt, and consequently is guilty, inherently corrupt and subject to divine wrath.
Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God by uniting to His divine nature a true human nature in His incarnation, and so continues to be both God and man, in two distinct nature and one person, forever. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, exhibited His deity by manifold miracles, fulfilled the requirements of the Law by His sinless life, shed His blood as a vicarious and propitiatory atonement for man’s sin, was resurrected from the dead in the same body, now glorified. He ascended into heaven and now intercedes in glory for His redeemed as our great high priest and advocate, and as the Head of the Church. (Matthew 1:20,21; John 1:1-14; Romans 3:21-26; 5:6-11; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 John 2:1-2; Luke 24; Acts 1:9; Hebrews 8).
The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, through the ministry of regeneration and sanctification places believers into the Church, guides and comforts God’s children, indwells, directs, gifts and empowers the church in godly living and service in order to fulfill the great commission, and seals and keeps the believer until Christ returns. (John 16:1-33; 1 Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 1:13-14).
Man is saved by grace through faith; and that not of us, but as a gift from God; not as a result of works. (Ephesians 2:7-8)
Jesus Christ will return to gather His bride (the church). He will raise up the saints who have died in Him and take up those of us who are alive and remain to meet Him in the air. He will judge the world and establish Himself as King & ruler over His eternal Kingdom Where we shall ever be with Him (1Thessalonians 4:13-18, Revelations 20:11-13, Revelations 21-22)
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