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Doctrinal
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- We
believe in the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible
and that the Bible is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice
(Psalm 119:160; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17).
- We
believe in the personal triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
equal in divine perfection (I John 5:7-8).
- We
believe in the Genesis account of Creation (Gen. 1; 2).
- We
believe that Satan is a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and
man, the unholy god of this world, and that his destiny is the
eternal lake of fire (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:11-19; Matt. 25:41;
2 Cor. 4:4; Eph.6:10-17; Rev. 20:10).
- We
believe in the virgin birth and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ
(Matt. 1:18-20; 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22).
- We
believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 10:30; John 1:1, 14;
2 Cor. 5:19).
- We
believe the Holy Spirit is the divine Administrator for Jesus
Christ in His churches (Luke 24:49; John 14:16, 17; Acts 1:4,
5, 8; Acts 2:1-4).
- We
believe that Man was created in the image of God and lived in
innocence until he fell by voluntary transgression from his sinless
state, the result being that all mankind are sinners (Gen. 1:26;
Gen. 3:6-24; Rom. 5:12, 19).
- We
believe that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ was substitutionary
for all mankind and is efficacious only to those who believe (Isa.
53:6; Heb.2:9; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John
2:2).
- We
believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Christ and
the bodily resurrection of His saints (Matt. 28:1-7; Acts 1:9-11;
1 Cor. 15:42-58; 1Thess. 4:13-18).
- We
believe in the premillennial, personal, bodily return of Christ
as the crowning event of the Gentile age. This event will include
the resurrection of the righteous to eternal heaven, and the Millennium
will be followed by the resurrection of the unrighteous unto eternal
punishment in the lake of fire and that the righteous shall enter
into the New Jerusalem (John 14:1-6; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 2 Thess. 2:8;
Rev. 19; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 20:11-15; Rev. 21:8).
- We
believe that the depraved sinner is saved wholly by grace through
faith in Jesus Christ, and the requisites to regeneration are
repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke
13:3-5; John 3:16-18; Acts 20:21; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8, 9), and
that the Holy Spirit convicts sinners, regenerates, seals, secures,
and indwells every believer (John 3:6; John 16:8, 9; Rom. 8:9-11;
1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Eph. 4:30; Titus 3:5).
- We
believe that all who trust Jesus Christ for salvation are eternally
secure in Him and shall not perish (John 3:36; John 5:24; John
10:27-30; Rom. 8:35-39; Heb. 10:39; 1 Peter 1:5).
- We
believe that God deals with believers as His children, that He
chastises the disobedient, and that He rewards the obedient (Matt.
16:27; Matt. 25:14-23; John 1:12; Heb. 12:5-11; 2 John 8; Rev.
22:12).
- We
believe that the local church is a visible assembly of scripturally
baptized believers in covenant relationship to carry out the Commission
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and each church is an independent, self-governing
body, and no other ecclesiastical body may exercise authority
over it. (Matt. 4:18-22; Matt. 16:18; Mark 1:14-20; John 1:35-51; Eph.
3:21).
- We
believe that there are two pictorial ordinances in the Lord's
churches: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Scriptural baptism is
the immersion of believers in water, administered by the authority
of a New Testament church. The Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance,
picturing His death until He comes again
(Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts 8:12, 38; Rom. 6:4; 1 Cor. 5:11-13; 1 Cor.
11:1, 2, 17-20, 26).
- We
believe that there are two divinely appointed offices in a church,
pastors and deacons, to be filled by men whose qualifications
are set forth in Titus and 1 Timothy.
- We
believe that all associations, fellowships, and committees are,
and properly should be, servants of, and under control of the
local churches (Matt. 20:25-28).
- We
believe that Jesus Christ alone is the head of the church and
that all Christian churches should be free to worship without
interference from the government. (Eph. 1:22).
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