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1. We believe in the Scriptures of the Old
and New Testament as verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the
original writings, and divinely preserved in the Authorized Version (KJV). We embrace all matters which the Biblical authors
address, and believe that they are of supreme and final authority
in faith and life. II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19-21 2.
We believe in one God - eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent,
existing as three Persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one in
nature, attributes, power, and glory. Genesis 1:1, 26; Proverbs
30:4; Mark 12:20; Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:14; John 1:1-4,
18; Acts 5:3-4
3. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten
by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and that He is both
true God and true man.
Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-35; Philippians 2:6-11; Isaiah 7:14;
John 1:14
4. We believe in the literal 6 day, 24 hour account
of creation, that the creation of man lies in the special, immediate,
and formative acts of God and not from previously existing form
of life. Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7-9, 16-17; 3:1-19
5. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died
for our sins according to the Scriptures, as a representative and
substitutionary sacrifice and that He rose again for our justification;
and that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of
His shed blood and are saved by grace through faith wholly apart
from human merit and works. Acts 13:39; 16:31; Romans 3:21-28; Ephesians
2:8-10; Titus 3:3-8
6. We believe that all who receive by faith the
Lord Jesus are born again by the Holy Spirit through the Word of
God and thereby become the children of God forever and are eternally
secure. John 1:12-13; 3:3-16; 5:24; John 10:28-29; I Peter 1:23;
II Peter 1:4-11
7. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine
Person, equal with God the Father and God the Son; that He was active
in creation; that He convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment;
that He is the Agent in the new birth; that He baptizes all believers
into the body of Christ at conversion; that He indwells, sanctifies,
and helps the believer. Psalms 139:7-12; John 14:16-17; John 16:13-14;
Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 6:19
We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit
are completed and are not applicable to the work of the Holy Spirit
today. I Corinthians 12:8-10, 28-30, 14:1-40
8. We believe in the imminent "Blessed Hope,"
the Rapture of the church before the tribulation, when the "Lord
shall descend from heaven" to catch up His bride to meet Him
in the air and "so shall we ever be with the Lord." John
14:1-3; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; I Corinthians 15:15-58
9. We believe in the literal, bodily resurrection
of the crucified Lord, His ascension into heaven, His present life
there as our High Priest and Advocate, and His personal, bodily,
visible return to the earth at the end of the tribulation to establish
His millennial Kingdom on earth, and to reign as only Potentate,
the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords. Luke 24:36-43; John 20:24-29;
Acts 1:9-11; I Corinthians 15:25; Revelation 1:5-7; 19:11-16; 20:6
10. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all
the dead; the saved to a life of eternal glory and bliss in heaven
with God; the unsaved to eternal judgment of conscious suffering
and woe in the lake of fire. John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:6; 11-15;
21:1-8; Matthew 10:28; 18:8-9; 25:41, 46; Mark 9:43-49; II Thessalonians
1:6-9
11. We believe in personal separation from all
practices and influences of the world which hinder a spirit-filled
life. We believe in Biblical separation from all forms of ecclesiastical
apostasy. Romans 12:1; James 4:4; I John 2:15-17; II Corinthians
6:14; 7:1; Colossians 3:1-17; Romans 6:1-14; Galatians 5:16-25
12. We believe that it is the privilege and responsibility
of every believer to be a personal soul winner and to do his utmost
to give the gospel of Christ to the whole world. Mark 16:15; Acts
1:8; John 17:18; 20:21; II Corinthians 5:20
13. We believe that the local Church is an organized
congregation of immersed believers, associated by covenant, observing
the ordinances of Christ, having the offices of pastor and deacon,
exercising the gifts, rights, privileges, and the responsibilities
given them by His Word, and that it is the absolute right of self-government.
We believe that the Church which is His Body includes all New Testament
believers. Matthew 18:15-17; I Corinthians 1:2; 7:17; 11:16; I Timothy
3:1-15; I Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:14-15; 5:23-32
14. We believe that the Scriptural ordinances
of the local church are Baptism and the Lord's Supper; that Baptism,
by immersion, should be administered to believers only, as an identifying
symbol of their belief in the death, burial and resurrection of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and our death to sin and resurrection
to a new walk in life, and that it is a prerequisite to local church
membership; that the Lord's Supper is a commemoration of His death
and should be preceded by believer's baptism and the solemn self-examination.
Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 8:36-39; 18:8; Romans 6:3-5; Colossians 2:12;
I Corinthians 11:23-32 |