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Foundational Statements of
Belief:
- The Bible is the
authoritative message from God to mankind, describing
itself as being “God-breathed”. (2 Tim. 3:16)
- Jesus Christ is God (1 Jn:2): "The
Son of God declares His everlasting Godhead is the same as the
Father’s, both by the creating of all things." Col 1:15
"And by Him all things are made." Jesus Christ is fully God and fully Man (John 1:1-3, 14; 1 Tim.
2:5)
- God created our world in six literal, 24-hour
days,
and rested on the seventh day (Gen. 1; 2:1-3; Exodus 20:11)
- No
death or sin
prior to day 1; God created Lucifer most likely on day 1, who most
likely fell
100 yrs later & led
Eve
into sin (Gen. 3:1-6; Isaiah 14:12-14)
- There are three "separate" beings,
i.e. the Father, Word and Holy Ghost but they are also
one (new as of 11/21/9)
- Jesus Christ is the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world
(1 John 4:14)
- Jesus born of a virgin (as a
human)
& died on the cross for the sins "of
the whole world" (Matt 1:23; 1 Cor. 15:3; 1 John 2:2)
- God is not prejudiced against any race, color, or nation (Acts
17:26; Rom. 2:11; Rev. 7:9) & I don't believe in slavery
- God calls all to repent and believe in Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21)
- We must be born again by the power of the Holy Spirit (John 3:6, 7)
- Believers in Jesus should be baptized by immersion (Mat. 3:16,17;
Mark 16:15; Acts 2:38, 41)
- We should follow God's Word above man's traditions (Mat. 4:4; Col.
2:8) and
laws
{if} they go against God's Word, Hosea
8:4, Rom 13:5
- By His grace and motivated by love, God's end-time people will
keep the
Ten Commandments
& the faith of Jesus Christ (Jn 14:15;
Rev. 14:12)
- Christians should endure tribulation "to the end" (Mat. 24:13;
Acts 14:22)
- The Antichrist is "already in the world" (1 John 2:18;
4:3)
- Jesus Christ is the only Mediator between God and fallen humanity
(1 Timothy 2:5)
- Jesus will not return secretly, but openly and visibly for all to
see (Mat. 24:26, 27, 30, 31)
- There will be "a resurrection of the dead, both the just and the
unjust" (Acts 24:15; John 5:28,29)
- Believers in Jesus Christ, Jews & Gentiles become part of
Abraham's seed, "the one church of God"
- Our final home is the New Jerusalem (Hebrews 12:22-24; Rev.
21:1-4, 10-27)
- All the lost will end up in "the lake of fire, which is the second
death" (Revelation 20:14,15)
- God will make a new heaven and a new earth for His people to live
in, where righteousness dwells (2 Peter 3:9-14)
- The Bible is our final authority.
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