What We Believe

God was and is and always will be.  God is love!   He is all knowing, ever present and all powerful.  He is Elohim, the creator of all things in the Heavens and on the Earth.  God is our Heavenly Father who created man in their image.  “Their image” being the image of the Trinity.  The Trinity is God the Father (the Ruler), God the Son, Jesus Christ (the Redeemer) whom through we receive Salvation and God the Holy Spirit (the Resider) who dwells in all believers of Christ Jesus.  God tells us in Isaiah 45 and 46, "I am the LORD, and there is no other, apart from me there is no God...  I am the LORD, and there is no other.  I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things.  I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.  I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come."

Supporting Scriptures:

Genesis 1, 2, 3; Genesis 1:2; SGenesis 1:26, 27; Matthew 28:19; 1John 4:7, 8, 16; Job 38:4

 

Jesus is the 2^nd person in the Trinity, the Son of God, and the Son of Man, made flesh through the birth of the Virgin Mary.  Through this birth Jesus is fully man but without sin.  Jesus was with God in the beginning; all things were created through him.  He was sent by God the Father to teach us how to live a life set apart from this world. He came to teach us how we can live in the Kingdom here and now.  He came to be the atoning sacrifice for all our sins.  He came to bring us salvation through his death on the cross so that we can have a personal and intimate relationship with God our Father.  Jesus is the only way to this relationship with God.  God resurrected Jesus from the grave to declare the power and victory over death and to prove that He is the source of life.     

Supporting Scriptures:

Matthew 28:19; Matthew 3:17; 17:5; Luke 1:35; 9:35; John 6:27; 13:3, Isaiah  7:14; 9:6; Matthew 1:18-24; Luke 1:26-37; Matthew 1:20-23; 26:59, 60; 27:19; Luke 23:15; 23:41; Micah 5:2; John 1:1-4, 10, 14, Matthew 5, 6, 7; Romans 12:2; 1John 5:4; Lev 17:11; John 1:29; Romans 3:25; 5:8; John 3:16; Acts 4:12; 16:31; Romans, 8:16; John 14:6; Ephesians 2:8-10;  

John 3:36; 11:25; 1Corinthians  15:3-8, 56-57 

 

Holy Spirit is the 3^rd person in the Trinity; the Spirit of God.  He is sent to live in believers of our Lord, Jesus Christ at the moment of our Salvation.  The Holy Spirit is the source of God’s presence and power living within us.  He guides us, comforts us and empowers us and convicts our spirit.   He produces in us the Fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  He guides us in using the Gifts of the Spirit from God; preaching, teaching, prophecy, hospitality, healing, administration, tongues, interpretation of tongues, miracles… These Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit are to help us become more like Jesus and to help us carry out the Ministry of Jesus until His return. The baptism in the Holy Spirit, releases the fullness of the Spirit and is evidenced by the fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Supporting Scriptures:

Genesis 1:2, Is 11:2, 61:1-3; Joel 2:28; Matthew 3:11; Mk 1:8; 16:15-18; Luke 11:13; John 4:24; Acts 1:5, 8; 2:4, 38-39; 1Corinthians 6:17 & 19; 1Corinthians 12, 13, 14; Galatians 4:6; 5:16, 22-23; Titus 3:4-6

 

Baptism by water symbolizes to all that we have died with Christ and have also been resurrected with Christ to walk in the newness of life.   The baptism in the Holy Spirit fire is the receiving of power from God to do the will of God. 

Supporting Scriptures:

Matthew 3:6, 11; 28:19; Romans 6:1-4; Colossians 2:11, 12; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5 

 

The Bible We affirm that the Bible containing the Old and New Testaments is the infallible, inspired Word of God, and that its authority is ultimate, final, and eternal. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. The Bible is the source of all doctrine, instruction, correction, and reproof. It contains guidance in godliness and practical Christian conduct.  It gives instructions on a Christ-like life, pleasing to Father God and it shares the heart of God.

Supporting Scriptures:

Isaiah 40:8; 55:11; Jeremiah 29:11-13; John 1:1, 2 Timothy 2:16; 1Peter 1:18-20   

 

The Lord's Supper is a commemoration of the death of our Lord Jesus and is done in remembrance of Him until He comes again; it is a sign of our participation in Him; it s a testimony of what He has done for us.
 

Salvation  The Word of God declares clearly that salvation is a free gift of God, based on the merits of the death of His Son, and is appropriated by faith. Salvation is affected by personal repentance, belief in the Lord Jesus (justification), and personal acceptance of Him into one's life as Lord and Savior (regeneration). The new life in Christ includes the privileges of adoption and inheritance in the Kingdom of God's beloved Son. Salvation is an act of free will in response to God's personal love for mankind. It is predestined only in the sense that God, through His omniscience, foreknew those who would choose Him. It is secure in the eternal, unchanging commitment of God who does not lie and is forever the same. Salvation should produce an active lifestyle of loving obedience and service to Jesus Christ our Savior.

Supporting Scriptures:

Ephesians 2:8,9, Romans 10:13

 

 

 

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