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TENETS OF FAITH
We believe
...the Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written
Word of God. 2nd Timothy 3:16 and John 10:35
...there is one God, externally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Spirt. Mathew 28:19 and 2nd Cortinthians 13:14
...in the deity of our Lord Jessus Christ. John 1:1
...in His virgin birth. Luke 1:30-35
...in His sinless life. 1st Peter 2:22
...in His miracles. Acts 2:22
...in His vicarious and atoning death. 1st Cortinthians 15:3
...in His bodily resurrection. 1st Corthinthians 15:4
...in His ascension to the right hand of the Father. Acts 1:11
...in His personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule over the nations. Mathew 24
...in the Blessed Hope -- the rapture of the Church at Christ's coming. 1st Thessalonians 4:16-17 and
Titus 2:13
...the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in Christ and His
precious blood. Romans 10:13, John 3:3, and 1st Peter 1:18-19
...regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation. Romans 8:9 and
8:16
...the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer to
believing prayer. Isaiah 53:4-5 and James 5:14-16
...the baptism in the Holy Spirit is given to believers who ask for it. Luke 11:11-13 and Acts
1:5 and 2:4
...in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live
a holy life. 1st Thessalonians 5:23 and Romans 8:9-14
...in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to
everlasting separation from God. Revelation 20:11-15 and Mathew 25:31-46
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