Statement of Faith

December 14, 2006 @ 10:37 pm by Pressed

1. There is only one God who is eternally existing and manifesting Himself to us in three Persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

2. The Bible, consisting of both the Old and New Testament, is the very Word of God, a supernaturally given revelation from God Himself, concerning Himself, His being, nature, character, will and purposes; and concerning man, his nature, need and duty and destiny. The Bible is without error or mis-statement in its moral and spiritual teaching and record of historical facts. It is without error or defect of any kind in it’s autographs.

3. Man was created in the image of God, after the likeness of God, and therefore has transcendent, intrinsic worth. The whole race of humans fell in the fall of the first man, Adam. All men are lost from birth and darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, hardened in heart, morally and spiritually dead through their trespasses and sins. Apart from spiritual regeneration all men remain lost forever and cannot see nor enter the Kingdom of God unless they are born again.

4. Jesus Christ was supernaturally conceived of a virgin, Mary, in the lineage of David of whom God promised there would be one who will reign on the throne for eternity. Jesus lived and taught, he performed miricles, wonders, and signs as recorded in the New Testament. He was put to death under Pontius Pilate who order that Jesus be crucified. Jesus, after His crucifixion, rose again on the third day and showed Himself to be alive to His disciples, appearing to different people for forty days after his resurrection. Then Jesus ascended into heaven and the Father made Him head over all things, including the Church

5. By His death on the cross, Jesus made a perfect atonement for sin, by which the wrath of God against sinners is appeased. He redeemed us from the eternal punishment by taking our place and enduring the punishment that we deserve. Jesus was absolutely without sin but He was made sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

6. Jesus Christ is the divine son of God, who existed in the exact form of God before he came to earth. But by his own choice he laid aside His divine glory and came to earth as a servant in the likeness of men. He is a divine person possessing all attributes of deity and he should be worshiped as God by angels and men.

7. The Lord Jesus Christ is coming again to this earth, personally, bodily and visibly.

8. The Holy Spirit is a person distinct from the Father and the Son, and possesses all of the divine attributes. He is God.

9. Men are justified on the simple and single ground of the shed blood of Christ and upon the simple and single condition of faith in Him Who shed His blood, and are born again by the quickening, renewing, cleansing work of the Holy Spirit, through the instrumentality of the Word of God. It is not by works but by faith in Jesus Christ that a person comes to salvation. These alone become children of God and receive eternal life. At death their spirits depart to be with Christ in conscious blessedness, and at the second coming of Christ their bodies shall be raised, transformed into the likeness of the body of His glory.

10. All those who persistently reject Jesus Christ in the present life shall be raised from the dead and throughout eternity exist in a state of conscious, endless torment and anguish apart from God.

11. The Church consists of the host of the regenerate, wherever they may be found. It is the body and bride of Christ which Christ loves and for which He has given Himself. The church exists as an eternal church (all believers who have ever lived), the universal church (all believers who live on earth throughout the world), and the local church (all beleivers in individual church groups). Christ is the head of the church and its members make up the body of Christ.

12. There is a personal devil, a being of great cunning who can exert vast power only so far as God allows him to do so. He shall ultimately be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone and shall be tormented day and night forever.

13. I believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit who continually ministers to us, dwelling within the Christian and enabling us to live a godly life and to perform good works that are the necessary evidence of our genuine faith in Christ.

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