THE DEVIL

WE BELIEVE IN THE PERSONALITY OF THE DEVIL WHO BY HIS INFLUENCE AND POWER BROUGHT ABOUT THE DOWNFALL OF MAN AND NOW SEEKS TO DESTROY THE FAITH OF EVERY BELIEVER OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

(GENESIS 3:1-5; MATTHEW 4:1-11; LUKE 4:1-13; JAMES 4:7; 1PETER 1:5-8; JOHN 13:2)

JUDGMENT OF THE WICKED

WE BELIEVE IN THE EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED (IN THE SENSE OF ETERNAL TORMENT) WHO WILFULLY REJECT AND DESPISE THE LOVE OF GOD MANIFESTED IN THE GREAT SACRIFICE OF HIS ONLY SON UPON THE CROSS OF CALVARY FOR THEIR SALVATION.

(MATTHEW 13:49-50; 2 THESSALONIANS 1:8-9; ROMANS 6:23; REVELATION 20:11-15)

HEALING

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE SCRIPTURES, WE TRUST OUR HEAVENLY FATHER TO PROTECT AND HEAL OUR BODIES FROM SICKNESS AND DISEASE. WE BELIEVE THAT DIVINE HEALING FOR THE BODY WAS PURCHASED FOR US BY THE ATONING BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THAT BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED. 

(EXODUS 15:26; ISAIAH 53:4-5; MATTHEW 8:16-17; 1PETER 2:24; PSALMS 103:3-4; JAMES 5:14-16; MARK 16:17-18)

SALVATION OF MAN

WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, MAN RECEIVES THE FORGIVENESS FOR ALL HIS SINS AND THE GIFT OF ETERNAL OF LIFE - THE SALVATION OF HIS SOUL. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE NEW BIRTH, THE 'BORN AGAIN' EXPERIENCE WHEREIN MAN BECOMES A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS.

(TITUS 2:11, TITUS 3:5-7; ACTS 20:21; ROMANS 10:9-10; 1JOHN 5:11-13)

BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BAPTISES US IN THE HOLY SPIRIT UPON TOTAL SURRENDER. IT IS PROMISED TO ALL BELIEVERS AND IS RECEIVED BY FAITH SUBSEQUENT TO CONVERSION. A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION MAY ACCOMPANY THIS GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE.

(JOHN 7:37-39; ACTS 1:4-5; ACTS 2:4; ACTS 8:15-19; ACTS 10:44-47; ACTS 19:1-7; GALATIANS 3:2, GALATIANS 2:14; MARK 16:17)

SANCTIFICATION

IT IS THE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE OF EVERY BELIEVER IN CHRIST TO BE MADE PURE IN HEART AND WHOLLY SANCTIFIED THROUGH THE OPERATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

(JOHN 17:15-19; 1THESSALONIANS 5:23-34; HEBREWS 10:10-16; ROMANS 12:1-2)

THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY SCRIPTURES EMBODIED IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS (ALL 66 BOOKS) IS THE VERBALLY AND PLENARY INSPIRED WRITTEN WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD. WE BELIEVE IN ITS INFALLIBILITY AND INERRANCY IN THE ORIGINAL AND ACCEPT IT'S AUTHORITY IN MATTERS OF FAITH AND LIFE. THUS ANYTHING NOT FOUND THEREIN MUST NOT BE ENJOINED.

(2TIMOTHY 3:16-17; 2PETER 1:19:21; MATTHEW 24:35; JOHN 5:39)

THE LORD'S SUPPER

IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR LORD' S COMMAND, WE PARTAKE OF THIS SACRAMENT REMEMBERING HIS WORDS, "THIS DO YE IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME" 

(LUKE 22:15-20; MATTHEW 26:21-28; 1CORINTHIANS 11:23-26)

WATER BAPTISM

SINGLE IMMERSION IN WATER IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SYMBOLIC OF OUR DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION WITH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

(MATTHEW 28:19-20; ACTS 10:48; ROMANS 6:3-5; COLOSSIANS 2:12; ACTS 8:35-39)

THE CHURCH

WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, IS COMPOSED OF THOSE WHO, THROUGH THE AGES HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE.

(EPHESIANS 1:22-23; EPHESIANS 2:22; HEBREWS 12:23; REVELATION 20:15)

MILLENIUM

WE BELIEVE IN THE RETURN OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO SET UP HIS MILLENNIUM REIGN ON THIS EARTH.

(ZECHARIAH 14:5; DANIEL 7:22; MICAH 4:1-7; REVELATION 5:9-10; PSALM 96:10-13; ISAIAH 11)

MILLENNIAL COMING OF CHRIST

IT IS OUR GLORIOUS HOPE AND EARNEST EXPECTATION THAT OUR LORD WILL SOON RETURN FOR HIS CHURCH AND CATCH HER AWAY TO A PLACE PREPARED BEFORE THE GREAT TRIBULATION BURSTS UPON THIS WORLD. HAVING THIS HOPE, WE PURIFY OURSELVES, EVEN AS HE IS PURE SO THAT WE MAY BE READY TO MEET HIM WHEN HE COMES TO GATHER HIS PEOPLE TO HIMSELF. 

(JOHN 14:1-3; 1THESSALONIANS 4:17; 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1; EZEKIEL 37:22-25; DANIEL 7:13-14; ZECHARIAH 14:4-9; REVELATION 11:15)