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Faith Statement
I believe in one
God, eternally existent in three persons: the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit (Matthew 5:16, 45; 6:1, 4, 8, 9;
James 1:17 / John 1:1; 14:9 / Genesis 1:2; John 4:24; 14:16-20; 2 Peter
1:21)
I believe in God the Father Almighty, and Jesus, Creator of all
things visible and invisible (Genesis 1:1;
Acts 17:24-28; Hebrews 11:3; John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:15-17)
I believe in Jesus Christ, God the Father's one and only begotten
Son, my one and only Savior (John 1:14; 1 John
4:9 / John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:18)
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...Who
was born Jesus of Nazareth, both fully human and fully divine,
conceived of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary (Matthew
21:11; John 19:19 / John 1:14; Romans 5:15-17; Colossians 2:9; 1
John 1:1 / Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:26-38)
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...Who
suffered and was crucified under Pontius Pilate (Luke
23:1-46)
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...Who
died and was buried, and Who rose again bodily from the dead on
the third day (Luke 23:44 - 24:8; John
20:24-29; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8)
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...Who
ascended into Heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father
(Luke 22:69; Acts 1:1-9; Colossians 3:1),
and Who will return to earth to judge both the living and the
dead (Matthew 24:36-42; John 14:1-3;
Acts 1:10-11; 10:39-42; 1 Peter 4:5)
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I believe in the
Holy Spirit, Who is an active and operative part of the triune God (John
16:5-15; Acts 1:7-8; Romans 8:26-27), and Who
indwells every Christian (1 Corinthians 3:16;
6:19; 2 Timothy 1:14)
I believe in the Bible and God's Holy Word, Scripture. I believe God
inspired the autographs (original writings) of the Scripture and those
autographs were consequently without error (Mark
12:36; John 14:26; 16:12-15; Acts 1:16; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; 2 Timothy
3:14-16; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
I accept the
Bible as the final authority for all matters of faith and practice (Isaiah
40:8; Matthew 5:18; 24:35; Romans 15:4; Hebrews 4:12)
I believe the Bible teaches that man, created by God, willfully
sinned against God and is consequently lost and without hope apart from
Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23)
I believe the Bible teaches that salvation and the forgiveness of
sins' is achieved only by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ (Matthew
26:28; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 1 John 1:7)
I believe
the Bible teaches that one receives God's grace salvation by:
(Romans
5:1-2 / Luke 24:45-47; Acts 3:19; Acts 16:30-31; Acts 17:30; 2 Peter 3:9;Matthew
10:32; Romans 10:9-10; Philippians 2:11; 1 John 4:15)
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Believing
in Jesus Christ - That He is the Son of God, that he died for our
sins, that He rose from the dead,
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Jesus is Lord,
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Repenting (a "changing of mind") - turning away from
their old way of life and sins and choosing to live God's way,
asking God to forgive their sins, and accepting his free gift of
salvation through Jesus' sacrifice.
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I
believe that Salvation is by Faith alone, and not by works. But
that we are saved FOR good works which God prepared in advance for
us, which are done because we are saved, not to achieve or
maintain salvation. (Ephesians
2:8-10)
I
believe that Baptism is commanded by Jesus for those that are
saved and believe. But
that Baptism does does not produce salvation, but that it represents our
death with Christ, and our rebirth as a new creation in Christ,
and serves as a public confession and shows our obedience and trust in Jesus as our
Lord and Savior. (Matthew
28:19; Acts2:38 + 41; Acts 16:30-31;Romans 10:9-10;John 4:2; Acts
10:44-47)
I believe
in the Church of Jesus Christ, founded on the Day of Pentecost and
consisting of all Christians everywhere (Matthew
16:13-18; Acts 2:14-47).
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