The meaning of Scripture can only be found as the Holy Spirit reveals the text through the literal grammatical-historical method of interpretation (John 7:17 16:12-15 1 Corinthians 2:7-15 1 John 2:20).ġ) We believe that there is only one living and true God (Deuteronomy 6:4 Isaiah 45:5-7 1 Corinthians 8:4).Ģ) We believe that God is an infinite, all-knowing Spirit (John 4:24), perfect in all His attributes, one in essence and eternally existing in three Persons-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19 2 Corinthians 13:14)-each equally deserving worship and obedience.ġ) We believe that God the Father, the first Person of the Trinity, orders and disposes all things according to His own purpose and grace (Psalm 145:8-9 1 Corinthians 8:6).Ģ) We believe that He is the Creator of all things (Genesis 1:1-31 Ephesians 3:9).ģ) We believe that He is sovereign in creation, providence, and redemption (Psalm 103:19 Romans 11:36).Ĥ) We believe that He saves from sin all who come to Him through Jesus Christ, His Son (John 6:37, John 14:6).ĥ) We believe that He adopts as His own all those who come to Him and He becomes, upon adoption, their Heavenly Father (John 1:12 Romans 8:15 Galatians 4:5 Hebrews 12:5-9).ġ) We believe that Jesus Christ is the second Person of the Trinity and is coequal and coeternal with the Father (John 10:30 14:9).Ģ) We believe that Jesus Christ created all things in heaven and earth and are held together by Him (John 1:3 Colossians 1:15-17 Hebrews 1:2).ģ) We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ was virgin born (Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:23, 25 Luke 1:26-35) that He was God incarnate (John 1:1, 14) and that the purpose of the incarnation was to reveal God, and redeem men (John 3:16-17).Ĥ) We believe that in the incarnation (God becoming man) Jesus surrendered only the prerogatives of deity but nothing of the divine essence, either in degree or kind. The following comprise the Scriptural beliefs of this Church and its members.ġ) We believe that the Bible is God’s written revelation to man, and all 66 books are inspired equally by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:7-14 2 Peter 1:20-21).Ģ) We believe that the Word of God is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16), infallible and is absolutely inerrant in the original text.ģ) We believe the literal, grammatical-historical interpretation of Scripture which affirms the belief that the opening chapters of Genesis present creation in six literal days (Genesis 1:31 Exodus 31:17).Ĥ) We believe that the Bible constitutes the only infallible rule of faith and practice (Matthew 5:18 24:35 John 10:35 16:12-13 17:17 1 Corinthians 2:13 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Hebrews 4:12 2 Peter 1:20-21).ĥ) We believe that although there could be several applications of any given passage of Scripture, there is but one interpretation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Holy Bible is the inspired Word of God and the basis for our statement of faith.
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