![]() ![]() (1) We believe that the local church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again persons (1 Cor. ![]() (2) We believe that it is the privilege of believer s to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh (Rom. (l) We believe that a11 the redeemed, once saved, are kept by Godâs power and thus secure in Christ forever (John 6:37-40 10:27-30 Rom.8: 1, 38-39 1 Cor. (H) The Eternal Security and Assurance of Believers We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins (John 1: 12 Eph. We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam ‘s sin the human race fell, inherited a sinful nature, an became alienated from God and, that man is totally depraved, and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Gen. We believe that speaking in tongues was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism of filling of the Holy Spirit and that ultimate deliverance of the body from sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection, though God frequently chooses to answer the prayers of believers for physical healing (1Cor. (4) We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and the gift of healing were temporary. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, and teachers to equip believers in the assembly in order that they can do the work of the ministry (Rom. (3) We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to every believer. (2) We believe that He is the Divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit (Eph. (1) We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world, of sin, of righteousness, and of sin, and of judgement and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the bod y of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption (John 16:8-11 Rom. (E) The Persons and Work of the Holy Spirit (3) We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended in Heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts I:9-10 Heb. (2) We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through his death on the cross as a representative, v1carious, substitutionary sacrifice and, that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Acts 2 :18-36 Rom. (1) We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (Isa. We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-each co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections (Deut. Three of these dispensations-the law, the church, and the kingdom-are the subjects of detailed revelation in Scripture (Gen. These dispensations are not ways of salvation, but rather are divinely ordered stewardships by which God directs man according to his purpose. ![]() ![]() We believe that the Scriptures interpreted in t heir, natural, literal sense reveal divinely determined dispensations or rule of life which define man’s responsibilities in successive ages. The King James Version of the Bible shall be official and only translation. The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to their normal grammatical-historical meaning. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are the complete and divine revelation of God to Man. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and God-breathed, and therefore are the final authority for faith and life. We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the verbally and plenary inspired Word of God. ![]()
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