Doctrines Believed and Taught
We believe the Holy Bible teaches, among other things:
SCRIPTURES
Its own divine authority, absolute accuracy, and verbal inspiration. (2 Tim 3:16, 2 Pet 1:21)
GOD
That the only true God eternally exists in three equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Mat 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14)
JESUS CHRIST
That Jesus Christ is the only begotten and eternal Son of God, miraculously born of the virgin Mary, and the only one whose life was absolute sinless. (John 1:1, Matt. 1:18, 1 John 3:5)
HUMANITY
That man is ruined by the fall of Adam in Eden, and is universally and utterly sinful by nature, and that it is impossible for him to be saved by his own works or religious observances. (Rom 3:23, Eph 2:8-9, Titus 3:5)
That man is entirely unfit for the presence of God in his natural state, and must be “Born again” before he can enter heaven. (John 3:3, 1 Peter 1:23)
SALVATION
That on Calvary’s cross, Christ fully and eternally paid the penalty of sin and completed the work of redemption, God attesting to this finished work in raising Him from among the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in heaven. (1 Cor. 15:17-20, Romans 4:25, Acts 2:32)
That in accepting Him by faith the sinner is saved, is born again, his sins are forgiven through the merits of His blood shed on the cross. (Acts 16:31, John 1:12, Col 1:14)
CHURCH
That all who are saved should be baptized by immersion in obedience to His will. Also, that they should remember Him by observing the “Lord’s Supper” each Lord’s day. However, only those who are clean in life and sound in doctrine are qualified to partake of this feast. (Matt 28:19, Mark 16:16, Romans 6:4, Acts 2:41, 20:7, 1 Cor. 11:23-26).
CHRISTIAN CONDUCT
We believe that the supreme task of every believer is to glorify God in life and conduct and be blameless before the world. Each Christian should seek to be a growing disciple of Jesus Christ in every area of life, a faithful steward of all possessions, and should seek to realize in every area of life the full stature of maturity in Christ.
FUTURE THINGS
That all who die in Christ go to be “With Him” in heaven, but that all who die unsaved go down to hell into conscious eternal torment. (2 Cor. 5:6-8, Phil 1:23, Psalm 9:17, Luke 16:23).
That Christ is coming again, to rapture the living saints and raise the dead in Christ; later to establish His kingdom upon earth. (John 14:3, 1 Cor. 15:51-54, 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:4)
That all the unconverted dead will rise again to the judgment of the “great white throne”, and will there be judged according to “those things which are written in the book”, and finally cast in the “lake of fire”. (John 5:28-29; Acts 17:31; Rev. 20:11-15).