The Scriptures
- We believe in the plenary, verbal, Divine
inspiration of the Holy Bible. The Holy
Scriptures of the Old (Masoretic Hebrew) and
the New (Textus Receptus) Testaments are the
inspired, inerrant Word of God; the complete
and final revelation of God's will to man.
The Word of God is the supreme standard of
faith and practice (Isaiah 40:8; John 10:35;
ll Timothy 3:16; ll Peter 1:19-21). The King
James, AV 1611, is the inerrant Word of God,
providentially preserved. There is no need to
revise, update, correct, better explain, or
change it in any way ( Revelation 22:18-10;
Deuteronomy 4:2).
God
- There is one supreme God,
omnipotent, omniscient, manifesting Himself
in three persons: Father, Son and Holy
Spirit; one in nature, attributes, power and
glory ( Genesis 1:1; Mark 12:29; Matthew
28:19; ll Corinthians 13:14; John 1:1-4; John
5:17-27; Philippians 2:6-11).
The Person and
Work of Christ - Jesus
Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born
of the virgin Mary. He is therefore true God
and true Man. Jesus Christ is impeccable in
His nature and sinless in His life. He died
on the cross and shed His precious blood as
an atonement for our sins; was buried and
rose again the third day. he ascended into
Heaven and as our High Priest intercedes for
us. He is coming again for His church
(Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:1-4, 14; Philippians
2:6-11; Luke 1:26-35; l Timothy 3:16).
The Person and
Work of the Holy Spirit - The
Holy Spirit is a Divine person; the third
Person of the Trinity. he is the
administrator of the things of God;
convicting of sin, revealing Christ, teaching
the truth, restraining evil, energizing
believers in prayer, worship, and service and
is ever present in the believer as our
Comforter and Helper (Psalm 139:7-12; John
7:38-39, 15:26, 16:3, 14; Acts 1:8; Romans
8:9; l Corinthians 6:19; ll Thessalonians
2).
Salvation and
Security of the Believer -
All who believe on Jesus Christ as Saviour
are justified on the ground and merit of His
shed blood on the cross, and are saved by
grace through faith, wholly apart from human
merit and works ( John 1:29; Acts 13:38-39;
Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:3-8). All who are
born again by the Spirit of God through faith
in Christ are eternally secure (John 5:24,
10:22-29; ll Timothy 1:12; Philippians 1:6;
Romans 8:32-39).
The Church
- The local church is a called out assembly
of believers who assemble together in
obedience to Christ's command for this age.
The local New Testament church is the agency
through which God works to carry out the
Great Commission to the lost and dying world
( Matthew 16:18, 18:17, 28:19-20; l
Corinthians 1:2; Mark 16:15-16).
The Ordinance
of the Local Church - There
are two ordinances of the local church;
Baptism and the Lords Supper. The Scriptural
mode for Baptism is by immersion (Mark 16:16;
Acts 2:38; Matthew 3:16-17; l Corinthians
11:23-32).
The Personality of
Satan - Satan is a real
personality; a created being of great beauty
and power, the prince of this world, the god
of this air, the spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience. He fell through
pride, and became enemy to God and deceiver
of man. He will ultimately be judged and cast
into the Lake of Fire (Ezekiel 28:12-19;
Isaiah 14:12-14; Job 1:1; John 8:44;
Revelation 20:1-3, 7-10).
The Eternal
State - We believe in the
bodily resurrection of all the dead; the
saved to a life of eternal glory and bliss in
Heaven with God; the unsaved to eternal
judgment of conscious suffering and woe in
the Lake of Fire ( John 5:28-29; Revelation
20:6, 11-15, 21:1-8; Matthew 10:28; ll
Thessalonians 1:6-9 ).
The Millennium
- After His personal, bodily, visible return
at the end of the tribulation, the Lord Jesus
Christ will establish His kingdom on earth
and reign as the blessed and only potentate
for one thousand years (l Timothy 6:14-15;
Revelation 20:6-7; Isaiah 65:15-25).
The Great
Commission - It is the
privilege and responsibility of every
believer to engage in personal
evangelism and to do their utmost to give the
Gospel of Christ to the whole world ( Matthew
4:19, 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16; Acts 1:8; John
17:18, 20-21).
Personal
Separation - God's people are
called to be separated people who abide in
Christ, walk in the Spirit and enjoy victory
over the world, flesh, and devil (Romans
12:11-2; Galatians 5:16; l John 2:15-17;
Colossians 3:1-17; ll Corinthians 2:14).
Ecclesiastical
Separation - In obedience to
the Holy Word of God the people of God should
practice Scriptual separation from all forms
of ecclesiatical apostasy and compromise.
This would include ( but not limited to) the
Ecumenical Movement, Neo-Evangelicalism, and
Neo-Orthodoxy ( Philippians 3:17-18; Romans
16:17-18; l Timothy 1:19-20; ll Timothy 3:5,
4:14; Ephesains 5:11; ll Corinthians 6:14-17;
Titus 1:13, 3:10-11; ll Thessalonians 3:6,
14-15; l Corinthians 5:11).
Charismatic
Movement - We reject this
movement and it's teachings of Faith Healers
and it's speaking in tongues as evidence of
being filled with the Spirit.
