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We
Believe that God's word teaches:
1.
We believe the holy scriptures, both the old and new
testaments, to be verbally inspired of God in the original
manuscripts; infallible, inerrant and God-breathed,
a perfect rule of faith and practice.
2.
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3.
We believe that God, the Son, who has always existed,
became a man (without diminishing his deity) by virgin birth
through mary. he lived a sinless life and as the infinite
God-man took upon himself the sins of all men, died in their
place and satisfied God concerning their sins. We
further believe in the literal, physical resurrection of jesus
Christ from the dead. he was then ascended and exalted to
the right hand of God as the great high priest of all believers.
4.
We believe that the holy spirit is a divine person,
who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and
of judgment. he is the supernatural agent in regeneration,
baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling
and sealing them unto the day of redemption. his present
ministry to believers also includes empowering, teaching,
and leading into all truth.
5.
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness
of God, but that in adam's sin, the race fell, inherited a
sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man
is totally depraved and, of himself, is utterly unable to
remedy his lost condition.
6.
We
believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by
grace (apart from any works) and received by personal faith
in the Lord jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on
calvary for the forgiveness of sins. upon receiving salvation,
the person receives eternal life, and becomes a partaker of
Christ's life. he becomes a new creation and obtains a new
identity as a child of God.
7.
We believe that all who have come to reliance upon the work
of Christ for their salvation will never loss this relationship.
8.
We believe that satan is a person who is aided by a host of
evil spirit beings called demons. their design is to destroy
believers, their homes and their churches blinding the lost
to the gospel. every believer is subject to their attack but
may be made victorious through jesus Christ.
9. Each believer partaking of eternal life (Christ's life)
was united with Christ and thus was spiritually crucified,
buried, raised and enthroned with Christ. the old man died
at this point in time. the results of co-crucifixion must
become an experiential reality to each believer as he chooses
to walk in the spirit and not after the flesh if he is to
walk in victory. sanctification, then, is Christ living his
life out through the believer. this is not teaching passivity,
sinless perfection or the deification of man.
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