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What We Believe

It is our strong conviction that the Holy Bible is in fact the infallible Word of God. We encourage our people to read the Bible themselves on a regular basis and to study the scriptures in order to gain accurate understanding of God’s Word. Simply put, if it is taught in the Bible we strive to teach it in our church, and if it cannot be found in the Bible then we don’t teach it. Who are we to alter God’s Word? We promote what the Bible calls a strong “love of the truth”; not settling for anything less than what God has for us in His Word. We are far from perfect, but we strive to know and understand our God more and more each day.{Scriptural References: John 5:39, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, 2 Timothy 2:15, James 1:22, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Revelation 20:12, & Revelation 22:18-19.}

The Word of God

In accordance with the Apostle Paul’s teachings, we agree that the Godhead is “clearly seen” and that it is to be understood. In the Old Testament it was no mystery that there is only one God in Heaven, and one God alone. The Jews, God’s people, strongly taught that there was no other God beside the one true God they served. In the New Testament, it is revealed that the very God of the Old Testament had become a man in the form of Jesus Christ. God himself impregnated Mary, therefore creating the child in her womb, which was composed of both God and humanity. The birth of Jesus is where the son-ship comes into play because he was physically born, but the miracles that were performed through the man came from none other than God himself. Jesus was God on the inside, but humanity on the outside (i.e. his flesh). Simply put, God gave himself a body, and the invisible God of the Old Testament became visible to mankind. The prophet Isaiah taught us that the messiah, Jesus Christ, would be called the “mighty God” and “everlasting Father”. Other scripture tells us that Jesus was “God with us” and that Jesus and the Father “are one” in the same. Perhaps the greatest explanation of this concept was given by Jesus himself when he told the apostle Philip, “he that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” Philip asked Jesus to show him the Father, and Jesus replied by basically saying, “You’re looking at him right now Philip”. The bible tells us that the New Testament church is to be built on these 3 things: the Prophets, the Apostles, and Jesus Christ being the “chief corner stone”. The Prophets believed in one God and they believed that their God would become their savior in the form of a man. The Apostles, who were also Jews, believed and taught one God as well. The oneness of God is seen all throughout the Bible, and no other doctrine or philosophy on the Godhead can be found using scripture alone. {Scriptural References: Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 43:10-12, Isaiah 44:6, Matthew 1:23, John 1:1&14, John 10:30, John 14:7-11, Romans 1:20, Ephesians 2:19-20, 1 Timothy 3:16, & Revelation 22:13.}

We believe that Jesus Christ said it best when he told Nicodemus, a religious man, “ye must be born again” in order to see the kingdom of God. When Nicodemus asked for further clarification, Jesus told him that a person must be “born of water and of the Spirit”. Clearly these 2 components are vital to a person’s salvation, but Jesus also made statements in regards to repentance and living a faithful lifestyle until the end, which implies continuing to live a Christian lifestyle even after initial conversion. Jesus said that unless we repent we will “perish” and that “he that shall endure unto the end” will be saved. Throughout the gospels in the New Testament Jesus makes multiple references to repentance, remission of sins / water baptism, and the infilling of the Holy Ghost (God’s own spirit).It is no wonder that after Jesus gave the Apostle Peter the “keys of the kingdom” that Peter also taught the same gospel saving message when the church was born and started in the book of Acts. After Jesus had died and rose again, just before he ascended into Heaven, he told Peter and the rest of the apostles to wait in Jerusalem until they were “endued with power from on high”. The apostles obeyed Jesus’ command, and shortly thereafter they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. It was then that Peter proclaimed to all that repentance, water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and the infilling of the Holy Ghost was in fact the “born again” experience Jesus had been talking about throughout his ministry.Not much longer after, a man by the name of Saul was converted by the same gospel Peter had taught on the Day of Pentecost. Later renamed Paul, and called an Apostle of God, he would go on to write the majority of the New Testament. In both Paul’s conversion story and in his own writings, you see direct references to repentance, water baptism, and the Holy Ghost. In fact, Paul is the one who so plainly tells us that the true gospel is “death… burial… and resurrection” in relation to Jesus’ own life. A true Christian must, in the words of Jesus, “take up his cross, and follow me”. Paul gives a strict warning to all mankind in the book of Galatians, strongly discouraging the teaching of any other gospel than the gospel that was taught to him in the book of Acts at his conversion.One common misperception is that because we can obtain salvation by the grace of God, we can somehow come to God and be saved without changing the way we live. It is true that grace has given us the opportunity to be saved even though we don’t deserve it, but grace does not give us a license to sin and to justify our sin. Paul put it best when he asked if we should break the laws of God because we have found grace, and he answered his own question by saying, “God forbid”. In fact, Paul tells us that because we have found grace we should actually fulfill the law and obey it. Paul was only echoing the words of Jesus when he said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments”. That is why Jesus said we would receive “power” once we receive his spirit. Power to overcome sin and to live a godly lifestyle. Not to be proud or boastful, but to be an example to others of what God can do in a person’s life. No one changes over night, but God gives his spirit to those that believe in him in order to help them fulfill the call on their life. Since it is impossible to see God without “holiness”, and since we cannot become “holy” on our own, it only makes sense that God devised a plan to save us and to help us live holy lives so that we can see him some day in Heaven.{Scriptural References (Salvation): Isaiah 28:11-12, Joel 2:28-29, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 16:19&24, Matthew 24:13, Mark 16:16-17, Luke 13:3, Luke 24:45-49, John 3:1-8, John 7:37-39, John 20:22, Acts 1:4&8, Acts 2:1-4, 14-18, 33 & 37-39, Acts 8:12-20 & 26-38, Acts 10:44-48, Acts 19:1-6, Acts 22:6-16, Romans 6:3-4, 1 Corinthians 14:18, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Galatians 1:6-10, Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 4:4-6, Colossians 2:12, & 1 Peter 3:21.Scriptural References (Christian Living): John 14:15, Romans 3:31, Romans 6:1-2 & 14-18, 1 Corinthians 6:14-20, 2 Corinthians 6:14-17, Galatians 2:17-18, 1 Timothy 4:11-12, James 2:17-20, Hebrews 12:14, & 1 Peter 1:13-16.}

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