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Statements of Beliefs

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Statements of Belief
Our Covenant Commitments 
The Divinely Inspired Word

We Believe

bulletthe Bible is the mind of Christ-the only inspired, infallible, authoritative written Word of God.
bulletthere is only one God manifested in three persons-Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
bulletin the virgin birth, deity and sinless life of our Lord Jesus Christ.
bulletin Christ's vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood.
bulletin Jesus resurrection unto a glorious spiritual body in which He reigns at the right hand of the Heavenly Father.
bulletin the resurrection of all people unto the judgment of Jesus Christ.
bulletthat the righteous will receive a resurrected glorious body, and the unrighteous will be condemned.
bulletin the present supernatural ministry of the Holy Spirit who bestows spiritual gifts to those who obey Him.
bulletthat God has established the principle of spiritual authority by which He sovereignly rules all creation.

Our Covenantal Commitments

Where we are placed in the local church for service is not a matter of personal preference, but rather a matter of God's leading in the believer's life, to be confirmed in the local church setting.  The Scripture states that God places members in the body as it pleases Him (1 Cor. 12:18).  God places us in local fellowship with His people so that we can live in covenant together, grow together, and support one another in the body of Christ.  Privilege, responsibility, and accountability should be practiced and lived out in the local church.  Because of this understanding, we practice covenantal commitments.

The Church Should Expect Me To:

bulletFaithfully attend its services.
bullet Be aware of the total church program at home and abroad and to support it by prayer.
bullet Live a consistent Christian life.
bullet Serve in the church and its outreach according to my abilities.
bullet Share my Christian testimony by word and life on a person-to-person basis.
bullet Support its work by the methods of tithing (giving a tenth of my income) and offerings.

I Should Expect The Church To:

bulletMinister to my spiritual needs, especially through the preaching of the Word.
bullet Assist me with Godly counsel especially in times of decision, stress and difficulty.
bullet Provide me with opportunities for Christian fellowship.
bullet Serve me and the members of my family in matters of religious instruction.
bullet Sustain me by the prayers and concern of pastors and fellow believers in any of the distressing circumstances of life.
bullet Be a sound steward of my financial and personal investments in the Kingdom of God.

 

Bible

The Divinely Inspired Word

In some liberal circles, the Holy Bible has come under scrutiny and been labeled as a bias literary piece written solely by the intellects of common men. This undermines the very foundation of the Christian faith. The great theologian Charles Spurgeon said it well: "The Book is a divine production; it is perfect, and is the last court of appeal—‘the judge which ends all strife.’ I would as soon dream of blaspheming my Maker as of questioning the infallibility of His Word."

As Christians, we look to the Scriptures for truth and understanding, and in them we find these divinely inspired words:

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God…(II Tim. 3:16).

In the Greek, this text literally means the Scriptures were "God-breathed," and not just part of them but all of them. Second Peter 1:20-21 declares

…no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

By inspiration, we do not mean that God dictated to the individual writers what they should say, but that His Holy Spirit so guided and controlled the writers that what they wrote was true and was the particular truth that God wanted to be communicated to His people. God allowed the writers to use their own intellects, language, and style, but when they wrote, His Holy Spirit supernaturally kept their writing free from error and rendered it the exact truth which God wanted conveyed down through the ages. The Bible thus becomes a unit, parts of which cannot be cut off without irreparable injury to the whole.

We look to the Bible as our source of truth. For Second Timothy 3:16-17 goes on to say:

(All Scripture) is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

To believe that the Bible is anything less than what it declares itself to be is to not be completely equipped to do God’s will.

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