Statement of Faith
GOD
There is
one God, who manifests Himself in three "persons": God the Father,
God
the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the
Holy Spirit. God has always existed
and is the perfectly just and Holy
Creator of
the universe.
GOSPEL
Since no human being meets God
's standard of perfect holiness,
all of us
qualify as "sinners" and therefore
deserve to die and go to hell. The good news - "
Gospel"
- is that God in His love paid our death penalty for us so that
whoever believes in Him is
saved and will spend eternity with Him in heaven.
JESUS
Jesus Christ is Go
d the Son who came to earth as a baby born to a
virgin
girl named Mary. After living a
sinless life, Jesus
voluntarily died on the cross to pay the death penalty due for
our sins, and was buried. After three days, He rose from the dead to prove His deity
and
appeared to
over 500 before ascending to Go
d the Father in heaven. Jesus will
come again,
suddenly
and at a date and time known only to Go
d.
SALVATION
To be saved, we must sincerely believe that Jesus' death on the cross paid in
full for our sins. There is
no other way to be saved. We should do good works,
not to be saved, but to express our gratitude to, obey, and honor Jesus for having saved
us. Trying to win salvation
through doing good works is as
futile as death row inmates trying to win freedom
by good behavior.
BIBLE
The Bible consists of the 66 books of the Old and New Testament. It is divinely
inspired by God, who used people to write it, like we use pens to write. The
Bible is the sole authority on God's truth and God closed it with a
stern
warning not to add or remove anything from it.
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