I believe that there is only one true and living God, eternally existing in three Persons, namely, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. I believe that each part of this tri-unity is a distinct Person, but all of one essence and all having the same nature, perfections, and attributes, and each is worthy of precisely the same worship, confidence, and obedience.
I believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is
truly man and God, who in His incarnation was conceived of the Holy Ghost and
born of the virgin, Mary. In His earthly ministry He lived a sinless life,
performed miracles, and died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins according
to and fulfilling the Scriptures. By the power of God, He was raised from the
dead in the same body now glorified. He ascended into Heaven where, at the
right hand of God, He continually makes intercession for us. Also I believe in
His personal and literal second coming in power and glory.
I believe that the Holy Ghost is the third Person
of the Trinity, very God, existent with the Father and the Son. The Holy Ghost
is the chief agent in regeneration, active in creation, conviction,
preservation, sanctification and equipping the believer for a life of purity,
power and service. I believe in the empowerment of the Holy Ghost working
in the life of the believer.
I believe in the special creation of the existing
space-time universe and all its basic systems and kinds of organisms in the six
literal days of the creation week as stated in the book of Genesis. Also that
the physical universe of space, time, matter, and energy has not always
existed, but was supernaturally created by a transcendent personal Creator who
alone has existed from eternity and that the miraculous phenomenon of
biological life did not develop by improbable chance from inanimate systems but
was specially and supernaturally created by the Creator.
I believe that the Bible is the perfect Word of
God, inspired by the Holy Ghost, a revelation from God to men; the infallible
rule of faith and conduct, and is superior to conscience and reason. I
believe in the unique divine inspiration of all canonical books of the Old and
New Testaments as originally given, so that they are infallibly and uniquely
authoritative and free from error of any sort, in all matters with which they
deal, scientific and historical as well as moral and theological. Also that
God, in His singular providential care, has kept His word all through the ages,
right down to the present day as found in the King James Version. I consider
this book my final and absolute authority, above and beyond all other
authorities on earth.
I believe that the grace of God, which bringeth
salvation, hath appeared to every person, through the preaching of repentance
toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. Humanity is saved by the atoning
blood of Jesus through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy
Ghost, and being justified by grace through faith, and then we become an heir
of God and have the promise of eternal life.
I believe that all who have this salvation are
entitled to, and should zealously expect, and earnestly seek, the promise of
the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire; according to the command of
the Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that this was the normal experience of all in
the early Christian Church and with it, and subsequent to it, comes the
enduement of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts of the
Spirit and their uses in the work of the ministry. This wonderful experience of
the baptism in the Holy Ghost is distinct from and subsequent to the experience
of salvation.
I believe that the Church is the body of Christ, the
habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the
fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the spirit, is an
integral part of the general assembly and is to not forsake the coming together
with other like-minded believers for the purpose of worshipping God, Christian
fellowship and encouragement of each other. The commission of the church is to
witness concerning Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures, and to preach the
Gospel among all nations and to remain faithful until His return.
I believe that the Scriptures teach a life of
Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord and by the power of the Holy
Ghost I am able to obey the command, “Be ye holy, for I am Holy.” The
doctrine of entire sanctification is the will of God for all believers, and
should be earnestly pursued by walking in obedience to commands and precepts of
God’s Holy Word. I believe that a Christian should avoid all sin and even the
very appearance of evil, patterning our lives after Jesus Christ.
I believe that God created
man and that He created them male and female. As such He created them different
so as to complement and complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage
between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure
of human society. I believe that the only type of marriage is between one man
and one woman in accordance with the Bible consistent with both the Old and New
Testament, and any other type is a perversion and an a abomination to God.
I believe in the existence of a personal, malignant
being called Satan who acts as tempter and accuser, for whom the place of
eternal punishment was prepared, where all who die outside of Christ shall be
confined in conscious torment for eternity. I believe that the devil and his angels, the
beast and the false prophet, and whosoever is not found written in the Book of
Life, shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake which burneth
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
I believe in a literal Heaven and a literal Hell and that all those who place their faith, hope and trust in Jesus Christ, by having their sins covered by His blood, will spend eternity with the Lord in Heaven, a place of eternal joy and peace, while those who reject the free gift of salvation will spend eternity separated from the Lord in Hell, a place of eternal torment and sorrow.
I believe in a literal Heaven and a literal Hell and that all those who place their faith, hope and trust in Jesus Christ, by having their sins covered by His blood, will spend eternity with the Lord in Heaven, a place of eternal joy and peace, while those who reject the free gift of salvation will spend eternity separated from the Lord in Hell, a place of eternal torment and sorrow.
