What I believe

I believe there is only one God and that HE has revealed Himself through
creation, in scripture and in Christ.
- God is an infinite Spirit, the Creator of all things, yet personally knowable to those who by His grace possess eternal life -( Scrip refs: Deut 6:4; I Cor 8:6; Romans 1:19-21; John 5:39; John 1:18; John 4:24; Genesis 1:1; John 17:3 )

I believe In the unity of the Godhead, there are three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit who are equal, and yet distinct, and that God has been this way for eternity (Scrip refs: Gen 1:26; Matt 28:19; John 1:1-3; 14)
-  HE is referred to as God the Father in John 6:27; as the Son in Matt 28:19 and the Holy Spirit in Acts 5:3-4

I believe that Jesus Christ is not just an Historical figure, great religious leader, or great teacher, but is God.  He does not merely express the nature of God, nor did He at some point become God, but actually is God. (John 1:1, I John 5:20) and as God, Jesus was never created, but has always, and always will exist. (Micah 5:2, Col 1:16-17)
- I find His presence and activity in the Old Testament as the Angel of the Lord (Gen 16:7-13) -

He was born of the virgin Mary in a miraculous manner as none other can be born (Is 7:14; Matt 1:18-25,; Luke 1:16-35)
- Jesus was not only God, but after the incarnation He was human as well, not just partially, but fully.
- He experienced normal human development and temptations just as all humans do (Luke 2nd chp: vs40; Matt 4:1-11; Heb 2:18)
- In the hypostatic union Christ not only had the divine nature, but the human nature, apart of the inherent sin of Adam. (Heb 2:14)
- This union enabled Christ to be our perfect mediator (I Tim 2:5, Heb 9:11-28)

I believe The Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and the Son. (Matt 28:19; I Cor 12:4-6)... The Spirit was involved in creation, the incarnation of Christ, inspiration of scripture and regeneration (Gen 1:2; Matt 1:18-20; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Titus 3:5)

I believe the Bible is the Word of God and consist of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments which are the canon of scripture (I Thess. 2:13)... I farther believe that the inspiration of the Bible was a result of verbal (each word inspirited) Plenary (all scripture fully, and equally inspired) inspiration....that scripture is the breath of God inspired through men by the work of the Holy spirit .
- All scripture is infallible and inerrant, and is therefore our final authority and supreme standard of faith and practice; and that the power to change lives does not come from human wisdom or philosophies, but through the Word of God. (Scrip refs: Matt 4:4; 24:15; Rom 15:4; 2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Pet 1:19-21; John 10:35; Matt 5:17-20; Titus 1:2; I Thess 2:13; Rom 1:16; Heb 4:12; Matt 28:19-20)

I believe that Salvation is by grace through faith and is in no way on the basis of human merit or works (Eph 2:8-10, Titus 3:5)... and that this salvation was purchased with the blood of the perfect Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ (I Peter 1:18-19)

I believe that the Bible clearly proclaims that the salvation of the believer is eternally secure. We are unable to lose salvation through our works, just as we were unable to gain it through works. Salvation is not based on what we do, but on what Christ has done. (Eph 2:8-9) and we are kept secure through God's power. (John 6:37-40, 10:27-30; Eph 4:30)

I believe that the church is made up of all those who have placed their faith and trust in Christ alone for their Salvation and is one united spiritual body through the Holy Spirit (I Cor 12:12-13)

 

I believe that the only true basis of Christian fellowship is
Christ's Love, which is greater than any differences we possess.

 (I Cor 13th chapter)