What We Believe
CORE BELIEFS
WORD OF GOD – The King James Bible is the preserved word of God in English without any error and is word perfect. (2 Timothy 3:16, Psalms 12:6-7, Isaiah 59:21, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 24:35)
SALVATION – Salvation is by grace through faith. The only requirement of salvation is to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ with all your heart. (This means to put all your trust in the gospel: the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.) (John 3:16, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:13, Ephesians 2:8)
HELL – Everyone who does not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ alone for salvation will spend eternity in constant torment of flames of Hell with no rest day or night in the presence of the Lamb (Jesus) and his holy angels. (John 3:18, John 3:36, Matthew 10:28, Revelation 14:10, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 21:8)
ETERNAL SECURITY – Anyone who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ and receives salvation will never die and has eternal life. (Once Saved Always Saved.) (John 3:15, John 3:16, John 3:36, John 5:24, John 6:47, 1 Timothy 1:16)
TRINITY – God created the heaven and the earth and consists of three persons: The Father, Jesus Christ (The Word), and the Holy Ghost and these three are one God. (Genesis 1:1, 1 John 5:7, John 1:1, Ephesians 3:9)
THE FATHER – The Father so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son to die for the sins of the world. No man has seen the Father but he has been declared by his son, Jesus Christ, whom he sent to be the saviour of the world. (John 1:18, John 3:16, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:12)
THE SON – Jesus is the word of God, the son of God and God. He created all things and became flesh, was born of a virgin, and died for the sins of the whole world, was buried, and rose again. (John 1:1, 1 John 5:7, Colossians 1:16, Isaiah 7:14,1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 1 Timothy 3:16)
THE HOLY GHOST – The Holy Ghost is the spirit of truth and guides believers into all truth but he does not speak of himself.(John 14:26, John 15:26, John 16:13, 1 John 5:6)
BAPTISM – After putting all your trust and faith in Jesus, believers should be baptized by immersion. Baptism is not a part of salvation, but rather demonstrates the belief in Christ that they now have. (John 3:23, Mark 1:9-10, Acts 8:36-39, Romans 6:3-4, Colossians 2:12)
CHURCH – The church is a local congregation of believers and is for the edification and exhortation of the saints. (Psalms 89:5, Psalms 89:7,1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Corinthians 14:3,1 Timothy 4:13, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 13:10)
CREATION – God created the world in 6 literal days (~24 hours) around ~6,300 years ago based on the chronology of the Bible and all science. (Luke 3:23-38, Matthew 1:1-17, Exodus 20:11, Exodus 31:17, Mark 10:6, Genesis 1)
IMPORTANT DOCTRINES
SECOND COMING (Day of the Lord) – Jesus Christ will return again after a falling away, after the son of perdition is revealed, and after the tribulation. (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, Matthew 24:29, Mark 13:24)
RAPTURE (Day of the Lord) – After the tribulation, at the second coming of Christ, Jesus will send his angels to rapture the elect (believers) before his wrath is poured out on the unbelieving world. (1 Thessalonians 4:17, Matthew 24:31, Mark 13:27, Luke 17:37,Revelation 7:9)
SIN – Sin is defined as a transgression of God’s law. This includes the entire Old and New Testament except where the New Testament expressly states that there was a change of the law. (1 John 3:4, Hebrews 7:12, Hebrews 9:10, Colossians 2:16, Romans 14:20)
Below is a list of a few major sins that our society deems acceptable but are not:
Alcohol is a sin. (Proverbs 23:29-35, Proverbs 20:1, Joel 3:3, Genesis 9:20-25, Isaiah 5:22, Isaiah 28:7-8, Deuteronomy 32:32-33, Habakkuk 2:15, 1 Timothy 3:2-11, Titus 2:2-6, 1 Peter 5:8)
All fornication (1 Corinthians 6:18), sodomy & homosexuality (Romans 1:26-27), bestiality (Leviticus 20:15), pedophilia (1 Corinthians 7:36), lasciviousness (2 Corinthians 12:21) are sin.
Life begins at conception: therefore all abortion, morning after pills, IVF, birth control, etc. are sin. (Matthew 1:18-20, Luke 1:36, Genesis 16:11, Exodus 21:22, 2 Samuel 11:5, Ecclesiastes 11:5)
All Worldliness (1 John 2:15, James 4:4), Modernism (Ecclesiastes 1:9, Malachi 3:6), Feminism (Titus 2:5, 1 Peter 3:7), Formalism/Legalism (Ephesians 2:8), and Ecumenicalism (2 Timothy 4:3, Galatians 1:9) are sin.
Everyone is a sinner but certain sins should be punished with the death penalty by the government such as: murder (Numbers 35:16), rape (Deuteronomy 22:25), homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13), beastiality (Leviticus 20:15), adultery (Deuteronomy 22:24), witchcraft (Leviticus 20:27), striking/cursing your parents (Deuteronomy 21:18-21), and any other capital punishment outlined in the Old Testament which is not expressly done away with in the New Testament. (ie. Sabbath).
Christians should not take the law into their own hands but they should kick Christians out of the church for any offence punishable by death. Additionally, Christians should be thrown out for being a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. *Until this person repents of this wickedness they should not be allowed back into the church. (1 Corinthians 5:11, 1 Corinthians 5:6, Matthew 18:15-17, Ephesians 5:23-27)
FALSE DOCTRINES – All of the following are false doctrines:
Charismatic movement (glossolalia, false signs and wonders, extra-biblical revelation, etc.) (Acts 2:6, Matthew 16:4)
Calvinism (All five points are false, or twisted, or perverted) (John 3:16, Acts 7:51, Hebrews 2:9, Romans 10:13)
“Repent of your sins” as a requirement of salvation (John 3:16, Acts 16:31, Romans 10:9-13)
Racism/Zionism – Jew Worship (Unconditional Israel Support) (Romans 9:6, Revelation 2:9, Romans 2:28-29, Galatians 3:16)
Ecumenicalism (1 Corinthians 14:33,1 Corinthians 16:1, 2 Corinthians 1:1)
Pre-Tribulation Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:17, Matthew 24:31, Mark 13:27, Luke 17:37, Revelation 7:9)
Pentecostal Oneness / Modalism / Jesus Only (Rejecting the TRINITY – 3 Persons) (John 6:38, 1 John 5:7, John 8:42, 2 John 1:3, John 16:13)
Visual Aid to Help Understand the Trinity
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