There is one God, Creator of heaven, earth, and all life (Genesis 1:1). He formed time, space, and matter in the opening line of the Bible, existing beyond His creation, He is too vast for the heavens to contain (Psalm 90:2). He reveals Himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14), united as one (Deuteronomy 6:4). God reveals Himself through His Word, through creation’s beauty (Psalm 19:1; Romans 1:20), and above all, Jesus, who became flesh and died to reconcile us (Hebrews 9:14; Genesis 1:26-27; 3:22).
Jesus is God manifested in the flesh. He was born of a virgin. Jesus lived a sinless human life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He rose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven's glory, both fully God and fully human, where he is seated at the right hand of God and will again return to earth to reign as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
MATTHEW 1:22-23; ISAIAH 9:6; JOHN 1:1-5; 14:10-30, HEBREWS 4:14,15;
1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-4; ROMANS 1:3,4; ACTS 1:9-11; 1 TIMOTHY 6:14,15; TITUS 2:13
The Bible is God's Word to us. It was written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the divine source of truth. Because it is inspired by God; it is truth without any mixture of error. Written by around 40 authors under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit over 1500 years, the Bible has at least three hundred prophecies that Jesus fulfilled at his first coming 2000 years ago but there are over 1800 prophecies concerning his second coming.
II TIMOTHY 3:16; 2 PETER 1:20-21; II TIMOTHY 1:13; PSALM 119:105, 160, 12:6; PROVERBS 30:5
Jesus Christ was physically resurrected from the dead in a glorified body three days after His death on the cross. In addition, both the saved and the lost will be resurrected; they that are saved to the resurrection of life and they that are lost will perish.
LUKE 24:16, 36, 39; JOHN 2:19-21, 20:26-28, 21:4; ACTS 24:15; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:42, 44; PHILIPPIANS 1:21-23, 3:21 JOHN 3:16
The church is the Body of Christ, a local community of born again believers, unified through faith in Christ Jesus. It is committed to the teachings of Christ and obeying all of His commands. The church also seeks to bring the Good News to the world. Every person is an integral part of the church as a member of the body of believers. The church works together in love and unity, intent on the ultimate purpose of glorifying Christ. The church is not a building, it is people. People meet in buildings that are sanctified or set apart for worship, for people and ultimately for the glory of God.
MATTHEW 16:18-19; 18:15-20; JOHN 3: 1-21; JOHN 17:11, 20-23; ACTS 2:41-47; 5:11-14; 13:1-3; 14:23; 16:5; 20:28; I CORINTHIANS 7:17; 9:13-14; 12; EPHESIANS 1:22, 2:19-22; 3:10-12; 5:22-32; HEBREWS 12:23
People are made in the image of God and to be like Him in character. People are the supreme object of God's creation. Although every person has tremendous potential for good, all of us have been marred by sin. This sin has separated us from God and caused many problems in our lives. We were saved, we’re being saved and we will be saved. It’s a constant process to become more like Jesus and Jesus, when teaching us how to pray taught us that we are to let his kingdom come and his will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. He teaches us to forgive as we are forgiven, he teaches us to ask God for things like “deliver us from temptation and from the evil one” - all of this indicates an active, alive relationship with God and to continually keep overcoming.
GENESIS 1:27; PSALM 8:3-6; ISAIAH 53:6; ROMANS 3:23; ISAIAH 59:1-2
Jesus Christ will physically and visibly return to earth for the second time to establish His Kingdom. This will occur at a date undisclosed by the Scriptures. 1845 prophetic words speak to Jesus’ second coming.
MATTHEW 24:30, 26:63-64; ACTS 1:9-11; I THESSALONIANS 4:15-17; 2 THESSALONIANS 1:7-8; REVELATION 1:7
Repentance is the commitment to turn away from sin in every area of our lives and to follow Christ, which allows us to receive His redemption and to be regenerated by the Holy Spirit. We are instructed to keep seeking forgiveness as we sin and fall short and to live a life fully surrendered to God, dying to self daily.
ACTS 2:21, 38, 3:19; 1 JOHN 1:9
Holy Communion is a symbolic remembrance of Christ’s body that was broken and His blood that was shed for the forgiveness of sins. Communion is “eating the story” of salvation. From the passover meal in Egypt where a lamb was slain for the sins of the people to Jesus, the Lamb of God, dying on a cross for our sins, we remember this sacrifice every time we come together. Adam and Eve sinned through the act of eating and we remember what Jesus did on the cross to save us from sin through eating and drinking.
MATTHEW 26:26-29; 1 CORINTHIANS 10:16, 11:23-25