We believe that there is one God, manifested in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:26; Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
We believe that Jesus is the begotten Son of God, was born of a virgin, is wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died as a substitutional sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose from the grave and ascended into heaven. (John 1:14; 3:16; Matthew 4; Luke 4; Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21)
We believe in the literal, bodily return of Jesus Christ to earth. (Revelation 19)
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God without any error, the sole authority for life.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
We believe that man is a special creation of God, made in His image. (Genesis 1:26-27)
We believe that mankind fell through the sin of the first man, Adam, and that all men are sinners in need of salvation. (Genesis 3:15; Romans 5:12-15)
We believe that salvation is a gift of grace from God, received through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 6:23; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 1:12)
We believe that every person who truly is saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ.
(John 10:28-30; Ephesians 1:13-14; Hebrews 7:25; 10:10,14)
We believe that those persons who die without faith in Jesus Christ spend eternity in Hell and those person who die with their sins forgiven, through faith in Christ, spend eternity in Heaven.
(John 3:16; Revelation 20:14-15)
We believe that water baptism is in obedience to the command of Christ and is by immersion after salvation. (Romans 6:3-10)
We believe that the local church is the local body of baptized believers with the Lord Jesus Christ as the head. (Ephesians 1:22-23)
We believe that each believer has direct access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible, God’s Word. (1 Timothy 2:5-6; Hebrews 10:19-26)
We believe in the separation of church and state, but not in the separation of God and government.
(1 Peter 2:13-17)
We believe that Jesus is the begotten Son of God, was born of a virgin, is wholly God and wholly man, lived a sinless life, died as a substitutional sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose from the grave and ascended into heaven. (John 1:14; 3:16; Matthew 4; Luke 4; Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21)
We believe in the literal, bodily return of Jesus Christ to earth. (Revelation 19)
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God without any error, the sole authority for life.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
We believe that man is a special creation of God, made in His image. (Genesis 1:26-27)
We believe that mankind fell through the sin of the first man, Adam, and that all men are sinners in need of salvation. (Genesis 3:15; Romans 5:12-15)
We believe that salvation is a gift of grace from God, received through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 6:23; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 1:12)
We believe that every person who truly is saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ.
(John 10:28-30; Ephesians 1:13-14; Hebrews 7:25; 10:10,14)
We believe that those persons who die without faith in Jesus Christ spend eternity in Hell and those person who die with their sins forgiven, through faith in Christ, spend eternity in Heaven.
(John 3:16; Revelation 20:14-15)
We believe that water baptism is in obedience to the command of Christ and is by immersion after salvation. (Romans 6:3-10)
We believe that the local church is the local body of baptized believers with the Lord Jesus Christ as the head. (Ephesians 1:22-23)
We believe that each believer has direct access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible, God’s Word. (1 Timothy 2:5-6; Hebrews 10:19-26)
We believe in the separation of church and state, but not in the separation of God and government.
(1 Peter 2:13-17)
Articles of Faith
Of the Scriptures
We believe in the authority and sufficiency
of the Holy Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New
Testaments, as originally written; that it was verbally and plenarily
inspired and is the product of Spirit-controlled men, and therefore is
infallible and inerrant in all matters of which it speaks.
We believe the Bible to be the true
center of Christian unity and the supreme standard by which all human
conduct, creed and opinions shall be tried. 2 Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:19-21
The True God
We believe there is one and only one living
and true God, an infinite Spirit, the Maker and supreme Ruler of Heaven
and earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all
possible honor, confidence and love; that in the unity of the Godhead
there are three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, equal
in every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices
in the great work of redemption. Exodus 20:2,3; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Revelation 4:11
The Son
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the
eternal Son of God, the second person of the trinity, became man without
ceasing to God, having been supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and
redeem sinful man. He possesses all the divine attributes and He is coequal, consubstantial, and coeternal with the Father. Genesis 3:15; Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:1,2,14; Luke 1:35; Hebrews 1:1-3,8; Titus 2:14; Isaiah 7:14; John 10:30; 14:9.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of
Christ and in His ascension into Heaven, where He now sits at the right
hand of the Father as our High Priest interceding for us. Matthew
28:6,7; Luke 24:2-6,39,51; John 20:27; 1 Corinthians 15:3,4; Mark 16:6;
Acts 1:9-11; Revelation 3:21; Hebrews 7:25; 8:6; 12:2; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1
John 2:1; Hebrews 2:17; 5:9,10
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine
person, equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same
nature; that He was active in the creation; that in His relation to the
unbelieving world He restrains the evil one until God’s purpose is
fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgment;
that He bears witness to the truth of the gospel in preaching and
testimony; that He is the Agent in the new birth; that He seals, endues,
guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies and helps the believer. We
believe that the sign/revelatory gifts of the Holy Spirit have
fulfilled their purpose and are not applicable to the work of the Holy
Spirit today.
John 14:16,17; Matthew 28:19; Hebrews 9:14;
John 14:26; Luke 1:35; Genesis 1:1-3; John 16:8-11; Acts 5:30-32; John
3:5-6; Ephesians 1:13,14; Mark 1:8; John 1:33; Acts 11:16; Luke 24:49;
Romans 8:14,16,26,27
The Devil, or Satan
We believe in the reality and personality of
Satan, the Devil; and that he was created by God as an angel but
through pride and rebellion became the enemy of his Creator; that he
became the unholy god of this age and the ruler of all the powers of
darkness and is destined to the judgment of an eternal justice in the
lake of fire.
Matthew 4:1-11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 20:10
Creation
We believer the Biblical account of the
creation of the physical universe, angels, and man; that this account is
neither allegory nor myth, but a literal, historical account of the
direct, immediate creative acts of God without any evolutionary process;
that man was created by a direct work of God and not from previously
existing forms of life; and that all men are descended from the
historical Adam and Eve, first parents of the entire human race.
Genesis 1: 2; Colossians 1:16,17; John 1:3
The Fall of Man
We believe that man was created in
innocence (in the image and likeness of God) under the law of his Maker,
but by voluntary transgression Adam fell from his sinless and happy
state, and all men sinned in him, in consequence of which all men are
totally depraved, are partakers of Adam’s fallen nature, and are sinners
by nature and by conduct, and therefore are under just condemnation
without defense or excuse.
Genesis 3:1-6; Romans 3:10-19; 5:12,19; 1:18,32
Salvation
We believe that the salvation of sinners is
divinely initiated and wholly of grace through the mediatorial offices
of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who, by the appointment of the Father,
voluntarily took upon Himself our nature, yet without sin, and honored
the divine law by His personal obedience, thus qualifying Himself to be
our Savior; that by the shedding of His blood in His death He fully
satisfied the just demands of a holy and righteous God regarding sin;
that His sacrifice consisted not in setting us an example by His death
as a martyr, but was a voluntary substitution of Himself in the sinner’s
place, the Just dying for the unjust, Christ the Lord bearing our sins
in His own body on the tree; that having risen from the dead He is now
enthroned in Heaven, and uniting in His wonderful person the tenderest
sympathies with divine perfection, He is in every way qualified to be a
suitable, a compassionate and an all-sufficient Savior.
We believe that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only condition of salvation. Repentance is a change of mind and purpose toward God prompted by the Holy Spirit and is an integral part of saving faith.
Jonah 2:9; Ephesians 2:8; Acts 15:11; Romans
3:24,25; John 3:16; Matthew 18:11; Philippians 2:7,8; Hebrews 2:14-17;
Isaiah 53:4-7; 1 John 4:10; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1
Peter 2:24
Grace and the New Birth
We believe that in order to be saved,
sinners must be born again; that the new birth is a new creation in
Christ Jesus; that it is instantaneous and not a process; that in the
new birth the one dead in trespasses and in sins is made a partaker of
the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God; that
the new creation is brought about by our sovereign God in a manner above
our comprehension, solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection
with divine truth, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the
gospel; that its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of
repentance, faith and newness of life.
John 3:3; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 John 5:1; Acts 16:20-33; 2 Peter 1:4; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:1,5; Colossians 2:13; John 3:8
Justification
We believe that justification is that
judicial act of God whereby He declares the believer righteous upon the
basis of the imputed righteousness of Christ; that it is bestowed, not
in consideration of any work of righteousness which we have done, but
solely through faith in the Redeemer’s shed blood.
Romans 3:24; 4:5; 5:1,9; Galatians 2:16; Philippians 3:9
Sanctification
We believe that sanctification is the divine
setting apart of the believer unto God accomplished in a threefold
manner; first, an eternal act of God, based upon redemption in Christ,
establishing the believer in a position of holiness at the moment he
trusts the Savior; second, a continuing process in the saint as the Holy
Spirit applies the Word of God to the life; third, the final
accomplishment of this process at the Lord’s return.
Hebrews 10:10-14; 3:1; John 17:17; 2
Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 5:25-27; 1 Thessalonians
4:3,4; 5:23,24; 1 John 3:2; Jude 24,25; Revelation 22:11
The Security of the Saints
We believe that all who are truly born again are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6; John 10:28,29; Romans 8:35-39; Jude 1
The Church
We believe that a local church is an
organized congregation of immersed believers, associated by covenant of
faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ;
governed by His laws; and exercising the gifts, rights and privileges
invested in them by His Word; that its officers are pastors and deacons,
whose qualifications, claims and duties are clearly defined in the
Scriptures. We believe the true mission of the church is the faithful witnessing of Christ to all men as we have opportunity. We
hold that the local church has the absolute right of self-government
free from the interference of any hierarchy of individuals or
organizations; and that the one and only Superintendent is Christ
through the Holy Spirit; that it is Scriptural for true churches to
cooperate with each other in contending for the faith and for the
furtherance of the gospel; that each local church is the sole judge of
the measure and method of its cooperation; that on all matters of
membership, of polity, of government, of discipline, of benevolence, the
will of the local church is final.
1 Corinthians 11:2; Acts 29:17-28; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Acts 2:41,42
We believe in the unity of all New Testament believers in the Church which is the Body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:12,13; Ephesians 1:22,23; 3:1-6; 4:11; 5:23; Colossians 1:18; Acts 15:13-18
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
We believe that Christian baptism is the
single immersion of a believer in water to show forth in a solemn and
beautiful emblem our identification with the crucified, buried and risen
Savior, through Whom we died to sin and rose to a new life; that
baptism is to be performed under the authority of the local church; and
that it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership.
We believe that the Lord’s Supper is the
commemoration of His death until He come, and should be preceded always
by solemn self-examination. We believe that the Biblical
order of the ordinances is baptism first and then the Lord’s Supper, and
that participants in the Lord’s Supper should be immersed believers.
Acts 8:36,38,39; John 3:23; Romans 6:3-5; Matthew 3:16; Colossians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 11:23-28; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:41,42
Separation
We believer in obedience to the Biblical commands to separate ourselves unto God from worldliness and ecclesiastical apostasy.
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:9,10; 1 Timothy 6:3-5; Romans 16:17; 2 John 9-11
Civil Government
We believe that civil government is of
divine appointment for the interests and good order of human society;
that magistrates are to be prayed for, conscientiously honored, and
obeyed; except in those things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus
Christ Who is the only Lord of the conscience, and the coming King of
kings.
Romans 13:1-7; 2 Samuel 23:3; Exodus 18:21,22; Acts 23:5; Matthew 22:21; Acts 5:29; 4:19,20; Daniel 3:17-18
Israel
We believe in the sovereign selection of
Israel as God’s eternal covenant people, that she is now dispersed
because of her disobedience and rejection of Christ, and that she will
be regathered in the Holy Land and, after the completion of the church,
will be saved as a nation at the second advent of Christ.
Genesis 13:14-17; Romans 11:1-32; Ezekiel 37
Rapture and Subsequent Events
We believe in the premillennial return of
Christ, an event which can occur at any moment, and that at that moment
the dead in Christ shall be raised in glorified bodies, and the living
in Christ shall be given glorified bodies without tasting death, and all
shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air before the seven years
of the Tribulation. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:42-44,51-54; Philippians 3:20,21; Revelation 3:10 We
believe that the Tribulation, which follows the Rapture of the Church,
will be culminated by the revelation of Christ in power and great glory
to sit upon the throne of David and to establish the millennial kingdom.
Daniel 9:25-27; Matthew 24:29-31; Luke 1:30-33; Isaiah 9:6,7; 11:1-9; Acts 2:29,30; Revelation 20:1-4,6
The Righteous and the Wicked
We believe that there is a radical and
essential difference between the righteous and the wicked; that only
those who are justified by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and sanctified
by the Spirit of our God are truly righteous in His esteem; while all
such as continue in impenitence and unbelief are in His sight wicked and
under the curse; and this distinction holds among men both in and after
death, in the everlasting felicity of the saved and the everlasting
conscious suffering of the lost in the lake of fire.
Malachi 3:18; Genesis 18:23; Romans 6:17,18;
1 John 5:19; Romans 7:6; 6:23; Proverbs 14:32; Luke 16:25; Matthew
25:34-41; John 8:21; Revelation 20:14,15
We believe in the authority and sufficiency
of the Holy Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New
Testaments, as originally written; that it was verbally and plenarily
inspired and is the product of Spirit-controlled men, and therefore is
infallible and inerrant in all matters of which it speaks.
We believe the Bible to be the true
center of Christian unity and the supreme standard by which all human
conduct, creed and opinions shall be tried. 2 Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:19-21
The True God
We believe there is one and only one living
and true God, an infinite Spirit, the Maker and supreme Ruler of Heaven
and earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all
possible honor, confidence and love; that in the unity of the Godhead
there are three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, equal
in every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices
in the great work of redemption. Exodus 20:2,3; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Revelation 4:11
The Son
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the
eternal Son of God, the second person of the trinity, became man without
ceasing to God, having been supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and
redeem sinful man. He possesses all the divine attributes and He is coequal, consubstantial, and coeternal with the Father. Genesis 3:15; Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:1,2,14; Luke 1:35; Hebrews 1:1-3,8; Titus 2:14; Isaiah 7:14; John 10:30; 14:9.
We believe in the bodily resurrection of
Christ and in His ascension into Heaven, where He now sits at the right
hand of the Father as our High Priest interceding for us. Matthew
28:6,7; Luke 24:2-6,39,51; John 20:27; 1 Corinthians 15:3,4; Mark 16:6;
Acts 1:9-11; Revelation 3:21; Hebrews 7:25; 8:6; 12:2; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1
John 2:1; Hebrews 2:17; 5:9,10
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine
person, equal with God the Father and God the Son and of the same
nature; that He was active in the creation; that in His relation to the
unbelieving world He restrains the evil one until God’s purpose is
fulfilled; that He convicts of sin, of righteousness and of judgment;
that He bears witness to the truth of the gospel in preaching and
testimony; that He is the Agent in the new birth; that He seals, endues,
guides, teaches, witnesses, sanctifies and helps the believer. We
believe that the sign/revelatory gifts of the Holy Spirit have
fulfilled their purpose and are not applicable to the work of the Holy
Spirit today.
John 14:16,17; Matthew 28:19; Hebrews 9:14;
John 14:26; Luke 1:35; Genesis 1:1-3; John 16:8-11; Acts 5:30-32; John
3:5-6; Ephesians 1:13,14; Mark 1:8; John 1:33; Acts 11:16; Luke 24:49;
Romans 8:14,16,26,27
The Devil, or Satan
We believe in the reality and personality of
Satan, the Devil; and that he was created by God as an angel but
through pride and rebellion became the enemy of his Creator; that he
became the unholy god of this age and the ruler of all the powers of
darkness and is destined to the judgment of an eternal justice in the
lake of fire.
Matthew 4:1-11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 20:10
Creation
We believer the Biblical account of the
creation of the physical universe, angels, and man; that this account is
neither allegory nor myth, but a literal, historical account of the
direct, immediate creative acts of God without any evolutionary process;
that man was created by a direct work of God and not from previously
existing forms of life; and that all men are descended from the
historical Adam and Eve, first parents of the entire human race.
Genesis 1: 2; Colossians 1:16,17; John 1:3
The Fall of Man
We believe that man was created in
innocence (in the image and likeness of God) under the law of his Maker,
but by voluntary transgression Adam fell from his sinless and happy
state, and all men sinned in him, in consequence of which all men are
totally depraved, are partakers of Adam’s fallen nature, and are sinners
by nature and by conduct, and therefore are under just condemnation
without defense or excuse.
Genesis 3:1-6; Romans 3:10-19; 5:12,19; 1:18,32
Salvation
We believe that the salvation of sinners is
divinely initiated and wholly of grace through the mediatorial offices
of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who, by the appointment of the Father,
voluntarily took upon Himself our nature, yet without sin, and honored
the divine law by His personal obedience, thus qualifying Himself to be
our Savior; that by the shedding of His blood in His death He fully
satisfied the just demands of a holy and righteous God regarding sin;
that His sacrifice consisted not in setting us an example by His death
as a martyr, but was a voluntary substitution of Himself in the sinner’s
place, the Just dying for the unjust, Christ the Lord bearing our sins
in His own body on the tree; that having risen from the dead He is now
enthroned in Heaven, and uniting in His wonderful person the tenderest
sympathies with divine perfection, He is in every way qualified to be a
suitable, a compassionate and an all-sufficient Savior.
We believe that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the only condition of salvation. Repentance is a change of mind and purpose toward God prompted by the Holy Spirit and is an integral part of saving faith.
Jonah 2:9; Ephesians 2:8; Acts 15:11; Romans
3:24,25; John 3:16; Matthew 18:11; Philippians 2:7,8; Hebrews 2:14-17;
Isaiah 53:4-7; 1 John 4:10; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1
Peter 2:24
Grace and the New Birth
We believe that in order to be saved,
sinners must be born again; that the new birth is a new creation in
Christ Jesus; that it is instantaneous and not a process; that in the
new birth the one dead in trespasses and in sins is made a partaker of
the divine nature and receives eternal life, the free gift of God; that
the new creation is brought about by our sovereign God in a manner above
our comprehension, solely by the power of the Holy Spirit in connection
with divine truth, so as to secure our voluntary obedience to the
gospel; that its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of
repentance, faith and newness of life.
John 3:3; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 John 5:1; Acts 16:20-33; 2 Peter 1:4; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:1,5; Colossians 2:13; John 3:8
Justification
We believe that justification is that
judicial act of God whereby He declares the believer righteous upon the
basis of the imputed righteousness of Christ; that it is bestowed, not
in consideration of any work of righteousness which we have done, but
solely through faith in the Redeemer’s shed blood.
Romans 3:24; 4:5; 5:1,9; Galatians 2:16; Philippians 3:9
Sanctification
We believe that sanctification is the divine
setting apart of the believer unto God accomplished in a threefold
manner; first, an eternal act of God, based upon redemption in Christ,
establishing the believer in a position of holiness at the moment he
trusts the Savior; second, a continuing process in the saint as the Holy
Spirit applies the Word of God to the life; third, the final
accomplishment of this process at the Lord’s return.
Hebrews 10:10-14; 3:1; John 17:17; 2
Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 5:25-27; 1 Thessalonians
4:3,4; 5:23,24; 1 John 3:2; Jude 24,25; Revelation 22:11
The Security of the Saints
We believe that all who are truly born again are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6; John 10:28,29; Romans 8:35-39; Jude 1
The Church
We believe that a local church is an
organized congregation of immersed believers, associated by covenant of
faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ;
governed by His laws; and exercising the gifts, rights and privileges
invested in them by His Word; that its officers are pastors and deacons,
whose qualifications, claims and duties are clearly defined in the
Scriptures. We believe the true mission of the church is the faithful witnessing of Christ to all men as we have opportunity. We
hold that the local church has the absolute right of self-government
free from the interference of any hierarchy of individuals or
organizations; and that the one and only Superintendent is Christ
through the Holy Spirit; that it is Scriptural for true churches to
cooperate with each other in contending for the faith and for the
furtherance of the gospel; that each local church is the sole judge of
the measure and method of its cooperation; that on all matters of
membership, of polity, of government, of discipline, of benevolence, the
will of the local church is final.
1 Corinthians 11:2; Acts 29:17-28; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Acts 2:41,42
We believe in the unity of all New Testament believers in the Church which is the Body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:12,13; Ephesians 1:22,23; 3:1-6; 4:11; 5:23; Colossians 1:18; Acts 15:13-18
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
We believe that Christian baptism is the
single immersion of a believer in water to show forth in a solemn and
beautiful emblem our identification with the crucified, buried and risen
Savior, through Whom we died to sin and rose to a new life; that
baptism is to be performed under the authority of the local church; and
that it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership.
We believe that the Lord’s Supper is the
commemoration of His death until He come, and should be preceded always
by solemn self-examination. We believe that the Biblical
order of the ordinances is baptism first and then the Lord’s Supper, and
that participants in the Lord’s Supper should be immersed believers.
Acts 8:36,38,39; John 3:23; Romans 6:3-5; Matthew 3:16; Colossians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 11:23-28; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:41,42
Separation
We believer in obedience to the Biblical commands to separate ourselves unto God from worldliness and ecclesiastical apostasy.
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:9,10; 1 Timothy 6:3-5; Romans 16:17; 2 John 9-11
Civil Government
We believe that civil government is of
divine appointment for the interests and good order of human society;
that magistrates are to be prayed for, conscientiously honored, and
obeyed; except in those things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus
Christ Who is the only Lord of the conscience, and the coming King of
kings.
Romans 13:1-7; 2 Samuel 23:3; Exodus 18:21,22; Acts 23:5; Matthew 22:21; Acts 5:29; 4:19,20; Daniel 3:17-18
Israel
We believe in the sovereign selection of
Israel as God’s eternal covenant people, that she is now dispersed
because of her disobedience and rejection of Christ, and that she will
be regathered in the Holy Land and, after the completion of the church,
will be saved as a nation at the second advent of Christ.
Genesis 13:14-17; Romans 11:1-32; Ezekiel 37
Rapture and Subsequent Events
We believe in the premillennial return of
Christ, an event which can occur at any moment, and that at that moment
the dead in Christ shall be raised in glorified bodies, and the living
in Christ shall be given glorified bodies without tasting death, and all
shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air before the seven years
of the Tribulation. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:42-44,51-54; Philippians 3:20,21; Revelation 3:10 We
believe that the Tribulation, which follows the Rapture of the Church,
will be culminated by the revelation of Christ in power and great glory
to sit upon the throne of David and to establish the millennial kingdom.
Daniel 9:25-27; Matthew 24:29-31; Luke 1:30-33; Isaiah 9:6,7; 11:1-9; Acts 2:29,30; Revelation 20:1-4,6
The Righteous and the Wicked
We believe that there is a radical and
essential difference between the righteous and the wicked; that only
those who are justified by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and sanctified
by the Spirit of our God are truly righteous in His esteem; while all
such as continue in impenitence and unbelief are in His sight wicked and
under the curse; and this distinction holds among men both in and after
death, in the everlasting felicity of the saved and the everlasting
conscious suffering of the lost in the lake of fire.
Malachi 3:18; Genesis 18:23; Romans 6:17,18;
1 John 5:19; Romans 7:6; 6:23; Proverbs 14:32; Luke 16:25; Matthew
25:34-41; John 8:21; Revelation 20:14,15
