| Statement of Beliefs |
STATEMENT: IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT JESUS HAS LED US INTO A MORE INTIMATE WALK WITH HIM. REMOVING THE SCALES FROM OUR EYES, THAT WE MIGHT SEE THE TRUTH OF HIS WORD. AND THEREBY WALK IN THE TRUTH AND LIGHT GIVEN TO US BY HIM THROUGH HIS APOSTLES AND PROPHETS; JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE (EPH. 2:20). ARTICLE 1 SALVATION WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS BUT ONE WAY TO OBTAIN SALVATION, AND THAT IS THROUGH AND BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. WE BELIEVE THAT ONCE A PERSON IS SAVED, THAT HE IS ETERNALLY SECURE AS LONG AS HE CONTINUES TO FOLLOW ON TO KNOW CHRIST. WE BELIEVE THAT NO SIN SHALL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS STATED IN MATTHEW 18:2-3 AND JESUS CALLED A LITTLE CHILD UNTO HIM, AND SET HIM IN THE MIDST OF THEM, 3 AND SAID, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, EXCEPT YE BE CONVERTED, AND BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN, YE SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. WE BELIEVE SALVATION IS FREE AND CANNOT BE OBTAINED BY WORKS. BUT WE FURTHER BELIEVE THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. SALVATION BY GRACE, AND FAITH WITH WORKS. ARTICLE 2 THE WORD (Amendment 2 May 5, 2007) WE BELIEVE THE HOLY WORD OF GOD IS PURE, UNADULTERATED & TRUE AND IS GIVEN TO MEN TO WALK AND LIVE BY AS OUR GUIDE TO SEE JESUS, AND AS OUR HOPE TO AN ETERNAL HOME WITH HIM. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE WORD IS TO BE APPLIED TO OUR LIVES DAILY. JUST AS WE BREAK THE DAILY BREAD TO SUSTAIN OUR PHYSICAL LIVES, WE BELIEVE THAT WE MUST BREAK THE BREAD OF LIFE (THE WORD OF GOD) TO SUSTAIN OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES. ARTICLE 3 HOLINESS WE BELIEVE THAT ALL MEN WHO SEEK GOD MUST WALK HOLY BEFORE HIM. HEBREWS 12:13 “AND MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR FEET, LEST THAT WHICH IS LAME BE TURNED OUT OF THE WAY; BUT LET IT RATHER BE HEALED. 14 FOLLOW PEACE WITH ALL MEN, AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD: “ ISAIAH 35:8 “AND AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE, AND A WAY, AND IT SHALL BE CALLED THE WAY OF HOLINESS; THE UNCLEAN SHALL NOT PASS OVER IT; BUT IT SHALL BE FOR THOSE: THE WAYFARING MEN, THOUGH FOOLS, SHALL NOT ERR THEREIN. 2 CORINTHIANS 7:1 “HAVING THEREFORE THESE PROMISES, DEARLY BELOVED, LET US CLEANSE OURSELVES FROM ALL FILTHINESS OF THE FLESH AND SPIRIT, PERFECTING HOLINESS IN THE FEAR OF GOD. ARTICLE 4 SEPARATION (Amendment 3 October 4, 2007) WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE TO ABSTAIN FROM WORLDLY WAYS AND BE SEPARATED FROM THE SIN’S OF THE WORLD. WE FURTHER BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE ON THE APPEARANCE OF CHRIST WALK LIKE HIM, TALK LIKE HIM, LIVE LIKE HIM. MEN AND WOMEN SHALL DRESS PROPERLY AND MODERATELY. MEN SHALL TAKE THE APPEARANCE AND ROLE OF A MAN AS STATED IN THE HOLY WORD. WOMEN SHALL ALSO TAKE THE APPEARANCE AND ROLE OF A WOMAN AS STATED IN THE HOLY WORD. WE BELIEVE THAT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE TO ABSTAIN FROM THE USE OF ANY SUBSTANCE THAT BECOMES A VICE IN OUR LIVES, OR THAT BECOMES AN ADDICTION TO US. WE FURTHER BELIEVE THAT ALL CHRISTIANS MUST REFRAIN FROM SEXUAL PROMISCUITY; LIVING CHASTENED LIVES IN THE FEAR OF GOD. WE BELIEVE THAT ALL THINGS WE DO, WE MUST DO WITH WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, SEEING THAT IN ALL THAT WE DO WE GLORIFY THE NAME OF JESUS. WALKING IN THE MOST HOLY FAITH. PHILIPPIANS 2:14-15 “DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT MURMURINGS AND DISPUTINGS: 15 THAT YE MAY BE BLAMELESS AND HARMLESS, THE SONS OF GOD, WITHOUT REBUKE, IN THE MIDST OF A CROOKED AND PERVERSE NATION, AMONG WHOM YE SHINE AS LIGHTS IN THE WORLD; 2 CORINTHIANS 6:16-18 AND WHAT AGREEMENT HATH THE TEMPLE OF GOD WITH IDOLS? FOR YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD; AS GOD HATH SAID, I WILL DWELL IN THEM, AND WALK IN THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 WHEREFORE COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, AND BE YE SEPARATE, SAITH THE LORD, AND TOUCH NOT THE UNCLEAN THING; AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU, 18 AND WILL BE A FATHER UNTO YOU, AND YE SHALL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, SAITH THE LORD ALMIGHTY. ARTICLE 5 BAPTISM WE BELIEVE IN FULL WATER IMMERSION BAPTISM IN THE NAME OF JESUS ACCORDING TO ACTS CHAPTER 2:38 “THEN PETER SAID UNTO THEM, REPENT, AND BE YE BAPTIZED EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST. WE BAPTIZE IN THE NAME AND NOT THE TITLES, BECAUSE THIS WAS THE COMMISSION OF JESUS IN MATTHEW 28:19 GO YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME (SINGULAR) OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST: IN THE NAME OF JESUS VERSES: ACTS 10:48 , 22:16 , ROMANS 6:3 ,GALATIANS 3:27 , COLOSSIANS 2:12 ARTICLE 6 BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST WE BELIEVE THAT ANY ONE BELIEVING ON JESUS AND BEING BAPTIZED IN HIS NAME, SHOULD RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST AND THAT WITH FIRE. WITH THE EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES AS THE SPIRIT GIVES THE UTTERANCE. WE FURTHER BELIEVE THAT EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER MUST HAVE THE BAPTISM IN ORDER TO SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD MADE MANIFEST UNTO HIS PEOPLE . WE FURTHER BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY GHOST BAPTISM BRINGS TO US THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT . 1 CORINTHIANS 12:8-10 “FOR TO ONE IS GIVEN BY THE SPIRIT THE WORD OF WISDOM; TO ANOTHER THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE BY THE SAME SPIRIT; 9 TO ANOTHER FAITH BY THE SAME SPIRIT; TO ANOTHER THE GIFTS OF HEALING BY THE SAME SPIRIT; 10 TO ANOTHER THE WORKING OF MIRACLES; TO ANOTHER PROPHECY; TO ANOTHER DISCERNING OF SPIRITS; TO ANOTHER DIVERS KINDS OF TONGUES; TO ANOTHER THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES:” WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROMISE WAS NOT JUST FOR THE EARLY NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVERS, BUT FOR ALL WHO WILL BELIEVE. ACTS 2:1-39 JOEL 2:28-29 ARTICLE 7 ONENESS WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD (JESUS). MANIFEST IN THREE MANIFESTATIONS; FATHER, SON & HOLY GHOST. JOHN 10:30 “I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE” JOHN 17:1-26 VS.20 “NEITHER PRAY I FOR THESE ALONE, BUT FOR THEM ALSO WHICH SHALL BELIEVE ON ME THROUGH THEIR WORD; 21 THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE; AS THOU, FATHER, ART IN ME, AND I IN THEE, THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US : THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT THOU HAST SENT ME. 22 AND THE GLORY WHICH THOU GAVEST ME I HAVE GIVEN THEM; THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, EVEN AS WE ARE ONE: 1 CORINTHIANS 8:6 BUT TO US THERE IS BUT ONE GOD, THE FATHER , OF WHOM ARE ALL THINGS, AND WE IN HIM; AND ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY WHOM ARE ALL THINGS, AND WE BY HIM. EPHESIANS 4:4-6 “THERE IS ONE BODY, AND ONE SPIRIT, EVEN AS YE ARE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING; 5 ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM, 6 ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU ALL. DEUTERONOMY 6:4 ARTICLE 8 THE SECOND COMING WE BELIEVE THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS TO BE THE FINAL COMING. WE FURTHER BELIEVE THAT WE AS THE CHURCH THE CHOSEN AND ELECT SEED WILL FACE THE GREAT TRIBULATION AS STATED IN GODS HOLY WORD. MATTHEW 24:1-31 VS. 29 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS SHALL THE SUN BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON SHALL NOT GIVE HER LIGHT, AND THE STARS SHALL FALL FROM HEAVEN, AND THE POWERS OF THE HEAVENS SHALL BE SHAKEN: 30 AND THEN SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN: AND THEN SHALL ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH MORN, AND THEY SHALL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY. 31 AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET, AND THEY SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER. 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16-17 FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD: AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST: 17 THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR: AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD. 2 PETER 3:3-14 REVELATION 21 ARTICLE 9 THE GOVENMENTAL BODY OF THE CHURCH (Amendment 1 July 2, 2004) THE GOVENMENTAL OFFICES & BODY OF THE CHURCH SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS ACCORDING TO THE WORD. hEAD OF THE CHURCH: jESUS CHRIST AFTER THAT first: Apostles secondarily: Prophets thirdly: teachers following: Miracles, gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues 1 Cor 12:27-31 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. Eph 4:11-15 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: |
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