Statement of Faith: Name

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Statement of Faith: Name: __________________________________ DATE _________
The Bible: We believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God. It is the infallible and authoritative Word of God.
God used godly men as writers to write what He desired for His divine book. God uses His Word to bring men to
faith in Christ and to further equip His people as servants in His Kingdom. Every word in the Scripture is from the
heart and mind of the Creator Redeemer God. God’s Word reveals His will to fallible man through the Scripture.
One God: there is but one God who eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Bible,
God’s holy Word reveals the most high God as LORD of all and Creator of heaven and earth.
Jesus Christ is God: We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
recorded miracles, in His vicarious sufferings and atoning death. Without His shed blood there could be no
remission of sin. Christ died, was buried and rose again. He lives now with the power of an endless life. Christ
ascended to the right hand of the Father and lives to make intercession for those who are heirs of salvation. Christ
will come again personally to this earth and will reign as King over all the earth after the tribulation. The LORD will
literally fulfill all His past promises made to Israel.
Salvation: We believe that salvation is a work of 'God the Holy Spirit' in the human mind and heart causing that
person to realize that He stands condemned before God as a sinner. The use of the Word of God in Gospel effort
is imperative; the Spirit uses the Word to guide the heart toward the Lord. The Father in Heaven grants the
repentant sinner salvation when sincere faith is applied to the finished work of Christ. The Father transfers the
sinner from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of His beloved Son at the moment of salvation. Salvation is
not achieved by any good works of man. The redeemed man is eternally secure in Christ as he has received
eternal life by God’s grace through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Two opposing spiritual kingdoms: Satan presently as god of this world, blinds people spiritually and hinders
sinners from obtaining salvation. Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords and one day shall judge the earth and the
souls of men. Each man then shall receive his just due. Men who expect to exist with Christ in eternity must desire
to leave their sin and its life behind and desire to belong to His Kingdom through the redemptive blood of Christ.
The Holy Spirit: We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of every true Christian. The
indwelling Holy Spirit brings a divine nature and divine power to the believer which enables the possibility of a
godly life. The Holy Spirit seals the believer's life in divine promise. He is the guarantee of the true believer's
existence with Christ in eternity. A person is baptized in the Spirit at the moment of Salvation. One needs to be
filled with the Spirit day by day for enablement of spiritual life in service and victory over habitual evil during life.
Spirit filling requires meeting biblical conditions. Spirit filled believers live in obedience to the will of God.
The resurrection of both the saved and the lost will be a reality. Those who are saved unto the resurrection of life
and those who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
The future: The rapture will be the next significant event in the Lord's plan and progress of the time space world.
No man knows or can know when the rapture will happen. The tribulation will follow the rapture and then
proceed on earth for 7 years. At the end of this time Christ will return to earth and set up His Kingdom. The Lord
Jesus Christ will reestablish the nation of Israel to its promised place on earth during the age of God’s Kingdom on
Earth. The final judgments will proceed at the end of the millennium and then the time space world will give way
to the eternal state.
I understand and believe this biblical statement of faith: Signature: _____________________ Date: __________
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