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Our Doctrinal Statement
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Scriptures
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We believe that the Bible is the inerrant,
inspired Word of God and that it is our final authority in all
matters of faith and practice. For reasons of textual
reliability, we believe that God has preserved His Word
for the English speaking people in the King James Version of the
Bible.
II Timothy 3:16-17, II Peter 1:20-21
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Sovereign
God
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God is a Person, eternally existing, as a Trinity in unity -
Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit, three Persons and yet one God.
Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 26:19, I Corinthians 8:6
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The
Son
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Jesus Christ, eternally existing, is the only begotten Son of
God, who became a sinless man
to redeem us. He was born of a virgin and is true God and true
man.
Luke 1:30-55, John 1:1-15, Philippians 2:5-8
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Service
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The local church is a group of believers baptized by water,
banded together for edification,
exhortation, and evangelism as commanded by Christ in the Great
Commission; preaching the Gospel to every creature.
Mark
16:15, I Corinthians 12:12, Ephesians 1:22-23
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Sin
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Man
was created in the image of God but fell through sin, bringing
not only physical death, but also
spiritual death or eternal separation from God. Now all of
mankind exists as
a fallen race with an inherited sinful nature.
Genesis 2:16, Genesis 3:16-19, Romans 3:10-23, Romans
6:23
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Sacrifice
of Christ
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The
Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died as a substitutionary payment
for the sins of the
whole world. He physically arose from the dead and then ascended
into Heaven.
Simple faith in this sacrifice is the only way of salvation for
mankind.
Luke 24, Acts 1:9-11, Romans 5:8-10, I Peter 3:18
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The
Last Days
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Jesus
Christ Himself will soon come again in the air to catch up
Believers to reward their service.
The unbelievers left behind will go through a period of the
wrath of God being poured out on
all mankind commonly call The Great Tribulation, after which Christ will return to the Earth
to set up His Kingdom of one
thousand years of righteous rule. After this, the unbelievers of
all
ages will stand
at the Great White Throne to be judged and cast into the Lake of
Fire,
separated from God forever, while the believers spend eternity
in
the fullness of joy in Heaven with the Lord.
Matthew 24:29-42, I Thessalonians 4:16-18, Revelation
19:11-20:13
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