BASICS

We believe that:

1. The Bible is the inerrant Word of God

II Timothy 3:15-17 (KJV)

15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be perfect, fully equipped for every good work.

2. There is a God who revealed Himself as our Father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and as the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is God manifested in flesh.

Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV)

4 Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God, Jehovah is one.

Ephesians 4:4-6 (KJV)

4 one body, and one Spirit, just as you were also called in the same hope of your vocation; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.

Colossians 2:9 (KJV)

For in him dwells bodily all

fullness of the Godhead,

1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)

And indisputably, great is the mystery of piety:

God was manifested in flesh,

Justified in the Spirit,

Seen from the angels,

Preached to the Gentiles,

believed in the world,

Received up in glory.

3. Everyone has sinned and needs salvation. Salvation comes through the grace of God.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV)

8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God; 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

4. The Gospel is the good news that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. We obey the gospel by repentance (death to sin), baptism in water in the name of Jesus (burial), and baptism of the Holy Spirit with the sign of speaking in tongues (resurrection).

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (KJV)

1 Furthermore, I declare to you, brothers, the gospel that I have preached to you, which you also received, in which you also continue; 2 by which also, if you hold fast to the word that I have preached to you, you are saved, if you did not believe in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; 4 and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures;

Romans 6:3-4 (KJV)

3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death? 4 For we are buried with him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

5. As Christians we are to love God and others.

Matthew 22:34-40 (KJV)

28 Approaching one of the scribes, who had heard them argue, and knew that he had answered them well, asked him: What is the first commandment of all? 29 Jesus replied: The first commandment of all is: Hear, Israel; the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the main commandment. 31 And the second is similar: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

6. We believe that Jesus is coming for His church. You will see one last trial. The adventurous will inherit eternal life and the foolish will inherit eternal death.

Revelation 20:11-15 (KJV)

11 And I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it, from whose presence the earth and the sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before God; and the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things that were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged each according to their works. 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.