Our Beliefs

OurBeliefs

"Watch your life and your doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will cave both yourself and your hearers." 1 Timothy 4:16

God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe

Genesis 1:1; 2:7 / Exodus 3:14; 6:2-3; 15:11; 20:1 / Leviticus 22:2 / Deuteronomy 6:4; 32:6 / 1 Chronicles 29:10

There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections. He has eternally existed as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The three are coequal and are one God.

The Bible is the Word of God

Exodus 24:4 / Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 17:19 / Joshua 8:34 / Psalms 19:7-10; 119:11, 89, 105, 140 / Isaiah 34:16; 40:8

The Bible was written by human authors, under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs about living. Because it is inspired by God, it is truth without error.

Jesus is the Son of God

John 14:6 / Acts 4:11-12

Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ John 14:6

For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’ There is salvation in no one else! There is no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them. Acts 4:11-12

Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, lived a sinless life on earth and voluntarily paid for our sin by dying on the cross as our substitute. This accomplished salvation for all who receive grace by trusting in Him alone. He rose from the dead and is the only mediator between God and us. He will return to earth to fulfill prophecy.

Salvation is God's free gift to us

Genesis 3:15 / Exodus 3:14-17; 6:2-8 / Matthew 1:21; 4:17; 16:21-26; 27:22-28:6 / Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:11-14

We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sin’s penalty. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.

God the Holy Spirit

Genesis 1:2 / Judges 14:6 / Job 26:13 / Psalms 51:11 / 139:7ff. / Isaiah 61:1-3 / Joel 2:28-32 / Matthew 1:18; 3:16; 4:1; 12:28-32; 28:19

We believe the Holy Spirit lives in each Christian from salvation. The only way possible to live the Christian life is by God’s power within us. We seek to practice a daily dependence on God’s Spirit to enable us to do what is right.

Baptism and The Lord's Supper

Matthew 3:13-17; 26:26-30; 28:19-20 / Mark 1:9-11; 14:22-26 / Luke 3:21-22; 22:19-20 / John 3:23 / Acts 2:41-42; 8:35-39

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper.

The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.

Non-Essential Beliefs

Romans 14:1, 4, 12, 22

In non-essential beliefs, we have liberty

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters…Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls…So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God…So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God.