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What We Believe

I. WE BELIEVE THAT THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE ARE INSPIRED BY GOD (2 TIM 3:16). WE BELIEVE THAT THE HUMAN AUTHORS OF THE BIBLE WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO WRITE THE WORD OF GOD WITHOUT ERROR IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STYLE (2 PET. 1:20-21; 3:16 CF. ACTS 1:16; PS 69; 109).

II. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD EXISTS. BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD REQUIRES FAITH AND THAT FAITH IS SUPPORTED BY MAN’S INNER SENSE OF GOD (ROMANS 1:18) AND THE METHODS BY WHICH GOD HAS REVEALED HIMSELF TO US (GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVELATION). THERE ARE FOUR TRADITIONAL "PROOFS" FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WHICH SERVE TO HELP MAN THINK RATIONALLY ABOUT THE EVIDENCE FOR GOD’S EXISTENCE. HOWEVER, DUE TO MAN'S FALLEN CONDITION, THESE "PROOFS" ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPEL THE SINNER TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD. ONLY GOD, THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, CAN OVERCOME MAN'S SIN AND PERSUADE HIM OF GOD'S EXISTENCE.

III. WE BELIEVE THAT THE FATHER IS GOD POSSESSING THE DIVINE NATURE IN COMMON WITH THE OTHER PERSONS OF THE TRINITY. THE FATHER MANIFESTS ALL DIVINE ATTRIBUTES.

IV. WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOD (JOHN 1:1). BEING GOD, CHRIST POSSESSES ALL THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD AND IS WORTHY OF WORSHIP AS GOD. THIS FACT IS FOUNDATIONAL TO SALVATION, FOR ONLY ONE WHO IS GOD CAN BE THE SAVIOR (ISA. 43:11). CHRIST’S DEITY IS SEEN THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE IN DIVINE NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES ASCRIBED TO CHRIST AS WELL AS BY THE WORSHIP THAT HE ACCEPTED.

V. WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD AS IS REVEALED TO US IN SCRIPTURE (ACTS 5:1-4). THE HOLY SPIRIT IS EQUAL TO THE OTHER PERSONS OF THE TRINITY, THEREFORE, THE SPIRIT POSSESSES A SINGLE, DIVINE NATURE. THE SCRIPTURES ASCRIBE BOTH DIVINE NAMES AND DIVINE ATTRIBUTES TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

VI. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED MAN (THE HUMAN RACE), BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CREATION (GEN. 1:26, 27) WITH THE CREATION OF THE FIRST MAN ADAM FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH (2:7) AND THE FIRST WOMAN EVE FROM ADAM'S RIB (2:21-23). WE BELIEVE THAT THIS CREATION WAS THE IMMEDIATE RESULT OF A COMMAND FROM GOD AND NOT PART OF A LONG PROCESS. MAN WAS NOT CREATED OUT OF NECESSITY, BUT LIKE ALL OF CREATION, WAS CREATED FOR GOD’S GLORY (ISA. 43:7).

VII. WE BELIEVE SINCE GOD CANNOT SIN AND IS INCAPABLE OF EVIL (GEN. 18:25; DEUT. 32:4; JOB 34:10; JAMES 1:13), WE BELIEVE THAT MAN (GEN 3) AND NON-ELECT ANGELS ARE THE WILLFUL AND VOLUNTARY ORIGINATORS OF SIN. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WHILE GOD CANNOT BE HELD CULPABLE FOR SIN, SIN IS NOT OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF HIS SOVEREIGN WILL, AND THEREFORE NOT ONLY SUBMITS TO HIS AUTHORITY, BUT IS ALSO USED TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL (EPH. 1:11). SIN IS ULTIMATELY IRRATIONAL. IT WAS FOOLISH FOR SATAN TO SEEK TO EXALT HIMSELF ABOVE GOD. IT MADE NO SENSE FOR ADAM AND EVE TO THINK THAT THERE COULD BE ANYTHING TO GAIN BY REBELLING AGAINST THEIR CREATOR. AND THE BIBLE COUNTS IT AS FOOLISHNESS TO DENY GOD (PS. 14:1).

VIII. WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHURCH IS MADE UP OF THOSE WHOM GOD HAS "CALLED OUT" (EKKLESIA) TO HIMSELF THROUGH THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST. CHRIST IS THEREFORE THE HEAD AND FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH (MATT. 16:18; EPH. 2:19-21).

IX. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY HUMAN TO KNOW THE FUTURE WITH CERTAINTY. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT GOD NOT ONLY KNOWS THE FUTURE, BUT HAS PLANNED IT TO THE MINUTEST DETAIL, AND HAS GIVEN US A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE IN HIS REVEALED WORD. WE BELIEVE THAT GOD'S PURPOSE FOR REVEALING SOME OF HIS FUTURE PLANS TO US IS FIRST AND FOREMOST TO DIRECT OUR ATTENTION TO CHRIST (REV. 1:1) WHILE ALSO PROVIDING ENCOURAGEMENT AND A SENSE OF URGENCY TO THE CHURCH (1 THESS. 4:17; 2 PET. 2:10).