WHAT WE BELIEVE

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The Old and New Testaments are the inspired, infallible, and  authoritative Word of God. In the Word, we find the revelation of God’s  eternal and unchanging will for men of all ages. The Word is the divine  and final authority for the Christian life. 

The present day ministry of the Holy Spirit is to comfort and guide  the believer, with the final purpose of glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ  in the earth. During this age, He indwells, guides, instructs, and  empowers the believer for godly living and service. Every believer  should be filled with the Holy Spirit, with speaking in tongues as the  initial physical evidence. 

There is one God, the creator of all things, who is infinitely  perfect and eternally existent in three persons; the Father, the Son,  and the Holy Spirit. 

Man was created in the image of God, but fell into sin, which  resulted in his spiritual death and separation from God. Only through  regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be  obtained. This process of regeneration, referred to as being “born  again” in the Word, takes place through a combination of faith and  confession. As a person makes the decision to believe in the death and  resurrection of Jesus Christ and confesses with his mouth the lordship  of Jesus in his life, a miracle of regeneration by the Holy Spirit takes  place. A new Christian is born into the kingdom of God. For him, old  things are passed away and all things are new! 

Water baptism and communion are ordinances to be observed by the  church during the present age. They are not, however, to be confused  with or regarded as a means of salvation. The shed blood of Jesus Christ  and His resurrection provide the only grounds for justification and  salvation. 

“Without faith it is impossible to please God.” (Hebrews 11:6) The  Word tells us that the “just [those who have been justified by the blood  of Jesus] shall live by faith.” (Romans 1:17) The redemptive work of  Jesus not only provided salvation for the believer, but also healing and  prosperity for our spiritual, soulish, and physical man. We are  redeemed from the curse of the law – poverty, sickness, oppression, and  any other thing that prevents us from fulfilling His plan. Our lives can  be prosperous and healthy in every realm as we walk in the light of  this redemption by faith in God’s Word.