Truths that shaped our vision / Paradoxes that have Transformed Our Lives

The Infinite became finite

Deity and humanity of Christ: We believe that Jesus Christ is both fully God and fully man. He exists eternally as God. Two thousand years ago, He was born of a virgin named Mary and became a man. He lived a sinless life, died on a cross for the sins of mankind and rose from the dead on the third day in order to bring glory to the Father and reconciliation to mankind. (John 1:1, 20:28; Acts 20:28; Heb 1:8; Titus 1:3, 2:13).

The sin of one, passed death to all.

Original sin and separation from God: We believe humanity was created in the image of God, but that this image was deeply distorted due to the disobedience of Adam in the Garden of Eden. As a consequence of Adam’s rebellion, every person is born into sin with a nature that is totally depraved, meaning, that humans are helpless to obtain salvation apart from God’s sovereign grace (Gen 1:26, 2:1-17, 6:5; Rom. 3:10-19; Eph 2:1-3).

The death of the One, passed Life to all

Christ’s substitutionary death for mankind’s sin and His bodily resurrection: Mankind’s sin eternally separated mankind from God’s perfect holiness. The only hope for the reconciliation of mankind to God was for Jesus Christ, who had committed no sin, to take the punishment that mankind deserved and become the propitiation (the payment to appease God’s wrath in place of man’s punishment) for the entire world. In His literal physical death, Jesus took on the sin of all of mankind and the wrath of God as punishment for that sin. Three days later, He arose bodily and in doing so, defeated death and appeased God’s just requirements for mankind’s sin. (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8, 10:9-10).

1+1+1=1

The Trinity: There is one God who is eternally existent in the Persons: The Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. Each of these three Persons is fully God, yet there are not three gods but One. The Triune God is eternal, uncreated and has no beginning, nor end. The Trinity is holy, sovereign, gracious and just. (Matt 28:19-20; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acs 5:3-4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Heb 1:1-3; Rev 1:4-6)

The Rejected Christ is the Returning King

Return of Jesus: We believe in the personal, imminent coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for the Church.
(I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Philippians 3:20; Matthew 24:15-31; Zechariah 14:4-11; Revelation 20:1-6; Ez. 37:21-28; 2 Tim 3:1-5)

The Infallible

inspired the incapable

to write the inerrant

Inerrancy and authority of Scripture: We believe that the Bible is without error in its original form and that it is the church’s absolute authority for faith and life. We believe that the Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to draw people to faith in Christ and to develop people to become more like Him to the glory of God. (Mark 12:26, 12:36, 13:11; Luke 24:27; 2 Tim 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21)

Born Once: Die Twice

Born Twice: Die Once

Necessary salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone: We believe that a person is only saved from the effects and condemnation of sin by placing their faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Faith is a gift from God and it is given because no one could obtain salvation apart from the grace of God or by their own good works (John 14:6; Rom 5:1-21; Eph 2:8-9;1 Cor.15:1-4)

Mortals are immortal

Eternal nature of all humans and the eternal security of the believer: We believe the souls of believers in Jesus Christ do, at death, immediately pass into His presence, and there remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the body at His coming for the Church, when soul and body reunited will be associated with Him forever in glory. We believe the souls of unbelievers remain after death in constant misery in Hades until the final judgment of the Great White Throne at the close of the millennium when soul and body reunited shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to be punished with everlasting separation from the presence of the Lord (Luke 16:19-26; 23:43; II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; II Thessalonians 1:7-9; Revelation 20:11-15).

Found Lost people can never become Lost Found People

We believe that once a believer is drawn to God and places their faith in Jesus Christ they will always be saved from God’s wrath and will have forgiveness of sins. Scripture tells us that not everyone who professes Christ is sincere, but each person who genuinely places their faith and trust in Christ will never lose their salvation. We also believe that genuine faith and genuine conversion always produces genuine life change. The same faith that God gives to save a believer is given to enable believers to become obedient to God’s commands and conformed into the image of Jesus Christ. (John 5:24; 10:28, 13:1, 14:16-17, 17:11; Rom 8:29; 1 Cor. 6:19; Heb. 7:25).