STATEMENT OF FAITH

The Church believes and affirms the following:

That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in their original writings are fully inspired of God and accepts them as the final authority for faith and life. Similarly, the Church believes in the consistency of the Holy Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments, having no contradictions in their principle teaching

  • (Ps. 119v9-11,105
  • Rom. 15v4
  • 1Cor. 2v10-14
  • 1 Thess. 2v13
  • 2Tim.3v15-17
  • 2 Pet. 1v20-21

That there is one God, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, eternally existing in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

  • Gen. 1v1, 1v27
  • Deut. 6v4-5
  • Isa. 9v6
  • Isa. 45v5-6
  • Isa. 48v16
  • Matt. 3v16-17
  • Matt. 28v19-20
  • Matt. 4v10
  • Jn. 1v1
  • Acts 5v3-4
  • 1 Cor. 2v10-11; 1 Cor. 3v16; 1 Cor. 6v19-20;
  • 2 Cor. 13v14
  • Php. 2v5-6
  • Tit. 2v13;
  • Jm. 2v19
  • 1 Pet. 1v2

5.3.1 That Jesus Christ is the Son of God, begotten of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man

  • Is. 7v14; Matt. 1v20-23;
  • Lk. 1v27-35; John 1v1, 14;
  • Rom. 9v5
  • Gal. 4v4; 1 Tim. 2v5
  • Heb. 2v14-17; Heb. 4v14-15).

5.3.2 That the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, a substitutionary death according to the Scriptures, and that all who believe in Him are freely justified on the ground of His shed blood (Isa. 53; Matt. 27v45-66; Jn. 11v50; Jn. 18v14; Rom. 3v21-24; Jn. 4v24-25; Rom. 5v1-2,6,8-10; 1 Cor. 15v3-4; 1 Thess. 4v14; 1 Thess. 5v10).

5.3.3 That there was a bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, His ascension into
Heaven, and His present life as the Great High Priest and Advocate/Mediator

  • (Matt. 28v1-15;
  • Lk. 24v1-40; Jn. 20v11-29;
  • Acts 1v1-10; Rom. 8v34;
  • 1 Cor. 15v3-8; Heb. 6v20;
  • Heb. 7v25; 1 Jn. 2v1-2).

5.3.4 That there is the imminent, personal and visible second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that all believers shall be caught up with him in the air, and be with
him forever.

  • Matt. 24v30; Acts 1v9-11;
  • 1 Thess. 4v13-18;
  • Rev. 1v7; Rev. 22v20

That there is one God, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, eternally existing in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

  • Gen. 1v1, 1v27; Deut. 6v4-5;
  • Isa. 9v6; Isa. 45v5-6;
  • Isa. 48v16 Matt. 3v16-17;
  • Matt. 28v19-20; Matt. 4v10,
  • Jn. 1v1; Acts 5v3-4; 1 Cor. 2v10-11;
  • 1 Cor. 3v16; 1 Cor. 6v19-20; 2 Cor. 13v14;
  • Php. 2v5-6; Tit. 2v13;
  • Jm. 2v19; 1 Pet. 1v2

That there is one God, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, eternally existing in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

  • Gen. 1v1, 1v27; Deut. 6v4-5;
  • Isa. 9v6; Isa. 45v5-6;
  • Isa. 48v16 Matt. 3v16-17;
  • Matt. 28v19-20; Matt. 4v10,
  • Jn. 1v1; Acts 5v3-4;
  • Cor. 2v10-11; 1 Cor. 3v16; 1 Cor. 6v19-20;
  • 2 Cor. 13v14; Php. 2v5-6;
  • Tit. 2v13; Jm. 2v19; 1 Pet. 1v2.

That there is the resurrection of both the just and the unjust, that the just shall rise to eternal blessedness, whereas the unjust shall rise to eternal damnation (hell).

  • Job 19v25-27;
  • Matt. 21v21-46;
  • Jn. 5v28-29;
  • Acts 24v15;
  • Rom. 14v10-12;
  • 1 Cor. 15v42- 57;
  • 2 Cor. 5v10.
  • 1 Thess. 4v15-17;
  • 2 Thess. 1v7-10.

That there is one God, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, eternally existing in three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

  • Gen. 1v1, 1v27; Deut. 6v4-5;
  • Isa. 9v6; Isa. 45v5-6;
  • Isa. 48v16 Matt. 3v16-17;
  • Matt. 28v19-20; Matt. 4v10, Jn. 1v1; Acts 5v3-4;
  • Cor. 2v10-11; 1 Cor. 3v16;
  • 1 Cor. 6v19-20; 2 Cor. 13v14;
  • Php. 2v5-6; Tit. 2v13;
  • Jm. 2v19; 1 Pet. 1v2.

That Baptism is the immersion of a believer in water as a confession of identification with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection.

  • Matt. 3v16
  • Matt. 28v16-20
  • Mk. 1v9-11
  • Lk. 3v21-22;
  • Jn. 3v23; Acts 2v38;
  • Acts 8v34-39;
  • Acts 18v8; Acts 22v16;
  • Rom. 6v3-5
  • Col. 2v9-12.

That all believers are priests in the Kingdom of God, with the Lord Jesus Christ as the High Priest through whom they all have access to the Father in heaven.

Heb. 4v14-16;

Heb. 7v7- 28;

1 Pet. 2v4-5;

Rev. 1v6;

Rev. 5v10;

Rev. 20v6).

That the Lord Jesus Christ appointed two ordinances – Baptism and the Lord’s Supper – to be observed as a perpetual witness to the cardinal facts of the Christian Faith.

That Baptism is the immersion of a believer in water as a confession of identification with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection.

  • Matt. 3v16
  • Matt. 28v16-20
  • Mk. 1v9-11
  • Lk. 3v21-22
  • Jn. 3v23;
  • Acts 2v38
  • Acts 8v34-39
  • Acts 18v8
  • Acts 22v16
  • Rom. 6v3-5
  • Col. 2v9-12).

That the Lord’s Supper is the partaking of bread and wine (unfermented/nonalcoholic) as symbolic of the Saviour’s broken body and shed blood, in remembrance of His sacrificial death until His Second Coming

  • Matt. 26v26-29
  • Mk. 14v22-25;
  • Lk. 22v14-20
  • 1 Cor. 11v23-30

That Satan also called the devil exists, and that he is the arch-enemy of God and all God’s people. That the devil and all his followers shall be cast into the lake of fire

  • Gen. 3v14
  • Matt. 12v24
  • Matt. 25v41
  • Jn. 8v44
  • 2 Cor. 11v4
  • 1 Thess. 2v8
  • 1 Pet. 5v8
  • 1 Jn. 3v8
  • Jude 6
  • Rev. 20v10.

God has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judgment is given by the Father. On this day, God will judge all persons that have lived upon the earth, they shall all appear before the court of Christ, to give an account of their thoughts, words, and deeds; and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether good or evil.

  • Act. 17.31.
  • John 5.22 –27
  • 1 Cor. 6.3.
  • Jude 6;
  • 2 Cor. 5.10.
  • Eccles 12.14.
  • Mat. 12.36.
  • Rom.14.10,12.
  • Mat. 25.32.

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