Statement
of Faith
Here are basic
doctrines of the churches represented on this site:
This is believing that the Bible is actually written by God through the hands of men; that every verse is true and accurate and the source of all doctrine. God promised to preserve it down through the ages and He has in the English language in the King James or Authorised Version.
2 Tim. 3:16,17 All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be
perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not
in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Without this
belief there is no grounds for any other. This is
probably the most important fact in the Christian Faith. The Bible teaches God
as the only God and that there is no other. The idea
of God being three in one boggles the mind but that is what faith is all about.
It has been described like an egg, it has a Shell, the White, and the Yoke but
it is still ONE egg.
Matthew 28:19 Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Mark 12:32 …for there is one God; and
there is none other but he:
James 2:19 Thou believest
that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe,
and tremble.
(Ephes. 4:6; 1 Tim. 2:5; 1 Cor. 8:4)
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth.
God created the
world and its inhabitants in six literal days and on the seventh he rested. The
world was perfect “And God saw every thing that he
had made, and, behold, it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31.)
God made man
(Adam) in His own image from the dust of the ground.
Genesis 1:26,27 And God said, Let us make
man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish
of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.
From Adam, all people have descended and
through different genetic combinations, different groups, shades, facial
features, sizes etc have occurred.
Acts 17:24-26 God that made the world and
all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is
worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing,
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all
things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on
all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and
the bounds of their habitation;
Genesis 2:16,17 And the Lord God commanded
the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die.
Man was under Devine instruction NOT to eat
of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; but the devil, in the form of a
serpent, tricked Eve (Adam’s wife whom God made from Adam’s rib – Gen
2:18-25) into eating of the fruit and giving to Adam also. Because of
this disobedience, sin was brought into the world and all men are sinners since
they are descended from Adam.
Romans 5:18,19 Therefore as by the offence
of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness
of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by
one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall
many be made righteous.
As a result of this sin, death entered the
world since it is the penalty for sin.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man
sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned:
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also
the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
There is
no one who has kept the law of God, e.g. the 10 Commandments. If a person has
lied then they are a liar, if they have stolen they are a thief, lust is adultery
of the heart, hatred is murder in the heart.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God
The
“Glory of God” is Christ, and there is none that can compare to His perfection.
Rom 3:10
As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one.
1 Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Jesus came to “seek
and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10), and to
take “away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).
John 3:16 For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
Rom 5:8 But God commendeth
his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
(Romans 3:23-25; 5:6,8 Galatians 1:4; Ephes. 1:7; 2:13; 5:2; Col.1:20;
1 Tim. 2:6; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 10:10-14; 1 Peter 1:18-23; Rev. 5:9)
John 1:1 In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be
with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is, God with us.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
(Psalm
45:6-7; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6-7; Hebrews 1:8-12; Rev. 1:8,11;
Rev. 22:13-16)
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once
suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,
being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Galatians 1:4 Who gave himself for our
sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the
will of God and our Father:
Ephes. 1:14 Which is the earnest of our
inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise
of his glory.
1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins
in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 Cor. 15:3,4 For I delivered unto you
first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him
that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from
the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
(Psalm 16:10; Psalm 22:1; Isaiah 52:14; Isaiah
53:1-12; Matthew 27:57-28:20)
John 14:6 Jesus saith
unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me
Ephes. 2:8,9 For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works,
lest any man should boast.
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation
in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.
Titus 3:5 Not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by
the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
(Matthew 7:14; John 10:1,7,9; Hebrews 9:8-15; 10:19-23)
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved.
Mark 6:12 And
they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
(John
3:16-18; 6:27; 10:28; Romans 3:24; 5:15-18; Ephes. 2:8,9)
The fact that when a person trusts Christ
there is no doubt that they will go to heaven
regardless of what they have done.
John 3:15,16 That whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
John 10:27-29 My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them
eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out
of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is
able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
(John
3:36; John 5:24; Romans 8:35-39; Romans 5:8-9; Romans 14:4; 1 Cor. 1:8,9;
Ephes. 1:4; Ephes. 1:13; Ephes. 4:30; Philip. 1:6; 2 Tim. 1:12; 1 Peter 1:5; 1
John 2:1,2; 1 John 3:2; Jude 1:24)
The Church of the
Bible also preached that Jesus would one day return in person at an unknown
hour to gather all the people who have trusted him as Saviour to heaven.
There is no such thing as the “rapture of
the church”, however, the church will be raptured along with the other believers, which were never a
member of the church that Jesus built.
Matthew
24:36
But of that day and hour knoweth
no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Matthew
25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of
man cometh.
1 Thes. 4:13-18 But I would not have you to
be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which
are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which
are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
(Mark 13:32; John
14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:35-58; Phil. 3:21)
The only
ordinances of the Local Church are those of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
1 Cor. 11:1,2
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you, brethren,
that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them
to you.
1 Cor. 11:26 For as often as ye eat this
bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's
death till he come.
The great
commission as it is termed is described in Matt 28:18-20, it was given by
Christ to the disciples as an institution, i.e. the church. Therefore it is not
each believer that is commissioned but each Local New Testament Church.
“And Jesus came and spake
unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth. [19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: [20]
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I
am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen. “
This is the
primary function of the Local Church in seeking and winning souls, baptizing
them and teaching them to do the same as well as all church doctrine.