BIBLE DOCTRINE

We affirm our commitment to the teachings of the Word of God:

1.  The Bible is "given by inspiration of God," (2 Tim. 3:16) meaning that it is a God breathed book.  It came straight from God for "holy men" spoke  and wrote  as they "moved by the Holy Ghost." (1 Peter 1:21) 

2.  God is absolutely and indivisibly one.  (Duet. 6:4, Gal. 3:20)

3.  Everyone is need of salvation, for "all have sinned,"  (Romans 3:23) and are separated from God.  (Is. 59:2)

4.  Jesus was "God was manifest in flesh," (1 Tim. 3:16)  and "in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." (Col. 2:9)  God "was in Christ," who came for the purpose of reconciling man back to Himself.  (2 Cor. 5:19)

5.   The salvation message, or the gospel, is the "death, burial, and resurrection" of Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:1-3)  It comes to mankind as a result of God's grace,  (John 1:17, Ephesians 2:8,9).  We must believe the gospel and obey the gospel. (Mark 1:15, 1 Peter 4:17)  One obeys the gospel by repenting (death), being baptized in Jesus' Name (burial), and receiving the Holy Ghost (resurrection). (Luke 24:47, Acts 2:38)  This corresponds with what Jesus taught about being "born again" of "water and the spirit." (John 3:3-5)

6.  Once "born again,"  one must follow holiness, for without holiness "no man shall see the Lord." (Hebrews 12:14, 1 Thess. 4:7)

7.  Jesus is coming again just as he left.  (Acts 1:11) The church will meet the Lord "in the air."  (1 Thess. 4:17) Those whose names are written the "lamb's book of life" will have eternal life.  (Luke 10:20, Matt. 25:26) Those whose names are not written in the lamb's book of life will be cast into the "lake of fire, " which is the second death.  (Rev. 20:14,15)