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BELIEFS
We believe...
In the inspiration of the Scriptures as originally given, being without
error
 and the
sole and final authority for all matters of belief and behaviour
(2 Tim. 3:16; Ps. 119:105)
In the eternal Godhead (Trinity) who has revealed Himself as one God
(Unity)
existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
distinguishable
yet indivisible
(Col. 2:9; Deut. 6:4; Mt. 28:19)
That the Godhead is the Creator of all things
out of nothing; exercising
sovereign
control over, and preservation of, all things
(Gen.
1:1; Ps. 104:30; Col. 1:16-17)
In the test, and fall through disobedience, of Adam and Eve resulting
in a
sinful nature that has been inherited by all humanity
(Gen. 3:1-24; Gen. 5:3; Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:12,
18)
In man’s inability to attain to God’s righteousness through
his own works
(Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 7:24-25)
In the Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of humanity,
who was conceived by the
Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary, being God and man
(Mt. 1:18-21; Jn. 1:1-2, 14)
That Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose on the third day, and
appeared bodily to His disciples
(1 Cor. 15:3-8)
In the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven; His exaltation to the highest
place
of authority and power in creation; His bodily second coming for
His Church
(Acts 1:9; 1 Thes. 4:14-17; Jn. 14:2-3)
In the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in
the
perfect
and sufficient work of the cross, by which we obtain remission of
sins and
the gift of the Holy Spirit who indwells the believer
(Eph. 2:8-9; Heb. 9:11-12)
In the necessity, for believers, of water baptism in the name of the father,
the Son,
and the Holy Spirit
(Mt. 28:19)
In the threefold nature of God’s work in the life of the believer
-
regeneration
(life), empowering (power), and sanctification (holiness)
(Jn. 3:3-8; Luke. 24:49; 1 Thes. 5:23)
In believers bearing the fruit, and exercising the gifts, of God
(Gal. 5:22-23; 1 Cor. 12:4-11)
In the healing of spirit, soul, and body by God’s power as a result
of the
work of
Christ on the cross
(1 Pet. 2:24)
In the Lord’s Supper (Communion) for believers
(1 Cor. 11:23-25; Mt. 26:26-29)
In the reality and personality of, and eternal punishment for, the devil
and
his angels
(Mt. 25:41; Rev. 20:10)
In eternal life for believers, and eternal death for unbelievers
(Rev. 20:11-15)
That there is one true universal Church made up of all those indwelt by
the Holy
Spirit, and that this universal Church finds expression in many
local
churches that are under the sovereign leadership of the Lord Jesus
Christ
(1 Cor. 1:2; Col. 1:18; Mt. 16:18)
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