Statement of Faith
1. We believe in One God, who exists in three persons:
- Deuteronomy 6:4 - "Hear, 0 Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:" (KJV)
- 1 John 5:7 - "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." (KJV)
2. We believe that salvation comes by grace alone through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ alone.
- Ephesians 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." (KJV)
- Romans 3 :28 - "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." (KJV)
3. We believe that Jesus is the only mediator between God and man.
- 1 Timothy 2:5 - "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" (KJV)
4. We believe that the Bible (as found the Greek Textus Receptus - New Testament and the Hebrew Masoretic Text - Old Testament) are the complete inerrant Word of God. It is the final and only authority of God's truth. The Bible is to be interpreted literally, not allegorically.
- 2 Timothy 3:16 - "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" (KJV)
- Proverbs 30:5 - "Every word of God is pure:"
- Matthew 5:18 - "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." (KJV)
- Psalms 12:6-7 - "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, 0 LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." (KJV)
5. We believe that the church will be removed by the rapture before the tribulation begins.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 - "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." (KJV)
6. This will be followed by a seven year tribulation period.
- Jeremiah 30:7 - "Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it." (KJV).
7. Jesus Christ will return at the end of the tribulation period and set up a literal 1000 year kingdom.
- Matthew 24:30 - "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." (KJV)
- Revelation 20:6 - "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." (KJV)
8. Those who die in their sins will be judged at the Great White Throne judgment and face eternal damnation in the lake of fire.
- Revelation 20: 15 - "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." (KJV)
9. Those who receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior will spend eternity with the Lord in paradise.
- John 6:47 - "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." (KJV)
- Revelation 21:1-4 - "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." (KJV)
10. We believe in the eternal security of the believer.
- John 10:28 - "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." (KJV)