GOD
God is called by many different names because of the different dimensions of His personality, but He is one. The Lord is super-dimensional and eternally self-existent, omniscient (knows everything), omnipresent (everywhere at once), and omnipotent (all powerful). He is the creator of the heavens and the earth. While God is one, He has revealed Himself in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Deuteronomy 6:4, John 8:54-59, Genesis 1&2, Matthew 28:19
Genesis 1:1, 26, 27, 3:22
Psalm 90:2
Matthew 28:19
2 Corinthians 13:14
THE BIBLE
The Bible is God’s Word and is applicable to our everyday lives. The Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired by God, the only written revelation from God to man. The Bible is infallible and the authoritative rule of faith and conduct for mankind.
II Timothy 3:15-17, I Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Peter 1:21
2 Timothy 3:16
2 Peter 1:20-21
Psalm 119:105, 160, 12:6
Proverbs 30:5
Isaiah 55:11
JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, the eternal Son of God. The Scripture declares his virgin birth; His sinless life; His miracles; His substitutionary death on the cross; His bodily resurrection from the dead; His exaltation to the right hand of God.
Matthew 1:18-23, Hebrews 7:26, I Peter 2:22, I John 3:4-5, Acts 2:22, Acts 10:37-38, II Corinthians 5:21, I Peter 2:24, I Corinthians 15:4, Matthew 28:1-6, Acts 1:9,11, Philippians 2:9-11
Matthew 1:22, 23
Isaiah 9:6
John 1:1-5
Hebrews 4:14-15
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
Romans 1:3-4
Acts 1:9-11
Colossians 2:9-10
1 Timothy 6:14-15
MAN
A man was created in the image of God. However, by a voluntary act of the will, Adam and Eve disobeyed God. That first sin had several repercussions. A man was excommunicated from the garden of Eden, a curse was pronounced, the process of physical death began, and a man died spiritually. Sin separated humankind from God and left a man in a fallen or sinful condition.
Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 3:14-19, Genesis 2:17, Romans 5:12-19, Ephesians 2:11-18, Romans 3:23
SALVATION
- Salvation is only obtained through Jesus Christ. He died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. He offers each of us a pardon for our sins and wants us to become children of God.
- When we put our faith in Christ, it triggers a spiritual chain reaction. We become the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Our names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. We become citizens of heaven. We are given eternal life. We are adopted and become children of God. Our sins are forgiven and forgotten. We are credited with the righteousness of Christ. We are born-again. God takes ownership of us. We receive an eternal inheritance.
- The evidence of salvation is two-fold. The internal evidence is the direct witness of the Holy Spirit. The external evidence is the fruit of the Spirit. We become a new creation and are transformed into the image of Christ.
Acts 4:12, John 14:6, I Peter 2:24, Hebrews 9:26, John 1:12, I Corinthians 6:19-20, Revelation 3:5, Philippians 3:20-21, John 3:16, Galatians 4:4-7, Hebrews 8:12, Romans 4:4-5, John 3:3, Ephesians 1:13-14, I Peter 1:3-5, Romans 8:16, Galatians 5:22-23, II Corinthians 5:17, II Corinthians 3:18
Romans 6:23
Ephesians 2:8-9
John 14:6
Romans 5:1, 5:8, 10:9-10
WATER BAPTISM
The Scripture teaches that all who repent and believe in Christ are to be baptized by immersion. Baptism is a public profession of faith in Christ. It is symbolic of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. It is a declaration to the world that we have died to sin and have been raised with Christ to walk in the newness of life.
Matthew 28:19, Romans 6:4
Matthew 3:16-17, 28:18-20
Acts 2:41, 8:12
Romans 6:4
Colossians 2:12
COMMUNION
The Lord’s table consists of two elements: the bread and the cup. Those elements are symbolic of the body and blood of Christ. Communion is a memorial of Christ’s sufferings on the cross and a celebration of our salvation. It is an opportunity for a believer to examine himself and experience forgiveness.
John 6:53-58, I Corinthians 11:24-27
THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit enables us to live victoriously. The nine fruits of the Spirit are the by-product of a Spirit-filled life and evidence of spiritual maturity. The nine gifts of the Spirit are different manifestations of the Spirit to build up the body. We are instructed to diligently seek the gifts, but they must be exercised in an orderly way in the context of love.
Galatians 5:22-23, I Corinthians 12:1-11, I Corinthians 12:31, I Corinthians 14:1, I Corinthians 14:26-33, I Corinthians 13:1-13
Acts 1:8
John 14:16-17, 16:7-13
Galatians 5:25
1 Corinthians 2:12, 3:16
Ephesians 1:13
2 Corinthians 13:14
1 Peter 1:2
THE CHURCH
The Church is the body of Christ and has a three-fold purpose: To evangelize the world, to worship God, and to equip for ministry.
I Corinthians 12:12-27, Acts 1:8, Mark 16:15-16, I Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 4:11-16, I Corinthians 12:28, I Corinthians 14:12
THE FINAL JUDGMENT
The Church is the body of Christ and has a three-fold purpose: To evangelize the world, to worship God, and to equip for ministry.
Matthew 25:31-46, Romans 2:1-9, Revelations 20:11-15, I Corinthians 4:5
People were created to exist forever. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin or eternally with God through forgiveness and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is hell. To be eternally in union with Him is eternal life in Heaven. Heaven and hell are real places of eternal existence.
John 3:16, 14:17
Romans 6:23
Revelation 20:15
Philippians 2:5-11
Matthew 25:31-34, Matthew 25:41
LIBERTY
Accept the one whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters… Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master servants stand or fall… So then each of us will give an account of ourselves to God… So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God.
“I have the right to do anything,” you say–but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”–but not everything is constructive. No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
