The Bible,
consisting of all 66 books of both the Old and New Testament, is the supernatural revelation of God about
God. The individual books of the Bible were authored by God through various human writers. The Bible is without error of any
kind.
There is only
one true God. God is holy, eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient. God alone is to be worshipped. His
name is YHWH, which can be pronounced Yahweh or Jehovah. God exists in three distinct, co-equal persons: the Father,
Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. The Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit all posses the divine attributes of God. The
Father is God. Jesus Christ is God. The Holy Spirit is God. Yet, the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are one God.
God created
the Heavens and the Earth.
Jesus Christ
was supernaturally conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin, Mary. Jesus Christ as a human being was
both fully God and fully man. As a human being he taught and performed miracles exactly as stated in the New Testament of
the Bible. As a human being, Jesus Christ voluntarily laid aside his divine glory and took the form of a servant. Jesus Christ
was absolutely without sin. Jesus Christ was executed on a cross and buried in a tomb. God raised the personal, physical
and visible body of Jesus Christ from the dead three days after his crucifixion. Jesus Christ showed himself personally,
physically and visibly to his disciples for forty days after his resurrection, then ascended to Heaven where the Father made
him head of all things.
The death of
Jesus Christ on the cross was a perfect atonement for the sin of all mankind. Jesus took mankind’s sin upon himself
and suffered God’s just punishment for our sin, fully satisfying God's just wrath. Through his death on the cross, Jesus
Christ allowed those who believe in him to be justified before God and judged righteous by God.
Man was created
in the image of God and as such, man has value. All of mankind became sinful by nature due to the sin of Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden exactly as stated in the Old Testament. Sinful mankind cannot enter God’s Kingdom. Sinful man is lost,
morally/spiritually dead, and alienated from God. At death, sinful man’s immortal soul descends to Hades.
Sinful man must be spiritually reborn to enter God’s Kingdom.
Man’s
sin is justified to God only by believing and faith in Jesus’ death on the cross. Justification and salvation cannot
be obtained by man through good works. Salvation cannot be earned. Salvation is a free gift of God. At the
moment sinful man believes and places his/her faith in Jesus, he/she obtains salvation and is spiritually reborn. He/she
receives the Holy Spirit. Justified man becomes a member of the Church. Jesus Christ is the head of the church. At death,
justified man’s immortal soul ascends to be with Jesus Christ in Heaven to await Jesus Christ's return to
the earth.
Jesus Christ
will return to earth, personally, physically and visibly.
Mankind will
ultimately receive resurrected physical bodies.
Those who reject
Jesus Christ’s death for our sin will suffer in conscious, eternal torment in Hell.
Those who accept
Jesus Christ's death for our sin will receive eternal life with God.
Satan is a
person. He is an evil being. Satan will ultimately be cast into Hell and suffer eternal torment.
The Holy Spirit
helps members of the Church live a Godly life, understand the Bible, and perform good works. Good works are the
results of salvation, not the cause of salvation.
