GOD
We believe in the fundamental Christian doctrine of the “Trinity”,
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, God revealed
in three persons.
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Gen.1:
1)
“Let us make man in our image, “ (Gen.1: 26)
“Come, let us go down,” (Gen.11: 7)
“From that time that it was, there am I, and now the Lord God, and
his Spirit, hath sent me” (Isaiah 48:16)
GOD THE FATHER
Father, Lord of heaven” (Matthew 11:25 Luke 10:21)
“God the Father” (John 6:27, Gal.1: 1 &3, Eph.6: 23, 1Th.1: 1, 2Ti.1:
2)
GOD THE SON
“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in
him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true
God, and eternal life. (1John 5:20)
“. And shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 48:16)
“. And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted
is God with us. (Matthew 1:23)
“. And he called his name JESUS.” (Matthew 1:25)
“. God was manifest in the flesh,” “. And the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was God. The same was in the beginning with God. He made all things;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.” (1 Tim. 3:16,
John 1:14, John 1:1-3)
“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;”
“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:”
(Hebrews 1:2&8)
“Who is the image of the invisible God, for by him were all things
created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, all things were created by him, and for him: and he is
before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:15-17)
GOD THE HOLY GHOST (SPIRIT)
“Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?
You have not lied to men, but to God. “ (Acts 5:3&4)
“When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, he shall testify of me. “ (John
15:26)
“When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin. “ “When he,
The spirit of truth” “The Comforter, who is the Holy Ghost” (John
16:8 –16:3 –14:26)
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God.” (Ephesians 4:30)
“The Holy Ghost said.” “It seemed good to the Holy Ghost.” “Were
forbidden of the Holy Ghost” “Thus saith the Holy Ghost.” “Well
spake the Holy Ghost.” “As the Holy Ghost saith.” (Acts 13:2, 15:
28, 16:6, 21:11, 28:25 Hebrews 3:7)
ONLY ONE GOD
“. The Lord is God, there is none else beside him.” “. The Lord
our God is one Lord.” “Hath not one God created us?” “. I am the
first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.” “ For
there is one God.” “. There is none other God but one.” “But to
us there is but one God, the Father,” (Deuteronomy 4:35-6:4, Malachi
2:10, Isaiah 44:6, 1Timothy 2:5, 1Cor.8: 4&6)
REVEALED IN THREE PERSONS
“. And he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting
upon him: and lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 4:16&17)
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and
not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
bodily.” Colossians 2:8&9)
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (Matthew 28:19)
“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (1John 5:7)
SIN
“There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:23)
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans
3:23)
“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and the
truth is not in us” (1John 1:10)
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us” (1John 1:8)
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is
the transgression of the law” (1John 3:4)
REDEMPTION AND SALVATION
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
(John 1:29)
“We have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins”
(Ephesians 1:7)
“Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, but with the precious
blood of Christ” (1Peter 1:18-19)
“But God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
“God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting
their trespasses against them” (2Cor. 5:19)
“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might
become the righteousness of God in Him. (2Cor. 5:21)
‘For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal
life.” (John 3:16)
“There is no salvation in no one else; for there is no other name
under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be
saved.” (Acts 4:12)
Jesus said unto them, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life;
no one comes to the Father, but through me.” (John 14:6)
SALVATION BY GRACE
“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that
no one should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)
“For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then
righteousness would indeed have been based on the law. But the scripture
has shut up all men under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus
Christ might be given to those who believe” (Gal. 3:21-22)
“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone
who believes” (Romans 10:4)
“What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered
and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in
Him whom He has sent.” (John 6:28-29)
HEAVEN
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and
the first earth were passed away. 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.” (Rev.21: 1&4)
“And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie
down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little boy will lead them. Also the cow and the
bear will graze; their young will lie down together; and the lion
will eat straw like the ox. And the nursing child will play by the
hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the
viper’s den. They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters
cover the sea. (Isaiah 11:6-9)
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for
the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.” (1Cor.15: 52)
“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of
the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they
shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And
there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither
light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall
reign for ever and ever. (Rev.22: 3-5)
HELL
“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from the another, and as a shepherd divideth his sheep
from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but
the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world. Then shall he say also
unto them on the left hand, depart from me; ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. (Matthew 25: 31-34
& 41)
THE BIBLE
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect (complete), thoroughly furnished
unto all good works. (11 Timothy 3: 16)
“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy
men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. “ (11 Peter
1: 21)
‘For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when
ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it
not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,”
1 Thessalonians 2: 13)
“But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word
which by the gospel is preached unto you. “ (1 Peter 1: 25)
“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom
teacheth; but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual
things with spiritual. (1Cor. 2: 13)
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