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WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, WITHOUT ERROR, THE ONLY AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD.
2 TIMOTHY 3:16,17
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WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONLY ON TRUE GOD, ETERNALLY EXISTENT IN THREE PERSONS: FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT.
MATTHEW 28:19, REVELATION 22:13
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WE BELIEVE IN THE DEITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN HIS VIRGIN BIRTH, IN HIS SINLESS LIFE, IN HIS MIRACLES, IN HIS SUBSTITUTIONARY AND ATONING DEATH THROUGH SHED BLOOD, IN HIS BODILY RESURRECTION, IN HIS ASCENSION TO THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER, AND IN HIS PERSONAL RETURN IN POWER AND GLORY.
MATTHEW 1:20, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21, HEBREWS 1:3,12:2, 1 THESSALONIANS 4:14-17, 1 PETER 1:18,19
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WE BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE SINNERS BY NATURE AND BY CHOICE. WE BELIEVE THAT GOODS WORKS CANNOT SAVE A PERSON. GOD PROVIDED THE ONLY WAY OF SALVATION THROUGH JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS. WE BELIEVE THAT A PERSON MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE/SHE IS A SINNER, TURN AWAY FROM SIN; BELIEVE, AND RECEIVE HIM AS HIS/HER PERSONAL SAVIOR. IT IS AT THIS POINT THAT NEW LIFE(REGENERATION)THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGINS.
ROMANS 5:12,10:9,10, EPHESIANS 2:8,9, ACTS 4:12, PSALM 32:5, JOHN 1:12
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WE BELIEVE THAT SATAN IS THE SWORN ENEMY OF GOD AND ALL BELIEVERS, AND THAT HE WILL ULTIMATELY BE DEFEATED AT CHRIST'S RETURN.
REVELATION 20:10
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WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.
ACTS 4:24, GENESIS 1:1
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WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHURCH CONSISTS OF ALL BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST, BOTH LOCALLY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-14
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WE BELIEVE IN THE PRESENT MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO GUIDES PEOPLE TO JESUS, CONVICTS OF SIN, AND ENABLES THE CHRISTIAN TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE BY HIS INDWELLING.
JOHN 16:8-11, GALATIANS 5:22,23
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WE BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF BOTH THE SAVED AND THE LOST; THE SAVED TO THE RESURRECTION OF ETERNAL LIFE AND THE LOST TO THE RESURRECTION OF ETERNAL DAMANATION.
1 PETER 1:3,4, REVELATION 20:15
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IN OBEDIENCE TO JESUS, WE OBSERVE THE LORD'S SUPPER AND BELIEVER'S BAPTISM BY IMMERSION.
1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-28, MATTHEW 3:16
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