What We Believe

About the Scriptures: We believe the Holy Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, without error in the original writings, infallible and the work of the Holy Ghost as He moved holy men of God to write the scriptures. (II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19-21)

About God: We believe in one Triune God existing with three eternal distinctions: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. They are of the same essence, (John 4:24) but separate in personalities. (Matthew 3:16-17; 28:19-20; II Corinthians 13:14)

About Jesus Christ: We believe that Jesus Christ is God, (John 10:30; 20:31) and that He is eternal, (John 1:1-2). We believe that when Jesus Christ came to take on the form of man, (Philippians 2:6-8) that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:20-23). We believe that He lived a sinless life, (II Corinthians 5:21) and that He provided the necessary atonement, vicariously, for our sins by the “sacrifice of Himself” (Isaiah 53:4-6; Hebrews 9:26; I Corinthians 15:3). Most importantly, we believe that after He died and was buried that “He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” (I Corinthians 15:4).

About the Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit is God and indwells every believer, (I Corinthians 6:19; Romans 8:9). We believe that the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement, (John 16:8); that He is active in the new birth, (John 3:5-6); that He testifies of Christ, (John 15:26); that He seals the believer unto the day of redemption, (Ephesians 4:30) and that He makes intercession for believers, (Romans 8:26).

About Sin: We believe that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:23) and that every person is born into this world with a sin nature, (Romans 5:12). Moreover, we believe that Satan is the originator of sin, (Isaiah 14:12-13; I John 3:8; Revelation 12:9) We believe the penalty for sin is death, (Romans 6:23a).

About Salvation: We believe that salvation is of the Lord, (Philippians 1:6) on the merit of the shed blood of Jesus Christ, (Romans 3:24, 26). Salvation is a free gift, (Ephesians 2:8; Romans 6:23b) which excludes any possible merit on the basis of works, (Ephesians 2:9; II Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5). We believe that the two essential elements of salvation are repentance toward God, (Acts 2:38) and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ, (Acts 20:21; Romans 10:9-10). We also believe that once a person has been saved that there is no chance of them ever losing their salvation for they did nothing to earn it and that he/she is eternally secure in Christ, (John 3:16, 36; John 10: 28-29; I John 5:10-13).

About Separation: We believe in biblical separation in the sense that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Saviour and Lord, and that separation from all religious apostasy, heresy, worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and association is commanded by God, (II Timothy 3:1-5; I John 2:15-17; II John 8-11; II Corinthians 6:14:17).