Gifts

We believe in present day operation of the supernatural  gifts  of  the  Holy  Spirit, as recorded in 1 Cor 12. We also believe in the nine ministry gifts, as recorded in Eph 4:11-13.

Divine Healing

In accordance with the teachings of the Scriptures, we trust our heavenly Father to   protect and heal our bodies from sickness and disease.  We believe that divine healing for the body, as with all redemptive blessings of God, has been provided for us by the atoning death and victorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ; it is the privilege of all believers and it is appropriated by faith in our heavenly Father’s unfailing promises.

(Exod 15:26; Is 53:4; Matt 8:16-17;

1Peter 2:24; Ps 103:3; James 5:14-15;

Mk 16:17-18).

The second coming of Christ.

We believe in the pre-millennial, imminent and      personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ to gather His people unto Himself.  Having this glorious hope and earnest expectation, we   purify ourselves, even as He is pure, so that  we may be ready to meet Him when  He comes.

(John 14:1-3; James 5:7-8; Titus 2:13;

1 Thess 4:15-17; 2 Thess 2:1;

1 John 2:28; 3:2-3).

The punishment of the wicked.

We believe in the everlasting punishment of the wicked (in the sense of eternal torment) that   willfully reject and despise the love of God  manifested in the great sacrifice of His only Son upon the cross for their salvation.

(Matt 25:46; 13:49-50; Luke 12:47-48;

2 Thess 1:8-9; Rom 6:23; Rev 20:11-15).

We believe that the devil and his angels and whosoever is not found written in the book of life shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

(Rev 19:20; 20:10-15).

The new heavens and the new earth.

We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness.

(2 Peter 3:13; Rev 21 & 22).

Creation.

We believe that the heavens and earth and all original life forms, including man, were made by the specific   immediate creative acts of God as described in Genesis, and that all biological changes which have occurred since creation are limited to variation within each       species.

From the United Constitution:

The Holy Scriptures known as the Bible are the     inspired Word of God and our all-sufficient rule for faith and practice.

The eternal Godhead.

We believe in the unity of the true and living God who is the eternal, self-existent One, who has revealed Himself as One being in three   persons – Father; Son and Holy Spirit, and   who is the Creator and preserver of all things visible and invisible.

(Deut. 6:4; Mk 12:29; Mt 28:19; Gen 1:1;

Ps 86:9-10; Is 43:10-11; John 1:13).

The Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the second     person of the triune Godhead, who was and is the eternal Son of God; that He became  incarnate by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary. We     believe in His sinless life,  miraculous ministry,      substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, glorious ascension, and abiding intercession.

(Is 7:14; Mt 1:23; Heb 7:26; 1 Pet 2:22;

Acts 2:22; 10:38; 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 9:12;

 Luke 24:39; 1 Cor 15:4; Acts 1:9; Eph 4:8-10; Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25).

The Holy Spirit.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the triune Godhead, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is ever present and  active in the work of convicting and regenerating the sinner, and sanctifying and guiding the  believer into all truth.

(John 14:26; 16:8-11; 1 Pet 1:2; Rom 8:14).