We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are perversions of God’s intended purposes and therefore, sin. (Genesis 2:24 Romans 7:2 1 Corinthians 7:10 Ephesians 5:22-23) We believe that God expressly forbids intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one man and one woman. We believe that the only marriage recognized by Scripture is the joining of one man and one woman. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image and is mindful of him, and in that Christ died for man therefore every individual possesses dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love. We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam’s sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God and therefore man is totally depraved, and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Genesis 1:26- 27 Romans 3:22-23 Ephesians 2:1-3, 12). Satan’s eternal end is everlasting torment in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:10). We believe his power is supernatural, yet limited and that he cannot act without the permission of God (Job 1:6-12 I John 4:4). We believe that Satan is a created angelic being who rebelled and who tempted man to join him in rebellion against God (Isaiah 14:12-17 Ezekiel 28:11-19 Genesis 3:1-5). We believe in the reality of the person of Satan and that he and the fallen angels wage a spiritual warfare against the plan and purposes of God (John 13:2 Acts 5:3 Ephesians 6:11-12). We believe that speaking in tongues was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit and that ultimate deliverance of the body from sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection, though God frequently chooses to answer the prayer of believers for physical healing. We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and the gift of healing, were temporary. We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Person who reproves the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment and that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, indwelling all believers and sealing them unto the day of redemption (John 16:8-11 II Corinthians 3:6 Romans 8:9 Ephesians 1:13-14). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was raised bodily and that He ascended to Heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9-10 Hebrews 9:24, 7:25 Romans 8:34 I John 2:1-2). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His finished work on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24-25 I Peter 2:24 Ephesians 1:7 I Peter 1:3-5). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (John 1:1-2, 14 Luke 1:35 Isaiah 9:6 7:14 Philippians 2:5-8 Galatians 4:4-5). We believe that God created the entire universe in six literal, twenty-four-hour days (Genesis 1:1-27). We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections (Deuteronomy 6:4 II Corinthians 13:14). The Bible is our sole and final authority for faith and practice. The Masoretic Text of the Old Testament and the Received Text of the New Testament (Textus Receptus) are those texts of the original languages we use the Authorized King James Version of the Bible is the English version we use in the English-speaking world. We believe that the Scriptures are inerrant, infallible, and God-breathed. We believe in verbal, plenary inspiration in the original writings, and God’s preservation of His pure words to every generation (II Timothy 3:16, Psalms 12:6-8). We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Bible, “as it is in truth, the Word of God…” (I Thessalonians 2:13).
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