SPIRITUAL CREED
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BASIC STATEMENT OF FAITH

The GOD of the Holy Bible

1. "We believe that God Who has revealed Himself in the Holy Bible is the supreme Deity of the universe, the Creator of all things visible and invisible and the source of all life."

(Genesis 1:1; John 1; John 5:26; Acts 17:24; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6; Revelation 1:11)

The HOLY BIBLE: God's Operational Manual for Mankind

2. "We believe the Holy Bible is God's determinative and complete revelation to mankind. The original writings of both the Old and New Testament were penned by holy men of God under Yahweh's divine instruction and inspiration. The Holy Bible is the only infallible, inerrant, sufficient and authoritative Word of God."

(2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21; John 17:17; Proverbs 2:6; Romans 3:4)

JESUS CHRIST

3. "We believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His Virgin Birth, His sinless life, His powerful miracles, His resurrection from the dead, and His ascension into Heaven where He presently lives at the right hand of the Father. He existed as God before His human birth; He is God. He will be returning to earth with great power and glory."

(Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:34; John 1; Revelation 1:8)

SALVATION: The ONLY Way Into God's Kingdom

4. "As important as obedience to God's Law/Word is, No amount of good works can save any man or woman. Human nature is imperfect, naturally sinful, and spiritually defiled. There is no basis for a perfect God to have a relationship with puny man. Our sins have separated us from God. We believe that reconciliation and salvation is possible only by faith in the Substitutionary Sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is the only way and means into His Kingdom."

(Ephesians 2:8; Hebrews 7:25; Titus 3:5; Romans 5:9; Acts 15:11; Acts 4:12; 1 Timothy 2:5)

The RESURRECTION of the Dead

5. "We believe in the Resurrection of the dead both the saved and the unsaved. At Christ's Return, those who are saved are raised unto the resurrection of eternal life with God in His Kingdom. Those who are separated from God and lost are raised unto the resurrection of eternal damnation.

(1 Thessalonians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 15:50; Philippians 3:20; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 21:7; 1 John 3:2; Romans 8:11; Daniel 7:18; Luke 1:31; Matthew 19:28; Ezekiel 37:23; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 2:25)

OBEDIENCE to God's Word/Law

6. "We believe that we are saved by God's grace yet we must properly respond to that precious gift not by continuing in sin but with total submission and obedience to God's Law/Word which is every Word in the Bible including God's Ten Commandments."

(1 John 2:3; John 14:15; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 5:2; Romans 5:8; Galatians 5:16; Romans 6:16; Romans 2:5; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Galatians 5:19; 2 Peter 1:5; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:14)

The HOLY SPIRIT

7. "We believe that God dwells in the sons and daughters of God in the Person of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity. He is the source of all good works and fruits of Christianity. He is the source and power of all godly change and spiritual growth."

(John 4:23; Romans 5:8; Romans 8:1; Galatians 5:16; Romans 6:4; Romans 12:22; John 14:16; John 15:1; John 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; Ephesians 1:13)

God's HOLY SABBATH DAY

8. "We believe that God set aside, blessed and sanctified the seventh day Sabbath as a everlasting memorial of His creation. Jesus Christ is the Lord and protector of the Sabbath. As Jesus set the example for us by being baptized, so He also set the example for us by keeping the Sabbath as it was intended. The Sabbath is one of God's Ten Commandments which can never be changed even in the age to come. God's Word teaches us that the Sabbath will serve as a sign of God's people in every age."

(Genesis 2:2; Leviticus 23:32; Exodus 20:11; Mark 2:23; Mark 2:28; Mark 3:1; Matthew 12:7; Luke 4:16; Acts 13:42; Acts 17:2; Acts 18:4; Isaiah 66:23; John 10:35; Matthew 5:15)

God's TRUE CHURCH

9. "We believe that God's true church is NOT a physical structure or organization of men but a spiritual organism comprised of all true born again, baptized, Spirit led believers in the Deity and Substitutionary Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The saints names are written in the Lambs Book of Life. Christ alone is the Head. It is NOT limited to any earthly church organization. Water Baptism symbolizes the burial of the old self and the resurrection of the new with Christ. It is the New Testament entry point just as circumcision was in the Old Testament into that Church. As a member of God's True Church our spiritual relationship is personal, direct and one on one with our Father in Heaven through Jesus Christ. No longer can any clergy, church, saint or angel mediate for you. The work of the church is to administer to the sick of body, mind and spirit, preach and teach the Word/Law and lead disciples to repentance and a personal relationship with their Creator through Jesus Christ. The true spiritual Church of the New Testament is the extension and continuance of the true spiritual Israel of the Old Testament. True Christians are the true spiritual heirs of Abraham, the father of the faithful.

(1 Corinthians 12:12; Romans 8:9; 1 John 4:13; Ephesians 1:22; Colossians 1:18; John 14:23; John 15:4; 1 Corinthians 1:12; Revelation 21:27; Romans 6:4; Ephesians 4:5; Colossians 2:12; 1 Peter 3:21; Acts 2:38; Hebrews 6:2; Mark 16:16; John 3:5; Romans 6:31; James 2:20; Revelation 2:11; 1 Timothy 2:5; Matthew 27:51; Matthew 6:6; Matthew 28:19; Galatians 3:30)

Our PURPOSE in Life: The Christian Mission

10. "We believe that our Christian faith must be a practical, living and working faith applicable to every area of life. The Great Commission of our King is the Church's marching orders to take dominion of the earth, replace man's faulty systems and institutions with Biblical solutions, to expose the darkness, foolishness and spiritual bankruptcy of all of man's long failed history of non-Biblical philosophies, ideologies and systems, to obey Christ and serve His everlasting Kingdom as ambassadors, associate kings and priests, and to occupy like a conquering army until Christ returns, NOT by force but by God's invincible Spirit and infallible Word/Law.

(James 1:22; James 2:17; James 4:17; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Luke 19:13; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Revelation 5:10; Revelation 2:26)