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1. We believe that the Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired of God, and
Inherent in the original writings, and that they are the supreme
and final authority in faith and conduct 2Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter
1:21. In the presentation of the Word it is to be "rightly
divided" according to dispensational principle as set forth
in (2Timothy 2:15 A.S.V).
2.We believe in one God, creator and sustainer of the universe,
existing eternally in three persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
(Deut. 6:4; 1Timothy 2:5; Eph. 4:4-6).
3.We believe in the eternal deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God
the Son; that He was co-existent with the Father. He was begotten
by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary and is true God
and true Man. (Luke 1:35; Phil. 2:6-9
4. We believe that The Holy Spirit, a Person co-equal with the
Father and with the Son, convicts the world of sin, regenerates,
baptizes into the Body of Christ, seals, indwells, enlightens,
and empowers the believer (Titus 3:5; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph.4:30).
5. We believe all men by nature are dead in trespasses and sins,
and are, therefore, totally unable of themselves to do anything
pleasing to God (Eph. 2:1-3).
6. We believe that God justifies ungodly sinners by His grace,
upon the grounds of the shed blood of Christ, through the means
of faith (Romans 3:24-28; Eph. 2:8-9).
7. We believe that in this present dispensation of the Grace of
God there is only one church, which is called the Body of Christ.
It is composed of all the saved and has its historical beginnings
with the raising up of the Apostle Paul. (Acts 9; 1 Cor. 12:13,27;
Col. 1:18,24,25; Eph. 3:1-11; 4:12; 1:22,23; Romans 11:11).
8. We believe that the only gifts necessary for the ministry of
the Body of Christ are those enumerated in (Eph. 4:7-16).
9. We believe that by reason of Christ's victory over sin and
of His indwelling Spirit, all of the saved may and should experience
deliverance from the power of sin by obedience to (Romans 6:11).
10. We believe that the Lord's Table, as revealed through the
Apostle Paul in (1 Cor. 11:23-26) is for members of the Body of
Christ to observe 'until He comes' (1 Cor. 10:16-21).
11. We believe that all saved persons have been made members of
the Body of Christ by one divine baptism. By one baptism, Eph.
4:5 and 1 Cor. 12:13, every member of the Body of Christ is identified
with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. Water baptism
is not a requirement for fellowship or salvation, nor a condition
of witness or testimony. (Col. 2:9-13).
12. We believe in the bodily resurrection of our Savior, Jesus
Christ, and that after His sacrificial and vicarious death for
the sin of the world on the cross of Calvary, He showed Himself
alive by many infallible proofs 1Cor.15:1-8.
13. We believe in the pre-tribulation rapture of both the living
and the dead of the Body Church into the air. 1Thess. 4:13-18;
Phil. 3:20-21, thus ending the Dispensation of Grace on earth.
14. We believe that the destiny of the unbeliever is a conscious
state of suffering in eternal perdition (Rev. 14:11; 2 Thess.
1:7-9).
15. We believe that Satan is a living, personal, active devil
(2 Cor.2:11; Eph. 2:2).
16. We believe that the mission and the commission which was given
to the Church, which is His Body, is to proclaim the message of
reconciliation 2Cor. 5:14-21 and endeavor to make all men see
what is the dispensation of the Mystery (Eph. 3:1-9).
17. We believe the Gospel which Paul calls "My Gospel",
and "The Gospel of the Grace of God", is God's specific
Gospel message for today.
Sincerely, Pastor Bray