Statement of Faith
I have provided my statement of faith on this site so you will know what I believe and know to be true. Everything we claim as truth must ultimately be able to stand up to the test of God’s Word, the Scriptures.
The Scriptures - The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments have their authority from God alone, are written by men whom God divinely inspired. They are God’s revealing of Himself to men. They are the only perfect, supreme, infallible and sufficient standard of faith and practice.
God - There is one true and living God; He is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, good, wise, just and merciful. He is the creator, preserver, and sovereign of the universe; He is inexpressively glorious in holiness, and worthy of all honor, confidence and love. In the Godhead there are three persons in one: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, who are equal and who have distinct but harmonious roles in the great work of redemption.
Jesus Christ - Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the person of the trinity who, by virtue of His sacrificial death on the cross, is the world's redeemer and the savior of all who believe. He is at present the intercessor of all His people at the right hand of the Father, and is to be the judge of all men.
The Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinity, by whom all saving, comforting and sanctifying power is exerted upon human hearts.
State and Fall of Man - Man was created sinless. By his own disobedience he fell into sin. Through his fall into sin, an evil nature was transmitted to the whole race, revealing itself in actual transgression, and bringing all under the reign of condemnation and death.
Atonement - The perfect life, the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, have removed the obstacles in the way of the Holy Spirit's regenerating power and of the Father's forgiving grace being extended to the sinner so that he may be reconciled to God.
Regeneration - We are dead in our trespasses and sins until we are made alive (a spiritual rebirth) in Christ by putting our faith in Him. After regeneration, we begin to see, and hear, and seek after divine things, and to live a life of faith and holiness.
Repentance - A sinner, through the power of the Holy Spirit, recognizes his sin and despises it and turns from it because it is an offence against God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, he walks according to God’s commandments out of love.
Faith - Faith is a conviction of the intellect that God will perform all that He has promised and an implicit trust of the heart in Christ as a personal savior. It is a condition of justification and of cleansing from sin and of all subsequent gospel blessings.
Justification - Justification is an act of God wherein He accepts as righteous the sinner, to whom is imputed the perfect righteousness of Christ, on the condition of faith alone.
Sanctification - The Scriptures teach that sanctification is the process by which, according to the will of God, Christians are made partakers of His holiness; that it has its beginning in regeneration, and that it is carried on in the hearts of believers by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, in the continual use of the appointed means: the Word of God, self-examination, self-denial, watchfulness and prayer.
Death - At death our bodies return to dust, our souls to God who gave them. The righteous being then perfected in happiness are received to dwell with God, awaiting the full redemption of their bodies. The wicked are cast into Hades reserved unto the judgment of the great day.
Resurrection - There will be a general resurrection of the bodies of the just and of the unjust to be judged by our Lord Jesus Christ at His second coming.
General Judgement - There will be a judgment of quick and dead, of the just and unjust, on the principles of righteousness, by the Lord Jesus Christ, at His second coming. The wicked will be condemned to eternal punishment, and the righteous received into fullness of eternal life and joy.
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