|THE TRINITY OF GOD
The Lord our God is one God (Deu 6:4; Zec 14:9). He has revealed Himself to be eternally self-evident and self-existent as one being in three equal yet distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (Gen 1:26; Isa 9:6, 43:10-11; Mat 3:16-17, 28:19;Heb 3:7-11).
|GOD THE FATHER
God the Father is the supreme ruler of everything (Psa 24:1), issuing commands and decrees (Psa 148:5-6) performed by God the Son, Jesus Christ (Act 2:22), by the power of God the Holy Spirit (Zec 4:6). He is eternal life, light, and love; the Father of mankind.
|GOD THE SON JESUS
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, fully God and fully man, the only perfect and incorruptible physical expression of God, revealed since creation as the Word of God (Col 1:19, 2:9-10; Heb 1:2-3). He is the firstborn of all creation, through Him all things were created, and in Him all things hold together (Joh 1; Col 1; Heb 1). He is the Truth and the Life, the only way to God (Joh 14:6-7), the only mediator between God the Father and mankind (1 Tim 2:5; Heb 9:15).
|HOLY SPIRIT
God the Holy Spirit is actively working in the earth today (Joh 14:15-18, 16:7-13, 20:22). He is the power of God (Act 10:38), bringing into manifestation the command of God the Father and the performance of God the Son in and through His body, the Church. He has a distinct personality and tangible presence. He is the Spirit of Truth who helps, convicts, justifies, comforts, regenerates, sanctifies, indwells, empowers, anoints, and seals believers for the day of redemption (Eze 36:27; Isa 11:2; Luk 4:18-19; John 14:26, 16:8, 13; Act 1:8, 2, 4:31, 8:14-17, 9:31,
|AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE
As a written expression of the testimony of Jesus Christ, who Himself is the Word of God, the Bible is the primary authoritative message of God, recorded in written form as men were inspired and empowered by the Holy Spirit (Act 28:25; 2 Tim 3:16-17). It establishes what we are to believe and how we are meant to live in an experiential relationship with a living God.
|THE EMPOWERING OF GOD
God the Father has chosen to give all of mankind gifts from birth, to make others available to some upon surrender to Jesus Christ, and to make others available through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit Himself is the gift (Act 2:33, 38-39,)There is a baptism of the Holy Spirit available to all believers following salvation which is considered a vital experience for a disciple of Jesus Christ in the New Covenant (Joh 20:22; Act 2; 5:32, 8:12-17, 10:34-48, 19:1-6).
|ORIGINAL SIN
Sin did not originate with God. Sin, by definition is conflict with God and opposition with His very nature. God cannot be in conflict with Himself and did not create man with the intended result of sin, the determination to cause sin, or with temptation to sin. To do so would have been sinful in itself (Mat 15:18; Mar 9:42; Jam 1:13).
|SALVATION
Through faith, anyone can be restored to a life-giving relationship with God with immediate and unhindered access to His presence. That faith is expressed by repenting of our sins, knowing that Jesus received the penalty for us which we deserve, and confessing that Jesus is our living Savior and Lord.
|THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
Jesus Christ will literally and visibly return to the earth in the same way in which He left to personally and zealously take His full rightful authority over all His creation (Mat 24:30, 26:63-64; Acts 1:9-11; 1 The 4:15-17; 2 The 1:7-8; Rev 1:7).
