For HIS GLORY, Through HIS WORD.

The Bible

We believe that all Scripture is inspired by God. Inspiration means God the Holy Spirit superintended the human authors of Scripture (Prophets and Apostles) so that without sacrificing their particular literary style, the words they wrote in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, precisely communicated God’s thoughts to mankind (Mark 13:11; Acts 1:16; Rom 1:18-25; 2 Tim 3:16-17; 2 Pet 1:21). The Bible is God’s Word and is without error in the original autographs. The Bible alone provides special revelation from God to us, and without it, we cannot know anything particular about Him, His creation, or His redemptive work in history through His Son, Jesus Christ (Luke 24:27, 44; John 5:39; Acts 17:2-3; 18:28; 26:22-23; 28:23).

The Bible provides us with the necessary information to make sense of our world; that is, the Bible provides the necessary presuppositions to have a correct worldview, as Scripture alone gives the true origin of the universe created in six literal days and reveals that mankind came from the hand of God as a special creature made in His image and in no way evolved from a lower species. More so, the Bible explains the origin of sin and evil, the beginnings of language and society, and why the earth is in a state of decay. Scripture gives hope to mankind, showing that God has provided salvation to all who trust in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior (John 3:16-18; 20:31; Acts 4:12; 16:30-31; Eph 2:8-9; Tit 3:5). Lastly, God’s Word shows that evil—which had a beginning—will eventually come to an end, and that God will at some time in the future create a new heaven and earth (Gen 3-11; Rev 21-22).

The Trinity

The Bible teaches that God exists as Trinity; that there are three Persons in the Godhead who are co-equal, co-infinite, and co-eternal, possessing exactly the same attributes, but functioning in different roles (Deut 6:4; Matt 28:18-19; John 1:1, 14, 18; Acts 5:3-4; 2 Cor 13:14; Heb 1:1-3; Rev 1:4-6).

God the Father

God the Father is the first Person in the Godhead. God the Father is the master planner of all creation and the Father of all those who believe in Jesus Christ for salvation (1 Cor 8:6; Gal 3:26), but is by no means the Father of unbelievers (John 8:42-44). God the Father sent God the Son into the world as an expression of His love and to provide salvation for lost sinners (John 3:16-18). The Father was completely satisfied with the substitutionary death of Jesus who died in the place of sinners (Mark 10:45; Rom 3:25; 1 John 4:10).

God the Son

Jesus is the eternal Son of God who came into the world (John 1:1, 18), born of a virgin in the kingly Jewish line of David (Luke 1:30-35). Being truly God, He took upon Himself true humanity that He might live righteously according to the Mosaic Law (John 1:14; Gal 4:4; Heb 4:15), and thus be a qualified substitute to die in the place of sinners (Mark 10:45). After His bodily crucifixion, Jesus was in the grave for three days and was resurrected to life never to die again and has ascended to heaven where He currently intercedes for the saints until He returns to receive them to Himself at the rapture (1 Cor 15:3-4; Phil 3:20-21; 1 Th 4:13-18).

God the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is God (Gen 1:2; Acts 5:3-4). God the Holy Spirit has a special ministry in the Church Age in which He indwells and seals every believer at the moment of salvation (John 3:3; 14:16-17; 1 Cor 6:19; Eph 1:13; 4:30). At the moment of regeneration, the Holy Spirit baptizes each believer into union with Christ and gives a spiritual gift that can be developed for the edification of others through spiritual maturation (1 Cor 12:13; Rom 12:6-8). The Spirit empowers, teaches, and guides the believer in accordance with Scripture, which believer is often under the teaching ministry of a mature Pastor-Teacher (John 16:13-15; Rom 12:6-8; Eph 4:11-13).