The Godhead
We believe and teach that there is but one living and true God. He is an infinite, all knowing, all powerful, all present Spirit who is perfect in all His attributes, one in essence, and eternally existing in three Persons - Father, Son, Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4 ; Isaiah 45:5-7 ; I Corinthians 8:4 ; John 4:24 ; Matthew 28:19 ; II Corinthians 13:14 )
1. The Person And Work Of God The Father: We believe and teach that God the Father is the first Person of the Trinity. He is the Creator of all things and the only absolute and omnipotent ruler of the universe. As Creator He is Father to all men, but He is a spiritual Father only to believers. (Genesis 1:1 ; Ephesians 4:6 ; Romans 8:14 ; John 1:12 )
2. The Person And Work Of Christ: We believe and teach that Jesus Christ is the second Person of the Trinity, yet shares equally in all the attributes of deity with the Father and the Holy Spirit. We teach and believe in His virgin birth, in His incarnation, in His perfect and sinless humanity, in His substitutionary, satisfactory, propitiatory, atoning death on Calvary, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His present intercessory ministry, and in His personal return for the Church. ( John 10:30 ; Isaiah 7:14 ; John 1:1,14 ; Romans 3:24 ; Romans 5:8 ; I Corinthians 15:20 ; Acts 1:9 )
3. The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit: We believe and teach in the absolute and full deity of the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity, who is equal with the Father and the Son. We recognize His work in creation, the incarnation, the written revelation, and the work of salvation. The Holy Spirit indwells all believers at the moment of conversion to sanctify, baptize, instruct, empower, guide and seal them.(Genesis 1:2 ; Matthew 1:18 ; II Peter 1:20,21 ; John 3:5-7 ; I Corinthians 12:13
; Romans 8:9 ; II Corinthians 3:6 ; Ephesians 1:13 )
1. The Person And Work Of God The Father: We believe and teach that God the Father is the first Person of the Trinity. He is the Creator of all things and the only absolute and omnipotent ruler of the universe. As Creator He is Father to all men, but He is a spiritual Father only to believers. (Genesis 1:1 ; Ephesians 4:6 ; Romans 8:14 ; John 1:12 )
2. The Person And Work Of Christ: We believe and teach that Jesus Christ is the second Person of the Trinity, yet shares equally in all the attributes of deity with the Father and the Holy Spirit. We teach and believe in His virgin birth, in His incarnation, in His perfect and sinless humanity, in His substitutionary, satisfactory, propitiatory, atoning death on Calvary, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His present intercessory ministry, and in His personal return for the Church. ( John 10:30 ; Isaiah 7:14 ; John 1:1,14 ; Romans 3:24 ; Romans 5:8 ; I Corinthians 15:20 ; Acts 1:9 )
3. The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit: We believe and teach in the absolute and full deity of the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity, who is equal with the Father and the Son. We recognize His work in creation, the incarnation, the written revelation, and the work of salvation. The Holy Spirit indwells all believers at the moment of conversion to sanctify, baptize, instruct, empower, guide and seal them.(Genesis 1:2 ; Matthew 1:18 ; II Peter 1:20,21 ; John 3:5-7 ; I Corinthians 12:13
; Romans 8:9 ; II Corinthians 3:6 ; Ephesians 1:13 )