BELIEFS OF FELLOWSHIP OF HIS PRESENCE
GOD
- Our God is the one and only true God. (Isaiah 44:8)
- God is a triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (1 John 5:7)
- God is eternal. He always was, always is and always will be. (Isaiah 43:10-11)
- God is the creator of all that is made. (John 1:1-3)
JESUS:
- Jesus is the Savior of the world. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, fully God and fully man, suffered, died, and was buried to pay the debt for the sins of all mankind, descended into hell and rose on the 3rd day. He ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of the Father where He intercedes for us and will return to judge evil and good. (1Timothy 2:5-6; Matthew 1:20-23; John 1:14; 1 Peter 3:22; Hebrews 7:25; Colossians 3:1)
THE HOLY SPIRIT:
- The Holy Spirit is alive and active today. He is our comforter. He convicts us of our sins, leads us into all truth, empowers, equips, guides and teaches. (Ephesians 3:16; John 14:26; Acts 9:31; John 16:13)
- The gifts of the Spirit such as wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy and speaking in tongues are all given by the same Spirit to edify the individual and the body of Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
HOLY SCRIPTURE:
- The Holy Scripture is the inspired Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
- The Holy Scripture, God’s Word, is unchanging. (James 1:17; Malachi 3:6)
FALL OF MAN AND PLAN OF SALVATION:
- Man’s created nature was good. (Genesis 1:26-27)
- Man, of his own free will, chose disobedience and fell from purity and innocence. (Romans 5:19)
- Man’s disobedience resulted in both physical and spiritual death. (Genesis 3:19)
- The only hope for man’s sinful state was for Jesus to suffer the consequences for man’s disobedience in his place. (Isaiah 53:5; Titus 2:14)
- Jesus, knowing man’s free will would cause him to fail, before creation chose to leave His heavenly realm in due season, suffer and die to pay the debt for sin. (Revelation 13:8)
- Man’s repentance and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord is the only way for redemption and the hope of restored relationship with God. (John 14:6)
- Redemption is a gift of the grace of God through the believer’s faith. It cannot be earned. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
CHRISTIAN LIFE:
- WATER BAPTISM is an outward sign of obedience that the believer has put to death a life of sin. (Romans 6:4)
- BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT is a separate event from salvation and water baptism. It releases the power of the Holy Spirit for life and ministry. (Luke 24:49; Acts 19:1-7)
- COMMUNION, partaking of the bread and the cup, in remembrance of the Lord’s suffering, death, burial and resurrection should be shared often within the body with all reverence. (1 Corinthians 11:26-28)
- ASSEMBLING together on a regular basis to edify and encourage one another; to join together in worship, fellowship, and the proclamation of the gospel; is our calling as the body of Christ, His beloved bride. (Psalms 111:1; Acts 2:42; Romans 12:5; Hebrews 10:24-25)
- OUR COMMISSION as believers is to seek and to save that which was lost, making disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8)
HEAVEN AND HELL:
- Heaven is the glorious habitation of the living God, absent of any evil, and those that have repented and made Jesus the Lord of their lives will live eternally with God after the death of their earthly body. (1 Corinthians 2:9; Revelation 7:15-17, 21:4)
- Hell is a place of darkness and deepest sorrow and regret, eternally separate from God. Satan, his angels and all those that chose to reject the salvation paid by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ will live there forever, where there shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:41-42, 25:41; Revelation 20:10, 15)
THE BLESSED HOPE:
- The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the Church. (Acts 1:6-11; 1Thessalonians 4:16,17; Romans 8:23; Zechariah 14:4)
- The Millennial Kingdom of Christ is a 1000-year reign during which Jesus will reign in peace over all the nations of the world and Satan will be bound. (Revelation 20:1-3)
- At the end of the world, Jesus will judge every person, who has lived and separate believers from non believers. (Acts 17:31; John 5:22; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:11-15)
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Scripture References (NKJV):
Isaiah 44:8 – Do not fear, nor be afraid; have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed, there is no other rock; I know not one.
1 John 5:7 – For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
Isaiah 43:10-11 – ‘You are My witnesses,’ says the Lord, ‘and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me.’
John 1:1-3 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
1 Timothy 2:5-6 – For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
James 1:17 – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
Malachi 3:6a – For I am the Lord, I do not change.
Matthew 1:20,23 – But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.’ So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, God with us.’
John 1:14 – And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
1 Peter 3:22 – who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
Hebrews 7:25 – Therefore, He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
Colossians 3:1 – If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
Ephesians 3:16 – that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man.
John 14:26 – But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
Acts 9:31 – Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
John 16:13 – However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 – There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by ]the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 – All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Genesis 1:26-27 – Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth’ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Romans 5:19 – For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
Genesis 3:19 – In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground. For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Isaiah 53:5 – But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
Titus 2:14 – who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
Revelation 13:8 – All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
John 14:6 – Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’
Ephesians 2:8-9 – For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Romans 6:3-4 – Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore, we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Luke 24:49 – Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
Acts 19:1-7 – And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples he said to them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ So, they said to him, ‘We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit’ And he said to them, ‘Into what then were you baptized?’ So, they said, ‘Into John’s baptism.’ Then Paul said, ‘John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.’ When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Now the men were about twelve in all.
1 Corinthians 11:26-28 – For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. Therefore, whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so, let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
Psalms 111:1 – Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.
Acts 2:42 – And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Romans 12:5 – so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
Hebrews 10:24-25 – And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the day approaching.
Matthew 28:18-19 – And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ’All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Mark 16::15 – And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.’
Acts 1:8 – But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
1 Corinthians 2:9 – But as it is written: ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.’
Revelation 7:15-17 – Therefore they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Revelation 21:4 – And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.
Matthew 13:41-42 – The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:4 – Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’
Revelation 20:10, 15 – The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Acts 1:6-11 – Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, ‘Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’ And He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’ Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.’
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Romans 8:23 – Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
Zechariah 14:4 – And in that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley; half the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south..
Revelation 20:1-3 – Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
Acts 17:31 – because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.
John 5:22 – For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son.
Revelation 20:11-15 – Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Date: 1-1-2026