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The Bible is the very Word of God1 and therefore the only truth and authority in all religious matters. In this age of doubt, confusion and skepticism, Holy Scripture alone offers spiritual security and the certainty of salvation in Christ.

1 2 Peter 1:21
  …for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:15-16
  …and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
John 8:31-32
  Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.  “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Psalm 119:105
  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
 

Creation/Fall into Sin

God created the universe in six regular 24-hour days. God tells us this in the Bible.2 God’s creation was completely perfect at its beginning, but since that time has been corrupted by sin. The sin of Adam and Eve corrupted themselves and all of their offspring including us. However, God is a loving God, and for this reason He promised to send a Savior for all people. That Savior was and is Jesus the Christ.

2 2 Genesis 1-3

The Creation

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
    Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
    Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
    Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
    Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the third day.
    Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
    Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
    Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
    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. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
    And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

The Garden of Eden

    Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
    This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.
    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Life in God’s Garden

    The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
    Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
    And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
    And Adam said:

“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
    And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Exodus 20: 8-11
  …For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.
Romans 5:18-19
  Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

Trinity

Trinity means three in one. One God who has revealed Himself in three persons. ‘Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!’? (Deuteronomy 6:4). The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is God. Not three Gods but One God. Coequal! Coeternal! Go!  Baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19) God is our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. One God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity.

John 10:30
  I and My Father are one.
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.”
Matthew 3:16
  When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Sin

Sin is doing contrary to the Will of God3. “Jesus said ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ “(Matthew 22:37-40)  Anything, whether it is thoughts, words or actions, that is contrary to this perfect love of God and this perfect love for your neighbor, is sin. By this standard all people sin and fall short of the glory of God.4 No amount of good works will wash away these sins5 or their consequences, eternal separation from our God6.

3 1 John 4:3
  and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
4 Romans 3:23
  …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
5 Galatians 3:10
  For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
6 Romans 6:23a
  For the wages of sin is death.

Salvation

Salvation means being saved. From before man’s fall into sin God established the means whereby God would save man. From the cross Jesus declared His saving work complete7. Jesus announces to the world, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.’? (John 11:25)  Sin and death have been swallowed up in victory by our Savior. There is nothing left for you to do, Jesus has done it all. God continues to hold out His saving, rescuing hand through the true teaching of God’s Word8 through His Church and its called workers9. Jesus died that we might be made alive, cleansed of all our sins.

7 John 19:30
  So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
8 Romans 10:17
  So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
9 Hebrews 10:25
  …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.

Grace

Grace is God’s underserved love. The Bible teaches us that we are to be perfect (without sin) as our Father in heaven is perfect. The Bible also teaches us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Contradiction? Quiet the contrary, they are in complete harmony! From eternity, God in love, desired, designed, and carried out the plan of Grace (God’s undeserved love10) whereby He would save man. ‘When the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem (purchase from sin) those who were under the law.’? (Galatians 4:4) ‘For by grace (God’s underserved love) you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.’? (Ephesians 2: 8-9)

10 John 3:16
  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

The Church

We rejoice over all people of every age and nation who are children of God by faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior11 and therefore belong to the Holy Christian Church.12 Yet, in our earthly religious associations, God asks us to unite (worship, pray, and commune) with those who follow His Word13 and out of love for God and concern for souls to stay away from harmful error (e.g. false teachings, those causing divisions, etc.).

11 Galatians 3:26
  For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
12 Ephesians 2:19-20
  Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone.
13 1 Corinthians 1:10
  Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Matthew 7:15
  Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Romans 16:17-18
  Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
  Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty.”

Baptism

Baptism forgives sins7, clothes with faith in Christ8, saves9, makes us heirs of eternal life.10 In baptizing ’all nations”11, we include children because they are born sinful and need the ‘washing of rebirth.’?12

7 Acts 22:16
  And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord
8 Galatians 3:26-27
  For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
9 1 Peter 3:21
  There is also an antitype which now saves us; baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
10 Titus 3:7
  …that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
11 Matthew 28:19
  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…
12 Titus 3:5
  …not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit…

Lord’s Supper

Holy Communion was established by our Savior for the forgiveness-assurance and faith-strengthening of His disciples and all believers.13 In the Lord’s Supper, the true body and blood of Christ are received14 in faith by those who are spiritually prepared15 and agreed in what they believe.16

13 Matthew 26:28
  For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
14 Mark 14:22-24
  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.”
and 1 Corinthians 10:16
  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
15 1 Corinthians 11:28
  But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
16 1 Corinthians 10:17
  For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread. and Romans 16:17  Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.

Abortion

An individual’s life begins at conception17. We know this because God reveals this to us in the Bible18. All who live, live because God has given them life. We do not have the right to end the life of another. God tells us specifically not to murder19. Therefore, no one has the right to end the life of a child regardless of the circumstances. In addition to the murder of an unborn child, abortion may likely cause irreparable psychological damage to the mother. The God of the Bible does not desert those in need. Those who trust in God will find that their creator will not leave them to despair, but will turn even their worst situation to benefit them and strengthen their faith20.

17 Psalm 139:13-16
  For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
  My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
  Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
18 Psalm 51:5
  Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
19 Exodus 20:13
  You shall not murder.
20 Romans 8:28
  And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Homosexuality

God tells us that homosexual relationships are sinful.19 In 1 Corinthians He specifically tells us that those who do not repent of their homosexuality will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Thankfully, the sins of homosexuality, like all other sins, have been paid for by Jesus.20 God knows that some struggle against same sex attractions, and He will not leave them to face this hardship alone. Instead, God will constantly remind them of the forgiveness that is found in Jesus Christ, and in this way strengthen those in need of His love.

19 Leviticus 18:22
  You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.
and Romans 1:26-27
  For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
20 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
  Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

The End Times

Many have been deceived by those who hold unscriptural beliefs about the end of the world. Bible verses are often used improperly in support of these false ideas. What God has revealed to us about the end times is found in the Bible. Jesus will physically return once on the last day of the earth’s existence. He will raise all people, the living and those who have died. The believers will be raised to eternal life with God (Heaven), and the unbelievers to eternal separation from God (Hell). Because God desires all men to live eternally, he moves Christians across the world to share the message of the Savior of Mankind, Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 2:4
  …who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
John 6:40
  And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Revelation 1:7
  Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
Matthew 25:31-33
  When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
Matthew 24:23-25
  Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. “For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible.”