"Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over Him. The death He died , He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives He lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires."
Romans 6:8-12
What we believe:
1) There is one living and true God. He is triune and reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes but without division of His nature, His essence, or His being.
Deuteronomy 6:4; Jeremiah 10:10; Matthew 23:9; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6
2) The scriptures were written by men divinely inspired by God who is the author. The scriptures are inerrant, true, and trustworthy.
Psalm 119:89; Luke 21:33; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:19-21
3) We believe in a recent, literal, six-day creation.
Genesis 1, 2, 3, 5, 7:6, 9:28, 11, 17:24, 21:5, 25:7, 25:26, 35:28, 47:28; Exodus 7:7, 12:40-41, 20:11, 31:17; Deuteronomy 34:7; I Samuel 13; I Kings 2:10-11, 6:1, 11:42; Luke 3:23-38
4) We believe in a literal, global, Noahican Flood that deluged the entire earth some 4,450 years ago.
Genesis 6:17, 7:10-12, 19-20, Job 22:16, II Peter 3:6
5) God revealed Himself in the flesh in the form of Jesus Christ and came to live as a perfect and sinless man. He gave Himself to be the blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin by dying on the cross to redeem us that through Him we have the opportunity for eternal life.
Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18,22-23; 16:16 ;28:5-6; Luke 22:70; John 1:1-5,14; 10:30; 14:10-11; 16:28; 20:17; Acts 2:22-24; 7:46; Romans 5:8; 8:1-3,34; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15-22; 2:9; Titus 2:13-14; 1 John 5:9; Revelation 19:16
6) Jesus Christ died on the cross in our place, defeated death, arose three days later, and will return again with power and glory to judge the world.
Acts 2:24; Romans 5:6-21; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 9:28
7) We are created in God's Image. Once mankind was innocent of sin until through the temptation of Satan, man transgressed God's commands and fell from innocence and inherited a sinful nature that is always deviated toward sin.
Genesis 1:26-30; 2:7,18-22; 3:1-24; 9:6; Psalm 1; 8:3-6; 32:1-5; Jeremiah 17:5; Acts 17:26-31; Romans 1:18-32; 3:10-18,23; 5:6,12,19; 6:6; 7:14-25; 8:14-18,29; 1 Corinthians 1:21-31; 15:21-22; Ephesians 2:1-22; Colossians 1:21-22; 3:9-11
8) We believe in the immersion water baptism of believers.
Matthew 3:13-17; 28:18-20; Luke 3:21-22; Acts 8:36-39; 16:30-33; Romans 6:3-5; Colossians 2:12
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