HOW CAN I BE SAVED?
WE BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD TO HUMANITY. GOD IS TOTALLY PERFECT AND WE HAVE ALL FALLEN SHORT OF THIS STANDARD (ROMANS 3:23). WE CALL THIS 'SIN'. JUST ONE SIN IS SUFFICIENT TO SEPARATE US FROM GOD FOREVER (ISAIAH 59:2). AS A RESULT OF THE FALL, THE HEART OF EVERY HUMAN IS BY NATURE SELFISH AND SINFUL, COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO GOD.
GOD CANNOT TOLERATE SIN AND MUST JUDGE IT RIGHTEOUSLY AND JUSTLY. HOWEVER, GOD WANTED MEN AND WOMEN TO BE WITH HIM WHILST AT THE SAME TIME RESOLVING THE PROBLEM OF SIN.
GOD PROVIDED A WONDERFUL SOLUTION. A JUST GOD REQUIRED THAT ALL SIN HAD TO BE PUNISHED AND THE APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT WAS DEATH. BUT, RATHER THAN THAT SENTENCE FALLING UPON US SINFUL HUMANS, HE WOULD PROVIDE HIS SON TO BEAR THE PUNISHMENT AS A SUBSTITUTE (ISAIAH 9:6).
WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED - 1 CORINTHIANS 1:23
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON - JOHN 3:16
ABOUT 2,000 YEARS AGO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, WALKED THIS EARTH FOR 33 YEARS. HE LIVED A TOTALLY SINLESS LIFE BEFORE GOD, HEALING PEOPLE AND TEACHING THEM THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD'S VIEW OF SIN. BUT THEY HATED HIM FOR IT (1 JOHN 3:5). SO STRONG WAS THEIR HATRED THAT THEY PUT HIM TO DEATH, NAILING HIM TO A CROSS. CRUCIFYING HIM.
WHAT SEEMED TO BE A TRAGIC SERIES OF OCCURRENCES WAS ACTUALLY GOD WORKING THE GREATEST EVENT THIS EARTH HAS EVER WITNESSED. THERE ON THE CROSS GOD'S WRATH AGAINST SIN WAS PLACED UPON JESUS (1 PETER 2:24), THE SENTENCE OF DEATH THAT WAS DUE TO US, THE SINNERS.
BUT GOD HAD NOT FINISHED HIS PLAN. ANOTHER GREAT EVENT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.
HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES - 1 CORINTHIANS 15:4
THE LIFE JESUS LIVED AND THE DEATH THAT HE SUFFERED COMPLETELY SATISFIED GOD. THIS MEANT THAT HE HAD THE RIGHT TO LIVE AGAIN, AND SO THREE DAYS AFTER HE DIED, HE ROSE AGAIN. GOD HAD TOTALLY DEALT WITH SIN AND PROVIDED THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW LIFE FOR ALL.
HAVE YOU COME BEFORE GOD AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT YOU HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF GOD'S PERFECT STANDARD? HAVE YOU LET JESUS TAKE THE PUNISHMENT FOR YOUR SINS AND ACCEPTED THIS NEW LIFE?
ARE YOU WILLING TO CONFESS THAT JESUS' SACRIFICE IS THE ONLY WAY OF DEALING WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL SIN? HAVE YOU GIVEN UP YOUR SIN AND LOOKED TO GOD FOR HELP? ARE YOU PREPARED TO LET JESUS TAKE CONTROL (ROMANS 10:9) OF YOUR LIFE? GOD HAS REVEALED THE DEPTHS OF HIS LOVE TO GIVE US ALL HOPE, DEPTHS THAT HUMANS CANNOT FATHOM. THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS GIVE YOUR LIFE TO HIM.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO BE SAVED, PLEASE READ ON! IN ADDITION, FURTHER DOWN THIS PAGE YOU WILL FIND A SUMMARY OF OUR CORE BELIEFS.
OUR CORE BELIEFS
THE BIBLE
WE BELIEVE IN THE DIVINE INSPIRATION, AUTHORITY, AND SUFFICIENCY OF THE BIBLE AND ITS CONSEQUENT ENTIRE TRUSTWORTHINESS AND SUPREME AUTHORITY IN ALL MATTERS OF FAITH AND CONDUCT.
THE GODHEAD
WE BELIEVE IN THE UNITY OF THE GODHEAD, WITH THE DISTINCTION OF PERSONS IN THAT UNITY, NAMELY THE FATHER, AND THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO WHOM EQUAL HONOUR IS DUE. THE SOVEREIGNTY AND GRACE OF GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, IN CREATION, PROVIDENCE, REVELATION, REDEMPTION, SANCTIFICATION, AND FINAL JUDGEMENT.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT ILLUMINATES THE BELIEVER. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK OF REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. HE INDWELLS EVERY BELIEVER AND THIS BEGINS AT THE TIME OF CONVERSION. HE EMPOWERS FOR GODLY LIVING AND SPIRITUAL SERVICE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY BELIEVER TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
THE FALL
MAN WAS CREATED SINLESS BUT THROUGH TEMPTATION BY SATAN BECAME SINFUL AND THEREBY BROUGHT THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE UNDER THE JUST CONDEMNATION OF GOD AND ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM HIM. ETERNAL SALVATION FOR MANKIND IS THROUGH REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST ALONE.
SIN
HUMANITY WAS CREATED SINLESS BUT BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE FELL FOR SATAN'S LIES. THEREFORE BECAUSE OF THE FIRST HUMAN'S SINS ALL OF HUMANITY IS UNDER GOD'S RIGHTFUL WRATH AND SEPARATED FROM THE LOVING CREATOR. ONLY THROUGH THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CAN SINFUL HUMANITY BE RECONCILED BACK TO GOD.
JUSTIFICATION
JUSTIFICATION OF THE SINNER BEFORE GOD IS BY GRACE ALONE THROUGH FAITH ALONE. EVERY JUSTIFIED BELIEVER IS ALSO BORN OF GOD. SUCH NEW BIRTH RESULTS IN AND IS MADE EVIDENT BY HOLINESS OF LIFE AND GOOD WORKS.
DEATH
AT DEATH THE SPIRIT OF MAN DOES NOT CEASE TO EXIST, OR BECOME UNCONSCIOUS. THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED EITHER TO LIFE OR TO CONDEMNATION; THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE PUNISHMENT OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL BOTH BE ETERNAL.
THE CHURCH
WE BELIEVE IN THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS IN THE LORD JESUS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE ONE, ETERNAL, AND UNIVERSAL CHURCH, WHICH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, ITS HEAD. THE CHURCH IS COMMITTED BY BY THE COMMAND OF CHRIST TO LIVE AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD. ALL BELIEVERS MUST APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.
JESUS CHRIST'S DEATH ON THE CROSS AND THE SHEDDING OF HIS BLOOD WERE SUBSTITUTIONARY IN CHARACTER AND CONSTITUTED A SACRIFICE TO GOD AND A PROPITIATION FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS. HIS DEATH IS THE ONLY GROUND OF RECONCILIATION AND REDEMPTION FROM THE GUILT AND POWER OF SIN AND ITS ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES. HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD IN BODILY FORM.
JESUS CHRIST, HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION
JESUS CHRIST, HIS ASCENSION AND RETURN
JESUS CHRIST, HIS INCARNATION
JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, TRULY BECAME MAN, BEING BEGOTTEN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY.
JESUS CHRIST ASCENDED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, WHERE HE PRESIDES AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH AND IS NOW THE ALL-SUFFICIENT HIGH PRIEST OF HIS PEOPLE. HIS PERSONAL AND VISIBLE RETURN IN POWER AND GLORY WILL CONSUMMATE THE BELIEVER'S SALVATION AND HE WILL RECEIVE HIS CHURCH UNTO HIMSELF AND TO SET UP HIS KINGDOM.