We believe that Jesus is:
- Our Saviour: John 6:35
- The only way to God: John 14:6
-The Truth: John 8:32
- Jesus can do the impossible for us: Mt 19:26
- Jesus is our Saviour: Lk 1:47
- Jesus is the way to eternal life: Jn 3:16
Holy Spirit:
- Is received through Baptism: Acts 2:38,39
- Sheds the love of God into our hearts : (Rom. 5:5
- Leads us into all truth and tells us the things to come: Jn 16:7-13"
That we are all called to furthen the gospel:
- We have been given a commission to preach the gospel:Mt 10:7,8,;28:19-20
- He anoints us with His Holy Spirit who empowers us to preach to the lost: Lk 4:18-19
Salvation:
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Th 5:9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Eph 2:8
Abundant living in Christ:
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly: Jn 10:10
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread: Ps.132; 15
God's Love:
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 Jn 4:7-12
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Jn 14:21
Peace:
"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." (Ef 2:13-14)
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."(Jn 14:27)
Prayer:
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. "(Mt 7:7,8)
"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."(Mt 21:22)
"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them."(Mark 11;24)
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Jn 15:7
"The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. "(Ps 145:18,19)
Faith:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."( Heb 11:1)
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."( Rom. 10:17)
"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."(Heb. 11:6)
Healing:
"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."(James 5:14,15
"Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed." (Ps 6:2)
"For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh a"And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. "(Matt 8:7. See Matt.10:1, 10:8, 13;15;etc)fter."(Jer.30:17)
Praise:
"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name."( Heb 13:15)
"Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely."( Ps 147:1)
"I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. (Ps 34:1)
That Anger is wrong:
"Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. "(Eccl.7:9)
"An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression."( Prov.29:22)
"Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil"
Fear:
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."(2 Tim 1:7)
"For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee."( Isa 41:13)
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof."( Selah. Ps 46;1-3)
Providence:
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.(Mal 3:10")
"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."( Phil.4:19)
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah." (Ps 68:19)
That Satan is your worst enemy
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world."( 1 Peter 5:8,9)
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."( James 4:7)
"Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more".( Ez 28:12-19)
Any kind of Addiction is not only unwise but unholy as well:
"Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again."( Prov 23:29-35)
That"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."( Prov 20:1)
God is not the author of Confusion
"For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. "(1 Cor 14:33)
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."( Prov. 3:5,6)
"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."( John 8:12)
Loneliness:
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. "(Rom 8:35-37)
"For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people".( 1 Samuel 12:22)
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."( 1 Peter 5:7)
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."( Psalm 46:1)
Oppression:
"So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. "(Heb 13:6)
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."(Gal 5:1)
"Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. "(Ex 23:9)
Depression:
"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."( II Cor.1:3,4)
"When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. "(Job 22:29)
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."( Isa 40:31)
Strength:
"And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto himGod is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect."(2 Sam 22;33)
By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage."( Ex 13:14)
"The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation."( Ps 118:14)
Marriage:
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.2 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband."( Ef 5:22-33)
"Marriage is honourable in all."( Heb 13:4a)
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives."( 1 Peter 3:1)
Divorce:
"It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."( Mt 5:31,32)
"But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."(Mark 2:6-9)
"Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery."( Luke 16:18)
Jealousy:
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."( Exodus 20:17)
"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another"( Gal 5:25,26)
"For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one."( Job 5:2)
Knowledge of God’s Word, the Importance of it:
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.: (Hosea 4:11)
Rejection:
"The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity."( Ps 118:22-25)
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."( Mt 5:11)
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green."( Song of Salomon 1:16)