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THE BIBLE We believe that the Bible is
the inspired Word of God, that it is inerrant and infallible, the supreme
and ultimate authority in all matters of faith and conduct, in every aspect
of life and creation, understood only through the illumination and teaching
of the Holy Spirit.
THE GODHEAD We believe that the Godhead
exists co-equally in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that
these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST We believe in the
true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His
real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching,
in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His shed blood on the
cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the
Father, in His heavenly intercession, in His personal pre-millennial and pre-tribulation
return to receive His church and to establish His millennial kingdom.
THE HOLY SPIRIT We believe in the deity
of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit's
work is to convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment, to teach,
to guide into all truth, to bring the word of Christ to remembrance, to glorify
Christ, to show things to come, to produce fruit in the life of the believers,
to equip believers for effective service and ministry.
MANKIND We believe in the total depravity
of fallen nature, rendering men subject to the wrath of God.
SALVATION We believe that salvation is
available to all, that it includes justification, sanctification and glorification,
and that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is essential and the only way to salvation,
that the repentant sinner is thus justified by faith alone.
THE CHURCH We believe in the unity and
priesthood of all true believers in Christ.
THE COMMISSION We believe that the commission
of the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers is 'Go ye into all the world and
preach the Gospel to every creature' - 'Teach all nations, baptising them
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost' - teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.'
THE COMING KING We believe in the personal,
pre-millennial, pre-tribulation return of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe
that the signs of the time point exclusively toward the close of 'the times
of the Gentiles', that the return of the Lord is imminent, that the completed
Church will be translated to meet the Lord in the air to be 'forever with
the Lord', that Israel will be restored to her own land in unbelief and will
be afterwards converted as she repents, recognises Christ as Messiah, that
the Lord Jesus Christ will reign for a thousand years upon the earth during
which time there will be a further outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all
flesh, that the message of the imminent return of Christ is the greatest motivation
to prayer, holiness of life and evangelism.
THE FUTURE STATE We believe in the resurrection
of the just and unjust, the eternal blessedness of the redeemed in Christ
and the eternal punishment of those who ignore or who have rejected the offer
of salvation.
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