Our Statement of Faith

Our Faith

We are born-again Christians. We believe in the literal interpretation of God's Word, the Bible. That's it, nothing more is necessary; it's perfect and complete in itself: no other books, no special visions, and especially no "holy" people who claim that they are from God.

Unfortunately, being a Christian means a lot of different things to different people. Because he hates you, the enemy, Satan, wants to mislead and distract as many people as possible. That's why there are so many different religions around the world. He wants you to be confused and to even doubt the existence of the one and only true God.

Contrary to popular belief we believe in absolute truth, and that truth can be found in no other place than in God's Word. According the Bible there is one, and only one way to God and heaven, and that is through Jesus Christ the Lord.

Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31, 32) Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no one comes to the Father but by me." (John 14:6)

Intolerant?! It definitely is, but that's because God is very intolerant; if He wasn't then He wouldn't be much of a god! He has made everything perfectly clear. If you choose to miss this then you have an eternity in hell as your future.

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. (Romans 1:18-20)

There is nothing so powerful as truth.
--Daniel Webster

Ten Things God Wants Everyone to Know About Him

Acts 17:24-31 (NIV)
24 The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'
29 Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone--an image made by man's design and skill. 30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.

The one true God created the world and everything in it by the word of His power.
He is Lord of all as well as Creator of all.
The one true God cannot be confined by anything made by man. We don't need churches to get to God.
He does not "need" us nor anything else. Rather, every one of us needs Him because He gives us life; even our breath comes from Him.
From one man (Adam) God made all men, and He has planned when and where every one of us will live.
God is not hidden. Though He is not far away He wants people to seek Him.
Through Him we live, move, and have our being.
He refuses to overlook people's ignorance about Him.
He commands all people everywhere to repent.
He has set a time when He will judge the world. The One Who arose from the dead, Jesus Christ, will be the Judge.

Adapted from Conquest Vol.33, No.3; © 1999, Regular Baptist Press

"For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth
to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him."

(2 Chronicles 16:9 NIV)

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