ABOUT GOD
Core Belief: We believe in one God eternally existing as one essence and three distinct persons: God the Father, God the son and God the Holy Spirit, each of whom is fully God, yet there is one God.
-We believe that there is one God, eternally existent as Creator, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. He is infinite in love, holiness, and perfection; and to Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. God is revealed to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each as distinct persons, but without division of nature, essence, or being. Each person is fully, equally and eternally God, yet there is only one God. We hold this to be an implied wondrous mystery taught in Scripture. (Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 43:10, Matthew 28:18-20)
-We believe in the Son, God from God, eternally begotten but not made, who in history assumed to Himself a human nature for the sake of our salvation. He is truly God and truly man. Through Him, all things came into being and were created. He was before all things, and in Him, all things hold together by the word of His power. (John 1:14, Hebrews 1:3, Colossians 1:15-20)
-We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious (taking our place) and atoning (receiving our punishment) death, in His bodily resurrection, in His personal ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal future return to this earth in power and glory for His church. (Luke 1:34-38, Acts 2:23-24, Hebrews 2:9, 1 Peter 3:18)
-We believe in the Holy Spirit who eternally proceeds from the Father and the Son and is sent by the Father and the Son to give new life. He is to be respected, honored and worshiped as God, the third person of the trinity. (Ephesians 1:13-14)
-The triune God, the Father, Son and Spirit, is the Creator of all things, visible and invisible. As the immortal and eternal Creator, He sovereignly rules over all of His creation. (Psalm 24:1)