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What We Believe Doctrinal Statement of Williams Community Church
1. THE WORD OF GOD - We
believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as inspired of GOD, and
inerrant in the original writing, and that they are of supreme and final
authority in faith and life.
Mark 12:26;
Acts 17:2,3;
Romans 15:4;
II Timothy
3:16,17; II Peter I :21. 2. THE TRINITY - We
believe in one God existing in three persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit, co-equal
and eternal. Deut.6:4;
Matt.28:19, 20;
John 1:1-4;
II Cor. 13:14;
Heb.I:I-3;
Rev. 1:4-6. 3. MAN - We believe that
man was created in the image- of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not
only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God;
and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature.
Gen. 1:26;
2: 17;
Psalm
14:1-3; John 3:6;
Romans 3:10-19;
Eph. 2:1-3. 4. THE DEITY OF CHRIST -
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the
Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.
John 1: 1, 2, and
14;
Luke 1: 35;
I
Pet. 1:3-5. 5. THE ATONEMENT - We
believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who
believe in Him are justified on the ground of his shed blood.
Lev. 17:11;
Isa.64:6; Romans 5:6-9;
II Cor. 5:21;
Phil. 3:4-9;
I Pet.I:18,19 and
23;
Romans
3:24,25; I Pet. 1:3-5. 6. THE RESURRECTION - We
believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord and in His
ascension in the heavens and in His present life there for us as High Priest and
Advocate. Heb. 7:25;
9:24;
Romans 8:34;
I John 2:1,2. 7. THE BLESSED HOPE - We
believe in that blessed hope, the personal, visible, premillenial return of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I Thess.4:13;
Zech.14:11;
Rev.20:6;
John 14:1-3;
I Cor. 15:51;
Titus 2:11-14. 8. SALVATION - We believe
that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy
Spirit, and thereby become children of God.
John 5:25;
17:23;
Acts 13:39;
Romans
5:1; Eph. 2:8-10;
II Tim. 1:12;
I John 5:13. 9. THE RESURRECTION OF MAN
- We believe in the literal resurrection of the dead, both the just and unjust.
I Cor. 15:42-44;
Rev. 20:5,6;
Rom.6:5;
Phil.4:20,21;
John 5:28,29;
Acts 24:15.
10. THE ETERNAL STATE -
We believe in the eternal preservation and everlasting blessedness of the saved,
and the eternal conscious punishment of the lost.
Romans 8:1,38,39;
John
10:27-30;
I Cor. 1:4-8;
Mark 9:43-48;
Rev. 20:15;
22:3-5, and
11. 11. THE BELIEVER’S WAY OF
LIFE - We believe that the grace of God that saves, teaches believers to
deny ungodliness and worldly lust, and teaches that we are to live soberly,
righteously, and Godly in this present world, and to be careful to maintain good
works. Romans 6:11-13;
8:2,
12, 13;
Gal.5:16-23;
Eph.4:22-24;
I Peter 1:14-16;
Titus 2:11-14. 12. SATAN - We believe Satan is
a personal being, created perfect, fell with a host of angels, is the father of
all ungodliness, is a deceiver, and though powerful, is not all-powerful and
will one day be cast into an eternal punishment.
Isa. 14:12-15;
Luke 10:18;
John
14:30;I Pet. 2:4;
Matt. 4:10,11;
II Cor. 11:14;
Eph.2:2;
Col.2:15;
Heb. 2:14;
Rev. 20:10. |