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About HOFCC Statement of Faith | HOFCC Visitor's Booklet: Statement of Faith |
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| Thursday, 20 July 2006 | |||||
Page 1 of 3 Statement of FaithOur Statement of Faith “Beloved...contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. (Jude 1:3) The following paragraphs are brief, but theologically precise, statements of what we believe and teach as a local church regarding the fundamentals of the Christian Faith. THE SCRIPTURES - We accept the Bible, consisting of the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament, as the written Word of God. The Bible is the only essential and infallible record of God’s self-disclosure to mankind. It leads us to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Being given by God the Scriptures are both fully and verbally inspired by God. Therefore, as originally given, the Bible is free of error in all that it teaches. GOD IS TRIUNE - There is one God: infinite, eternal, almighty, and perfect in holiness, truth and love. In the unity of the one godhead there are three persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. These are coexistent, coequal, and coeternal, yet loving one another in dis-tinct roles of headship and submission. GOD THE FATHER - God the Father is the Creator of heaven and earth. By His Word and for His glory, He freely and supernaturally created the world out of nothing. Through the same Word He daily sustains all His creatures. He rules over all and is the only Sovereign. His plans and purposes cannot be thwarted. He is good and faithful to every promise, working all things together for good to those who love Him. In His unfathomable grace He gave His Son Jesus for the redemption of His elect. He decrees that all creation will exist for the praise of His glory. He is to be loved, honored, and worshipped as God the First Person of the Trinity. JESUS CHRIST - Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God the Father, is the eternal Word of God made flesh, supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, just as the Old Testament prophets foretold. He is perfect in nature, teaching and obedience. He is fully God and fully man. He was always with God and is Himself God. 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. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation and in Him dwells all the fullness of the godhead bodily. He is the only Savior for the sins of the world having shed His own blood and died a vicarious death on Calvary’s cross. By His death in our place, He revealed the divine love and upheld the divine justice, removing our guilt and reconciling us to God. Having redeemed us from sin, on the third day He rose bodily from the grave, victorious over death and all the powers of darkness and He appeared to many witnesses performing many convincing proofs of His resurrection. He ascended into heaven where, now at God’s right hand, He intercedes for His people and rules as Lord over all and one day He will return. He is the Head of His body the Church and should be loved, adored, served, obeyed and worshiped as God the Second Person of the Trinity. THE HOLY SPIRIT - The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment. Through the proclamation of the Gospel He brings about the new birth, indwells the regenerate, granting the desire and ability to believe the truth, repent of their sins, trust in God’s mercy and confess Jesus Christ as Lord. He unites all believers in faith to Jesus Christ whom alone He has come to reveal and glorify. He is the Comforter who is neither to be grieved nor quinched as He leads the Church into the one right understanding and application of of God’s Word. He empowers God’s people to bear spiritual fruit as they walk in the obedience of faith. He is to be loved, obeyed, and worshipped as God the Third Person of the Trinity. |
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