What does the Bible say about.?
Through prayerful searching of God's Word we have come to a certainty about the following social and cultural ideas. Thank you for your tolerant understanding that everyone has to find a place to stand and this is ours.
- God
- We believe in the only true God--John 17:3, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit--Matthew 28:19-20. He created all things (Revelation 4:11) and upholds all things by the Word of His power--Hebrews 1:3. In Him we live and move and have our being--Acts 17:28. He is a God of truth and without iniquity, He is just and right--Deuteronomy 32:4, and He shall judge the world--Psalm 9:8. We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, having precisely the same nature, attributes and perfections, and are worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence and obedience--Mark 12:29; John 1:1-4; Matthew 29:19-20; Acts 4:3-4.
- Jesus Christ
- We believe in the total deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe He is the manifestation of God in the flesh. We believe He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. We believe Him to be true God and true Man--John 1:1, 1:14, 1:18; John 14:8-9; 1 Timothy 3:16.
- The Holy Spirit
- We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ--John 16:14. The Holy Spirit regenerates the sinner upon belief in Christ, baptizing the believer into one body of which Christ is the head. The Holy Spirit indwells, guides, instructs, fills, comforts and empowers the believer for godly living--Mark 13:11; John 14:26; John 16:13; Romans 5:5; 1 Corinthians 3:16. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, of God's righteousness and of coming judgment (John 16:8-11). While we believe that the Scriptures do not teach that certain gifts have ceased, they indicate that use of the gifts vary according to the need that each gift meets. Solid Rock Chapel does not encourage the use of "sign gifts" Instead, we seek to emphasize the more excellent way of love as well as zeal for the more edifying gifts--John 16:8, 13:15; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 1:22; 4:11-12; Romans 8:9-17; 12:4-8; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 12:4-5, 12:11-13, 12:19; Galatians 5:25; Hebrews 4:1-4; 2 Corinthians 12:12.
- Scriptures
- We believe the Scriptures of the Old Testament and New Testament are verbally inspired by God and inerrant in their original writings. We believe the 66 books of the Old Testament and the New Testament are God's complete and sufficient revelation and therefore carry God's authority for the total well-being of mankind--Psalm 119:97-104; Psalm 119:160; Matthew 5:18; John 5:46-47; John 10:35; 2 Timothy 3:15-16.
Posted by: Kenny Bontrager on January 2006 for more download the We Belive PDF, 66KB