The Inspired Word

Authoritative

God's instruction and revelation of His deity is preserved on the pages of the Holy Scripture.

Written by men who wrote, as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. Its authority is evident in a stream of revelation, seen throughout man's history here on planet earth. Unlike His fallen creation, His authoritative power, might and character has withstood the critique of generations of skeptics. The word of God is the foundation upon which believers operate, and is the basic on which we place the eminency of Jesus' return for His church.

God Our Father

Omnipresence

God the Father is omnipresence, the spirit who created all things into being.

Sovereign in heaven and on earth. Revealed in nature through His love for Israel His people; to whom He covenanted in the deeds of the commandments on MT. Sinai. He is eternal, without a beginning. "I am that I am". Creates in us seeds of sons and daughters by faith, through the work of the Holy Spirit. We've found access to Him, crying ‘ABBA...Father. The psalmist asks God, where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. (Psalms 139:7-8) Divine omnipresence is thus one of the attributes of God. God is in all by His power, inasmuch as all things are subject to His power; He is by His presence in all things.

Jesus the Son of God

The Risen One

Jesus' death and resurrection affirms without a doubt the omnipotence of God the Father.

We confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. He unites man's nature to Himself and to His father. This incarnate only begotten son of the father, born of the Virgin Mary, was and is fully God. Existed from eternity with the father, shared the Father's glory, and with Him created all things. He mediates as Lord in heaven, soon to return as judge and King. God appeared to Moses in a burning bush, guided Israel's journey by pillars of cloud by day, and pillars of fire by night. Then revealed Himself to us human in the person of His son Jesus Christ. The father has in His promise reconciled the world to Himself in Christ.

The Holy Spirit

The Comforter

The Holy Spirit is the promised revelator, comforter; seeing through the pages of the scripture as "The Spirit of God and or the Spirit of Jesus Christ"

Fully divine, representing the presence And power of Gad and Christ within and among His saint. The Holy Spirit exposes and shines light on the life eternal, awaiting the redeemed saint. Revealing God and His Son Jesus to the world. Convicts, comforts, guides and preserves believers. Impressing on their conscience a desire for service. He gives life to our mortal bodies through faith in Jesus Christ, and obedience to God.

God is Love

Incredibile Love

God spoke and created the world as a demonstration of His love for humanity.

Created in God's own image, and given special role and responsibility. Man sinned and fell by choice; separating himself from his original relationship Which he enjoyed in Eden before the fall. Sin entered the world through Adam; death through sin, as such death came to all men. Jesus' sacrificial death and resurrection was God's demonstration of His ultimate will for Man's redemption.

Salvation

Paying The Price

God has renewed His love for humanity in breaking the power of sin and death.

Continually revealing the depths of His love for man. As Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, it became Absolutely clear, God has responded in man's favor. The responses of God in Christ's death on the cross; the resurrection from the dead, and Christ's mediatory position in heaven speak volumes to God's plan to save mankind. The grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ provides a way of escape for fallen man. Independent of human works, Jesus' atonement for sins, have paid the ultimate price for the believer. Without faith it is impossible to please Him. We can be saved from the penalty of eternal death, by accepting a new life in Jesus.

Discipleship

Dedication and Obedience

The greatest commandment given to God's people and again reinforced by Jesus in Matthew 22: Jesus told us "Love The Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your mind."

Under the lordship of Christ and the authority of His word, believers universally and locally Worship God in obedience, teaching, loving God, loving others, standing out, denying ourselves, being firm in God's word, fellowship with other believers, imitators of Christ, dedicated, steadfast, nurturing fellow believers. We have been tasked by Jesus, through the power of His Holy spirit to equip un-believers in The Word, in so doing we replicate faithful followers of Christ.

The Disciple's Mission

Igniting

Foremost in the call and union of God's people is the exemplary love for God and for the World.

Igniting the resurrected power and presence of Jesus Christ within the hearts of people everywhere, who do not know Him, and making disciples for Him among all people. We are charged to share the love of Jesus by demonstrating Christ's love through exemplary faith in Him. Jesus' love compels us, because we are convinced that He died for all of us, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again. Paul affirms, "but God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - and the things that are not to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before Him.

The Ordinances Given to the Church

Baptism by Immersion

Christ's command in Matthew 28:19-20 "Go into all the world and make disciples..."

Jesus' prayer in St John 17:20 "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which Shall believe on me through the word". Baptism represents our identification with Christ's death, burial and resurrection. We were buried with Him through baptism into death. Just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. Jesus went to John to be baptized Matthew 3:13. John sought to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you and do you come to me?" Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." As disciples we must be aware this is an ordinance done by faith. Baptism in water alone cannot substitute for a genuine relationship needed with God through Christ.

The Lord's Supper

Annual Feast

The annual Lord Supper is an essential part of Christian worship. Our participation demonstrates ongoing union with Him by faith.

This is an act of obedience to Christ. The Lord Supper is an annual feast commemorated as a remembrance of His death that has atoned for our sins."The Lord, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, this is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me? In the same way, after supper He took the cup saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, in remembrance of Me. Matthew 26:27.

Worship

Devotion

We cannot love God independent of loving each other.

As such God deserves our corporate worship and prayer. We worship the Father and His son Jesus by our love, through our prayers, songs and individual devotion. We must be obedient to the inspired writings of the scripture. Our worship of God is a direct response to our understanding of His Supreme Deity and His own love for Jesus, who has poured out His blood for us in redemption of our sins. We love God because He first loved us. In the gospel of mark 12: we are reminded "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind, and with all your strength."

Who Do We Worship?

Responding in Praise

"You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve" (Matthew 4:10)

God alone is deserves our worship. We worship Him as a response to who He is and what He has done and continues to do for us. Our eternal home is continually punctuated with worship; and the scene described by John in his vision on Patmos, describes a scene of glorious worship. Though worship begins intimately in our heart, God's desire is that we also worship corporately. Worship requires participation, as we share in the word, using songs of meditation and praise.

The Christian's Life

Christ-like

This spiritual healthy well being is possible if we maintain our intimate communion with Christ.

Growing into a mature spiritual life is essential for our relationship with Christ and our fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Discipline is one attribute needed for us to grow Christ-like. Meditation and confession in fasting and solitude are habits we must practice daily. Ridding ourselves of unhealthy worldly habits is the medicine needed for growth spiritually. Jesus advised in Mark 8:34 "If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

Marriage

Union

God instituted marriage as a sacred and honorable bond between a man and a woman, out of His love for humanity.

This decision by our maker was intended on preserving the well-being and sustenance of the human race. God's divine desire dated from the His creation week was intended on man's happiness. The marriage covenant was intended to reflect the love and relationship between Christ and his church. Ephesians 5:31-32 "for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. God blesses marriage as a lasting covenant, which relationship produces children which are nurtured as the blessings of God. The marriage covenant is intended only to be broken by the death of either one of the partners; the male or the female. Nevertheless divorce and remarriage are permitted where the marriage contract has been violated by adultery.

True Gifts

Christians and Spiritual Gifts

God expect disciples to be equipped, and to build up and minister in the advancement of His Kingdom.

Paul in Romans 12: speaks to the varying different gifts God has enabled us. There- in we see God has given us different gifts according to the grace given to us. And our gifts are given to serve others faithfully considering the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The attribute of these gifts is not the overall proof of our true spirituality. God gives and He takes away. We must acknowledge the lordship of Jesus, and hence our gifts are intended on glorifying Him, with all our hearts, and with all our souls, and with all our strength. Managing our time and our talents and our resources as a demonstration of our love for God.

Prophecy

Divine Messages

Prophets receives divine messages and speaks or expound the message on behalf of God, for a given time and place.

He was always with them every step of the way, hence they had no need to rely on their own human strength. God spoke to His prophets directly, but when He had complex concepts to convey, He would also give His prophets visions.

The Kingdom of God

Eternal Kingdom

Christians who have been converted and have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives have entered the kingdom of grace.

We live within the hope of the promise of Jesus' return to earth in power and glory. The resurrected righteous dead will be bestowed Immortality and eternal life upon the resurrected and the living righteous Saint. God's eternal kingdom will begin when Jesus Christ, having put all enemies under His feet, turns the kingdom over to the father. The redeemed will then be privilege to dwell with God in a new heaven and a new earth.

Stewardship

Taking Care of His Resources

The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Psalm 24

We all belong to God; He created the universe and all the things in it. God created all Things for His own glory. As such all created beings are required to steward the resources of the maker, in a manner that honors and preserves His creation.