"… constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and the steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father"(1 Thess. 1:3)
We believe that "All Scripture is inspired by God " (2 Timothy 3:16), which we understand to be the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments; that it is inerrant in the original writing, and therefore the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice.
We believe that there is "one God, from whom are all things" (1 Corinthians 8:6), who reveals himself in three persons of one substance of eternal being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Romans 1:20;Deuteronomy 6:4;Luke 3:21,22;John10:30;Matthew 28:19;1 Corinthians 8:6
We believe that there is "one Lord, Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 8:6), the Second Person of the Triune God-head, the Word of the Father who became flesh by taking man's nature in the womb of the virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit and thus uniting in one person very God and very man, the God-man. John 1:1-14;Matthew 1:20-23;John 4:9;Philippians 2:5-8;1 Timothy 3:16;Hebrew 1:1-3
We believe that there is "one Spirit" (Ephesians 4:4), the eternal Spirit of God, the Third Person of the Triune God-head ( John 16:7;Acts 5:3-4), the infallible interpreter of the infallible Word (John 16:13), the one who indwells every believer and is ever to testify of Christ. His present ministry is convincing the world of sin, regenerating those who repent and believe, sanctifying believers through His indwelling and baptizing them into one Body of Christ. John 15:26;John 16:7-5;Acts1:8;Romans 8:26-27;1Corinthians 3:16;Romans 8:9; 2 Corinthians3:18;Galatians 5:22-23;1 Corinthians 12:13.
We believe in the full salvation that God has provided for the fallen and corrupt mankind (Roman 3:23,5:12;Psalm 51:5). This was accomplished through the work of the redemption of our Lord Jesus Christ who died for us on the Cross and truly arose bodily from the dead, and ascended into heaven and there sits until He shall return personally in power and glory at the end of this age. Matthew 20:28;John 10:17-18;Galatians 2:20;1Peter 2:24;Acts 2:22-32; Philippians 2:5-11;Hebrew 4:14-16,7:25;1 John 2:1;John14:3;Philipians 3:20-21;1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
We believe in salvation by grace through faith; and that we are never accounted righteous before God through our works or merit, but that we are justified only by personal faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 3:28, 4:3, 4:23-25.
Our hope is "to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come." (1 Thessalonians 1:10). We believe in the imminent, personal, premillennial second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 3:1-4; Matthew 24:29-44), and therefore we love and wait for His appearing (2 Timothy 4:8).
Our hope is to wait "eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body." (Romans 8:23).
"Christ in You, the hope of Glory." (Colossians 1:27)
"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son." (Romans 8:29)
"We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him." (1 John 3:2)
Our love towards the Lord our God: "Though you have not seen Him (Jesus Christ), you love Him." (1 Peter 1:8).
Our love towards our neighbors: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19).
Our love toward our brethren: "The one who loves God should love his brother also." (1 John 4:21). "Let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth." (1 John 3:18).
The King's Highway
Revised: May 20, 1999.