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WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE, AND ONLY ONE LIVING AND TRUE
GOD, AN INFINITE, INTELLIGENT SPIRIT, WHOSE NAME IS JEHOVAH, THE MAKER AND
SUPREME RULER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. INEXPRESSIBLY GLORIOUS IN HOLINESS, AND
WORTHY OF ALL POSSIBLE HONOR, CONFIDENCE, AND LOVE: THAT IN THE UNITY OF THE
GODHEAD THERE ARE THREE PERSONS, THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST: EQUAL
IN EVERY DIVINE PERFECTION, AND EXECUTING DISTINCT BUT HARMONIOUS OFFICES IN THE
GREAT WORK OF REDEMPTION.
I. "We Believe That There Is One, And Only One Living And True God,
An Infinite, Intelligent Spirit, Whose Name Is Jehovah, The Maker And Supreme
Ruler Of Heaven And Earth."
A. Psalms 90:2 "Before the mountains were brought forth, or
ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to
everlasting, thou art God." God is from "everlasting (eternity
past) to everlasting (eternity forward).
B. God is the One Eternal Spirit - John 4:24 "God is a Spirit and
they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth."
C. God can be everywhere at one time and cannot be divided nor added to.
D. Psalms 147:5 "Great is our Lord, and of great power: his
understanding is infinite." Our God is infinite. This cannot be said
of any mere man.
1. The word "infinite" means "subject to no limitation or
external determination, extending indefinitely, ENDLESS, INEXHAUSTIBLE,
extending or lying beyond any pre-assigned value however large."
2. Man in "finite" which simply means the opposite of infinite.
"Having definite or definable limits, having a limited nature or
existence."
E. The name "God" in the Bible always has reference to Him as the
Make and Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth. Genesis 1:1, "In the
beginning God created heaven and earth."
1. Revelation 4:11 "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory
and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure
they are and were created." Since God is creator He is supreme over
all His creation. .
2. If there is one bigger and greater than God then we should worship that
one, but there is none other God but the true God.
F. The name "JEHOVAH or LORD. (Notice this name is spelled with all
letters capitalized) means, "TO BE", I am the Sovereign,
self-sufficient, self-existent, Almighty, Eternal, never-changing, always the
same and everything you need God who reveals Himself to His chosen people. He
is "the promise-keeping God." Exodus 3:14 compare Exodus 6:6.
1. There are other names whereby is known in the Bible, but this one is
used exclusively of the True and Living God. The other names are sometimes
used of created things.
2. "God", "Supreme Creator" may be known to all kinds
of people both saved and lost.
3. "JEHOVAH" is known and recognized as to what this name means
by a chosen people alone.
G. Those who recognize Jesus through faith as everything they need are
saved and can claim all the promises of god through Him.
H. Other Scriptures that teach this to be true.
1. Psalms 83:18 "That men may know that thou, whose name
alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth."
2. Hebrews 3:4 "For every house is builded by some man; but
he that built all things is God."
3. Romans 1:20 "For the invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that
are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without
excuse:"
4. Jeremiah 10:10 "But the LORD is the true God, he is the
living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble,
and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation."
II. "Inexpressibly Glorious In Holiness, And Worthy Of All Possible
Honor, Confidence, And Love"
A. Exodus 15:11 states "Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the
gods? Who is like Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing
wonders?"
B. Mark 12:30 declares "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
they heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all they
strength: this is the first commandment."
1. God cannot sin, but does have mercy upon sinners through His Son Jesus.
2. Since God cannot and will not sin He can be trusted in everything.
III. "That In The Unity Of The Godhead There Are Three Persons, The
Father, The Son, And The Holy Ghost: Equal In Every Divine Perfection, And
Executing Distinct But Harmonious Offices In The Great Work Of
Redemption."
A. This is beyond mans explanation but the Bible teaches us that our God
is a Triune God. Three persons yet only one God.
B. These three persons are equal to each other and there is no division in
Gods nature or being. Jesus said in John 10:30, "I and My Father
are One."
C. Ephesians 2:18 "For through Him (The Son) we both (Jew and
Gentile) have access by one Spirit unto the Father."
D. The Spirit of God the Father reveals Jesus the Son as Savior of sinners
by applying the Word of God to the heart and soul of the sinner in order to
save them; no one is saved apart from the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.
E. We cannot see God because He is a Spirit, but He is revealed to man in
Christ Jesus.
1. John 1:18 states "No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared
Him."
2. Colossians 2:9 declares "For in Him (JESUS) should all fulness
dwell."
F. Other scriptures that teach this to be true:
1. Matthew 18:19 "Again I say unto you, That if two of you
shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be
done for them of my Father which is in heaven."
2. John 15:26 "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he shall testify of me:"
3. I Corinthians 12:4-6 "Now there are diversities of gifts,
but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the
same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God
which worketh all in all."
4. John 5:17 "But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh
hitherto, and I work."
5. John 14:23 "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man
love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will
come unto him, and make our abode with him."
6. John 17:5 "And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine
own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was."
7. Acts 5:3-4 "But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled
thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of
the land? 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold,
was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine
heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God."
8. I Corinthians 2:10-11 "But God hath revealed them unto us
by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of
God 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man
which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of
God."
9. Philippians 2:5-6 "Let this mind be in you, which was also
in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to
be equal with God:"
10. II Corinthians 13:14 "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.
Amen."
11. Revelation 1:4-5 "John to the seven churches which are in
Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and
which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten
of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved
us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,"
God
I. God is the everlasting God.
A. Psalms 14:1, the fool has said, there is no God.
B. Some of the attributes of God.
1. Infinity of God
2. Trinity of God
3. Omnipresence of God
4. Independence of God
5. Immutability of God
6. Omniscience of God
7. Foreknowledge of God
8. Power of God
9. Grace of God
10. Mercy of God
11. Faithfulness of God
12. Wisdom of God
13. Love of God
14. Wrath of God
15. Will of God
16. Sovereignty of God
17. Patience of God
18. Holiness of God
19. Silence of God -
II. God is the creator.
A. Ps. 19:1-4 - Nature declares there is a God. "To the chief
Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament showeth his handiwork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night
unto night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their
voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their
words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the
sun,"
B. Ps. 139:14 - Our bodies declare the existence of God. Note the eyes,
ears, the smelling, the tasting and feeling. (We are fearfully and wonderfully
made.)
1. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mothers
womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My
substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously
wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see my
substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written,
which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
2. Science can tell us how flesh can see, hear, smell,
taste and feel, but science cant tell us why flesh can see,
hear, smell, taste and feel.
C. Col. 1:17 "
by him all things consist
"
III. There is a trinity in the eternal Godhead.
A. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit (or Ghost).
1. Matthew 28:18-20
2. I Peter 1:2 The three works done in salvation.
3. I John 5:7,8 The trinity explained left out of NIV.
B. The Work of God the Father.
1. We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to
every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, and teachers to
equip believers in the assembly in order that they can do the work of the
ministry.
a. Ephesians 4:7-12 God puts the various officers is the church for
the edification of each church member.
C. The work of God the Son.
1. Philippians 2:6 - We believe that Jesus was with God before the worlds
began. "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be
equal with God:"
2. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became
man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and
born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful
men.
a. Isaiah 7:14 the miracle of God will be the Christ child born
from a virgin.
b. Luke 1:35 The angel came to Mary, explaining she will be
overshadowed with the Holy Ghost, and will conceive and bear a child.
3. We believe the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through
His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary
sacrifice; and, that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical
resurrection from the dead.
a. Acts 2:18-36 Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost.
b. Romans 3:24-25 Christ has redeemed us from the slave market of
sin.
4. We believe the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven, and is now
exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the
ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate.
a. Acts 1:9-10 Jesus returns to heaven.
b. Romans 8:34 Christ has died and is now on the right hand of the
father, making intercession for us.
c. Acts 7:56 Stephen say Jesus standing on the right hand of his
father.
d. Revelation 12:10 Satan is accusing us before God right now, but
Jesus is our constant advocate.
D. The work of the Holy Spirit.
1. We believe the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the whole world of
sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and, that He is the Supernatural
Agent in regeneration, indwelling and sealing all true believers unto the
day of redemption.
a. Romans 1:20-21 Men refuse to listen to the "inner
voice" of God as he reveals himself to them, therefore they refuse to
listen to anything else God says.
2. We believe the Holy Spirit is the divine teacher who assists believers
to understand and appropriate the Scriptures and that it is the privilege
and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit.
a. I John 2:27 We have no need for anybody to teach us, but the
Holy Spirit teaches us.
b. Pray and study - God will reveal all we need to know.
3. We believe the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in
tongues and the gift of healing were temporary. We believe that speaking in
tongues was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism or filling of
the Holy Spirit We believe the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as
speaking in tongues and the gift of healing were temporary. We believe that
"speaking in tongues" was never the common or necessary sign of
the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit.
a. I Corinthians 12-14 an explanation of the gifts of the Holy
Spirit.
b. Galatians 5:22 the fruit of the spirit is: love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance, so
forth.
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