The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the verbally and plenary inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible, and God-breathed, and, therefore, are the final authority for faith and life. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are the complete and divine revelation of God to man. We interpret Scriptures according to their normal grammatical-historical meaning. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21).
There is one God, the eternally existing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfection. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14; John 14:10, 26).
God created the universe in six literal days (Genesis 1-2; Ex.20: 11).
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 (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Philippians 2:5-8).
The Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through his death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and, our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Acts 2:18-36; Romans 3:24-25; I Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 13-5).
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 (Acts 1:9-10; Hebrews 7:25; 9:24; Romans 8:34; I John 2:1-2).
God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. God has uniquely created them, male or female to serve and glorify Him in their lives (Genesis 1:26-27).
In Adam’s sin the human race fell, man inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, man is totally depraved, and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Romans 3:22-23; 5:12; 6:23; Ephesians 2: 1-3; 4:17-19).
God commanded that a man and a woman engage in intimate sexual activity only after they are married to each other. (Gen.2: 24, 19:5, 13, 26:8-9; Lev.18: 1-30; Rom.1: 26-29; I Cor.5: 1, 6:9; I Thess.4: 1-8; Heb.13: 4). The phrase, “married to each other” means one man and one woman united in an exclusive union (Gen. 2:18-25).
The Bible teaches that there is only one way of salvation and that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins (John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; I Peter 1:18-19; John 14:6).
God has given all believers a great commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations so that there might be a great multitude from every nation, tribe, ethnic group, and language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. As ambassadors of Christ, we must use all available means to go to the foreign nations and not wait for them to come to us (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:20).