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The Scriptures<\/h1>\n

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God<\/h1>\n

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The Father<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1594299201101{padding-left: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The first person of the Holy Trinity directs all things according to His own purpose, pleasure, and grace. The Father is sovereign in creation, providence and redemption. He has decreed all things that come to pass for His own glory. He graciously involves Himself in the affairs of men, hears and answers prayer, and saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ. (2 Chronicles 29:11; Psalm 103:19; Matthew 6:9; John 5:19-24; Ephesians 1:2-6).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=”” css=”.vc_custom_1698269440141{padding-top: 90px !important;padding-right: 16% !important;padding-bottom: 90px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}” anchor=”Welcome”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Son<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1594299201101{padding-left: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The second person of the trinity is both the eternal Son of God and virgin-born Son of mankind. Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, surrendered nothing of His deity during His earthly life. Having led a sinless life, He satisfied the Father\u2019s justice concerning sin by His substitutionary death. We believe in His bodily resurrection, His physical ascension and His visible return to earth to establish His earthly kingdom. (John 1:14-18; Acts 1:11; Romans 3:24-26; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 2:17-18; Revelation 20:11-15).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=”” css=”.vc_custom_1698269448954{padding-top: 90px !important;padding-right: 16% !important;padding-bottom: 90px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}” anchor=”Welcome”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Holy Spirit<\/h1>\n

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Mankind<\/h1>\n

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Salvation<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1594299201101{padding-left: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]We believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins as the only sufficient, substitutionary sacrifice. All who believe in Him are declared justified by the Father on the grounds of Jesus\u2019 death and resurrection. All who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by grace through faith have been regenerated by and baptized in the Holy Spirit. They become, thereby, the children of God forever and members of His Church. This salvation will result in righteous living and good works if the believer submits his life to the control of the Holy Spirit Who directs the life of the believer in harmony with the Word of God. (John 1:12; 3:16; 5:24; 14; 6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:21-26; 5:8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; Titus 3:4-7; Hebrews 10:10-12; 1 John 5:11-13).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=”” css=”.vc_custom_1698269480297{padding-top: 90px !important;padding-right: 16% !important;padding-bottom: 90px !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}” anchor=”Welcome”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Church<\/h1>\n

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Future<\/h1>\n

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