The Bible is the infallible Word of the Living God (2 Timothy 3:16), and is inerrant both in the originals AND in its present form, which in English is the Authorized Version of 1611, the King James. We believe the King James Bible to be the Final Word and Consummate Authority on all matters of faith and doctrine.
God is One, yet exists in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (1 John 5:7). Though equal in power and all other attributes, there exists a hierarchy (1 Corinthians 11:3).
God the Father is the First and Greatest of the Holy Trinity (John 10:29). He, therefore, is the ultimate authority in the Universe (1 Corinthians 11:3). God is a Spirit (John 4:24), eternal (John 1:2), and is infinite in mercy, grace, patience, goodness, truth, forgiveness, power, and love (Exodus 34:7, John 1:14).
Jesus Christ, is the second person of the Holy Trinity. He is also God Almighty (John 1:1,14, 8:58, 10:38, Revelation 1:8) and, like the Father, He is eternal: existing from infinity past unto infinity future (John 1:2, Revelation 1:8). He is God Incarnate, and was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin. He lived a sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 1 John 3:5, 2 Corinthians 5:21), performed miracles, forgave sins, and healed the sick and oppressed of the devil. The Lord Jesus was condemned to die by crucifixion (a method of torture and execution used by the Romans) by the governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate; and nailed to a cross at a place called Calvary, just outside of Jerusalem.
The Lord Jesus shed His precious blood and died on that cross as the Last and Final Sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. He was taken down from the cross and buried in a new tomb. Three days later, Jesus rose to life again and, during the next forty days, was seen first by the Apostles, then His brother James, and by over 500 witnesses at one time (1 Corinthians 15:3-8). Jesus ascended into Heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He makes intercession for all who believe in Him and are trusting in His blood for their salvation.
Jesus Christ will come again to receive unto Himself all those who trust in Him and are awaiting His return (John 14:3, Revelation 22:6). The Lord Jesus will put down all earthly authority, and establish His kingdom of righteousness and truth. The Lord will judge all mankind at the Final Judgment, which will take place at the end of His millennial reign (John 5:22, Revelation 20:11-12).
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Holy Trinity (1 John 5:7). He is the Spirit of Truth and indwells the believer from the moment of His salvation (John 14:17). The Spirit comforts the believer (John 14:16), teaches him all things, and brings to the believer’s mind all things that he has heard from or read in Scripture (John 14:26). The Holy Spirit gives power to the believer (Acts 13:9-12, 5:1-11), emboldens the servants of God to fulfill the Great Commission and perform their ministry (Acts 4:29-31), guides the believer into all truth, and bears witness that the testimony of Jesus Christ is true (John 16:13a). The Holy Spirit glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ (John 16:13b) and enables the believer to do the same.
Man was created in the image of God: perfect and sinless. Adam later succumbed to temptation and fell into sin by disobeying the commandment of God (Genesis 2:16-17, 3:1-6). While it was Eve who was deceived and not Adam (1 Timothy 2:14), Adam “hearkened unto the voice of his wife” (Genesis 3:17), allowing Eve to eat of the fruit and himself eating. This disobedience brought a generational curse upon mankind (Genesis 3:17; Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:7; Romans 5:12), the result of which is that all humanity is guilty of sin and under condemnation—lost and separated from God. All have therefore sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
Sickness, suffering, death, and damnation is the penalty for Adam’s transgression, and man is now separated from God because of sin.
There is a coming Judgment when all those who have ever dwelt on the earth will be judged by the Lord Jesus Christ for our sins (Revelation 20:12). To escape God’s coming judgment on this sinful world, you must be saved.
Salvation is deliverance from:
- The power and effects of sin (Rom. 5:12).
- This “present evil world” (Gal. 1:4).
- The “curse of the law” (Gal. 4:5).
- Bondage to sin (Rom. 6:6, Gal. 4:3).
- Death (Rom. 6:23). The righteous do not die, but sleep (John 11:11, Acts 7:60).
Hell (Matt. 10:28). - Judgment (Rev. 19:13).
- The “second death” or the Lake of Fire (Rev. 19:14-15).
Salvation is a gift of God and cannot be earned through good works (Ephesians 2:9). It is based not on our own righteousness, but on the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Man who never sinned. We are saved by grace through faith that the blood of Jesus sufficiently atoned for our sins (Romans 3:25). When we accept Jesus as our Savior, His righteousness is applied to us, and we become a child of God, holy and blameless, and are entitled to the protection, blessings, joy, and peace of God. Our names are written in the Book of Life, and we will miss the coming Judgment of this sinful world and the eternal sentence of damnation and punishment by a Holy and Righteous God (Revelation 20:12). Find out more about salvation here.
All who reject salvation in Christ Jesus will go to hell and, at the coming Judgment, will be cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death (Revelation 20:14).
Baptism is a symbolic act of obedience to the Word of God. It is symbolic in the sense that it is a means by which the believing Christian identifies himself with Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection (Colossians 2:12, Romans 6:4-6). As it is symbolic, it is not a means of salvation (1 Peter 3:21), but a symbol of our salvation: an outward, tangible token of an inward, intangible reality. It is done once in faith in obedience to the commandment of God (Ephesians 4:5, Acts 2:38).
There are two Resurrections: The resurrection of the believers–those who accepted Jesus as their Savior, and the resurrection of the damned–those who rejected Him (John 5:28-29). The resurrection of the believers will be unto eternal life and glory, and will take place at the end of the Great Tribulation: before God’s judgment of this earth and before Jesus establishes His Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20:4,6). The resurrection of the unbelievers will be unto eternal condemnation and punishment in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:12-14), and will take place at the end of the thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ (Revelation 19:5).
The Rapture is a false doctrine, as it emphasizes the taking up of the living into Heaven to the exclusion of the dead in Christ. The Bible makes it clear that both the living and the dead in Christ shall be taken up (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). The Rapture is also false in that it is believed to take place before the Great Tribulation. As such, the Rapture teaches that Christians will not go through the Tribulation. This is a heresy, as the Bible clearly teaches that the Resurrection will take place at the close of the Great Tribulation (Revelation 11:3-11).
The Roman Catholic Church is Mystery Babylon, the worship of Nimrod and Semiramis; and the Antichrist and False Prophet are Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, respectively. The Mark of the Beast is the emblem of the Roman Catholic Holy See, the so-called Keys of Simon Peter.
May God bless and keep you.
Your servant in Christ Jesus,
Tony Keeton