GOD
We believe in the one personal, transcendent, immanent, living God revealed in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures – the creator, sustainer and sovereign ruler of all things.[1]By His spoken word, He created the heavens and the earth in six twenty-four-hour days.[2]He is self-existent, immutable, and works all things according to the counsel of His will in order to bring glory to Himself.[3]God’s foreknowledge is exhaustive and not dependent on human decisions and actions.[4]He eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.[5]They execute distinct but harmonious roles in creation, providence, redemption, and consummation.[6]They are equal in nature, attributes, and perfections.[7]The holy triune God is worthy of our worship, confidence, and obedience.[8]
God the Father
We believe in God the Father: one in essence with the Son and the Spirit.[9]He is an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in all His attributes.[10]He is the creator, sustainer, and sovereign ruler of all things through His Son Jesus Christ.[11]We believe that He concerns Himself perfectly in the affairs of humanity.[12]His fatherhood involves both His designation within the Trinity and His relationship with the redeemed.[13]Everything He does is in accordance with His perfect will, though His sovereignty does not eliminate or minimize human responsibility.[14]The Father adopts as His own, through Jesus Christ, all those He calls to Himself.[15]
God the Son
We believe in God the Son: one in essence with the Father and the Spirit.[16]He is the one and only eternal Son of God, the exact representation of God the Father, and the preeminent revelation of God.[17]At the right time He emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-slave.[18]He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary as Jesus, the Christ – fully God and fully man.[19]We believe in His sinless life, His voluntary submission to His Father’s will that culminated in His substitutionary death on the cross, His burial, and His bodily resurrection.[20]He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father.[21]His death on the cross atoned for our sin and satisfied the righteous demands of the holy God.[22]He is the only Mediator between God and human beings.[23]He is Prophet, Priest, and King;[24]the Head and Savior of His Church;[25]the Heir of all things;[26]and the Judge of all the world.[27]We believe in the imminent, personal return of Christ for His Church and in the establishment of His Kingdom on earth.[28]
God the Holy Spirit
We believe in God the Holy Spirit: one in essence with the Father and the Son.[29]He was sent by God the Father and God the Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment.[30]The Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus Christand implements Christ’s work of redemption and baptism.[31]He regenerates, baptizes, seals, gifts, and indwells all believers at conversion, securing them in Christ forever.[32]The Spirit fills, leads, comforts, and intercedes for believers, progressively sanctifying and empowering them for godly living and service.[33]His presence is evident by the fruit of the Spirit and the building up of believers into the body of Christ, the Church.[34]
[1] Deuteronomy 6:4; James 2:19; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 6:1-3; 40:25-26, 28; Psalm 139:1-10; Jeremiah 10:10; Matthew 28:18-20; Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:15-18; Psalm 104;Psalm 103:19; 115:3 [2] Genesis1:1-31; Hebrews 11:3 [3]Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3; Exodus 3:14; Numbers 23:19; Malachi 3:6; Psalm 102:26-27; Isaiah 14:24; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; Romans 8:28; Ephesians 1:11-12 [4]Romans 8:29-30; Psalm 139:1-17; 147:5; John 6:64; Isaiah 40:13-14 [5]Matthew 28:19; Luke 10:21; John 15:26; Acts 5:3-4; Romans 1:1-4; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 8:6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Philippians 2:5-11 [6]Genesis 1:1-2; Job 26:13; Psalm 104; John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:16-17; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22; John 5:17; 1 Corinthians 12:4-6; Ephesians 1:1-14; 2:18; Titus 3:4-7; Philippians 3:20-21; 1 Corinthians 15:20-25 [7]John 1:1-3; 10:30; 14:7-9, 15-18, 23; 17:5, 10; Acts 5:3-4; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11; Phil. 2:5-6; Hebrews 1:1-4, 8-12 [8]Exodus 34:6-8; Psalm 29:2; 103; Isaiah 6:1-3; Matthew 4:10; Mark 12:29-31; Revelation 4:11; 5:8-14; Luke 6:46-49; Romans 16:25-27; James 2:14-26 [9]Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; 15:26; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 8:6; Ephesians 4:4-6 [10]Exodus 3:14; John 4:24; 14:7 [11]Genesis 1:1; Psalm 19:1; Psalm 103:19; 104; 135:5-6; Acts 17:24-28; Colossians 1:12-20 [12]Psalm 8:3-6; 139; Matthew 5:45; 6:25-33; 10:29-31 [13]Matthew 6:1-13; 10:20; John 17:1-5; 20:17, 21; Ephesians 1:2-3; 3:14-19; Colossians 1:2-3 [14]Psalm 135:6; Romans 8:28-29; Colossians 1:9-12; Romans 1:18-21; 9:19-24; Revelation 20:12 [15]Romans 8:14-17; Galatians 4:4-7; Ephesians 1:5; John 1:11-13; 6:44, 65; Romans 8:29-30 [16]Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; 15:26; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Peter 1:10-12 [17]John 1:1, 14-18; 3:16; 8:58; Philippians 2:5-6; Hebrews 1:1-4; Revelation 1:8 [18]Galatians 4:4-5; Matthew 1:23; Philippians 2:6-7 [19]Matthew 1:18-25; 12:8; Mark 2:1-11; Luke 1:35; John 1:1, 14; 8:58; 10:30; 14:7-9; Romans 9:5; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Philippians 2:5-8; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:14-18 [20]Isaiah 53; John 8:46; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:11-16; John 4:34; 5:30; Matthew 26:39-44; Luke 23:44- 24:8, 44-47; Romans 1:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; [21]Luke 24:51; Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9-11; 2:33; Ephesians 1:19-22; Colossians 3:1; Hebrews 1:3; 8:1; 12:2 [22]Isaiah 53:4-12; Matthew 20:28; Romans 3:21-26; 4:24-25; 1 Corinthians 15:1-5; Hebrews 9:11-15; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:2; 4:10 [23]1 Timothy 2:5; John 1:1-14; Hebrews 4:14-16; 12:24 [24]Deuteronomy 18:18-19; Matthew 21:9-11; Luke 4:16-24; John 6:14; Acts 3:22-23; Hebrews 4:14-16; 7:20-8:6; Psalm 2:6; Luke 1:31-33; Acts 2:29-36 [25]Ephesians 1:22-23; 4:15-16; 5:23 [26]Romans 8:16-17; Hebrews 1:1-2 [27]Matthew 25:31-46; John 5:22-30; Acts 10:36-42; 17:30-31; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10; 1 Peter 4:5 [28]Matthew 24:36-25:13; John 14:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17; Psalm 2:6; Daniel 7:13-14; Zechariah 14:4, 16; Revelation 11:15; 20:4 [29]Isaiah 11:1-5; Ezekiel 36: 27; Matthew 28:19; Luke 4:14-21; Luke 10:21; John 14:16-17, 25-26; John 15:26; Acts 5:3-4; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; Ephesians 2:19-22 [30]John 14:15-18; 15:26; 16:8-11 [31]John 16:14; Romans 8:2-17; Titus 3:4-7; John 3:5; Acts 1:5; 1 Corinthians 12:13 [32]Titus 3:4-7; John 3:5; Acts 1:4-5; 19:5-6; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Romans 12:3-8; 1 Peter 4:10-11; John 14:16-17; Romans 8:9-17; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:11, 19; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 2:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Ephesians 4:30; Hebrews 13:5; Jude 24-25 [33]Exodus 31:3; 1 Samuel 16:13; Joel 2:28-29; John 14:26; 16:13; Ephesians 5:18; Romans 5:5; 8:26; Acts 4:31; 6:5; Acts 9:31 [34]Galatians 5:22-25; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:22; 3:14-21; 4:11-16