What We Believe Concerning The Lord Jesus Christ:
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We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ was begotten, not created, very God, truly God, and truly man. He was born of Mary, who was a virgin. He lived a sinless life, died a vicarious and atoning death for the sins of the world, resurrected bodily for our justification, and now reigns in glory until all things be put under His feet. The Son is the Word flesh-covered, the One Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning. Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh. Jesus lived a life without sin and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world. Dying on a cross, He shed His blood for the forgiveness of every person's sin. He died physically on the cross but He did not die spiritually. Our Lord Jesus Christ did not need to be "born again", but died and paid for our sin nature so that we could be born again. He was not chained or tortured in hell but went there victorious over sin, death and the grave and revealed eternal judgment to the kingdom of darkness. He arose from the dead after three days to show His power over death, sin and the grave. He ascended into heaven where He lives to make intercession for all believers. He will return one day as He went to establish His eternal Kingdom upon the earth.
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The Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of Mary when she was a virgin, very God and very Man. Jesus was both 100% God and 100% human. God was His Father, and Mary was his mother. Our Lord Jesus Christ perfectly revealed and did the will of God the Father. He identified with mankind in all except through His virgin birth, His atoning death, and His sinless life. In those areas He did not identify with sinful man but became a substitutionary atonement for mankind. He honored the law of God by His personal obedience and His substitutionary death on the cross. Through His work on the cross our Lord made provision for the redemption of mankind from his sin nature. Our Lord Jesus Christ did more than just forgive us of our sins, He delivered us from our old Adamic sinful nature.
1. The Lord Jesus Christ lived His life without sin. If He sinned in any way His blood would not have been qualified to be poured on the mercy seat in heaven. The scripture says that there can be no remission of sin without the shedding of blood.
2. Jesus' death was for the sins of the world. My sin and your sin caused His death. Christ our Savior died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures and appeared to His disciples.
3. Jesus was raised from the dead with a glorified body. This signified His supreme Lordship over death. Our physical and spiritual death was the natural result of our separation from God through sin.
4. We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus Christ to heaven, His exaltation as Lord to the right hand of the Father, and His literal, physical return the second time for a glorious Church. Jesus now reigns as the immortal, invisible King who will one day establish His rule on earth at the Father's appointed time.
2. Jesus' death was for the sins of the world. My sin and your sin caused His death. Christ our Savior died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures and appeared to His disciples.
3. Jesus was raised from the dead with a glorified body. This signified His supreme Lordship over death. Our physical and spiritual death was the natural result of our separation from God through sin.
4. We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus Christ to heaven, His exaltation as Lord to the right hand of the Father, and His literal, physical return the second time for a glorious Church. Jesus now reigns as the immortal, invisible King who will one day establish His rule on earth at the Father's appointed time.
Confirming Scriptures: Genesis 18:1; Psalms 2:7; 110:1; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 53; Matthew 1:18-23; 3:17; 8:29; 11:27; 14:33; 16:16,27; 17:5; 27; 28:1-6,19; Mark 1:1; 3:11; Luke 1:26-35; 4:41; 22:70; 24:46; John 1:1-18, 1:29; 10:30,38; 11:25-27; 12:44-50; 14:2-3; 14:7-11; 16:15-16, 28; 17:1-5; 17:21-22; 20:1-20; 20:28; Acts 1:9; 2:22-24; 7:55-56; 9:4-5; 9:20; Romans 1:3-4; 3:23-26; 4:25; 5:6-21; 8:1-3; 8:34; 10:4; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2:2; 8:6; 15:1-8; 15:24-28; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; 8:9; Galatians 4:4-5; Ephesians 1:20; 3:11; 4:7-10; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:13-22; 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 3:16; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 1:1-3; 4:14-15; 7:14-28; 9:12-15; 9:24-28; 12:2; 13:8; 1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:22; 1 John 1:7-9; 3:2; 4:14-15; 5:9; 2 John 7-9; Revelation 1:13-16; 5:9-14; 12:10-11; 13:8; 19:16.