28 Fundamental Beliefs

• THE WORD OF GOD

The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. In this Word, God has committed to
man the knowledge necessary for salvation. The Holy Scriptures are the infallible revelation of His will. They are the standard of character, the test of experience, the authoritative revealer of doctrines, the trustworthy record of
God's acts in history.

2 Peter 1:20-21

[20]knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,

[21]for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

[16]All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

[17]that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Psalms 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

Proverbs 30:6

Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

John 17:17

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works
in you who believe.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Jesus Christ is the focus of Scripture.

Jesus' death on the cross is the ultimate revelation of God's character.

• THE GODHEAD

There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present. He is infinite and beyond human comprehension, yet known through His
self-revelation. He is forever worthy of worship, adoration, and service by the whole creation.

Genesis 1:26

[26]Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth.”

Deuteronomy 6:4

[4]“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

Isaiah 6:8

[8]Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Matthew 28:19

[19]Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

John 3:16

[16]For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22

[21]Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,

[22]who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

2 Corinthians 13:14

[14]The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
Ephesians 4:4-6

[4]There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;

[5]one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

[6]one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

1 Peter 1:2

[2]elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

• GOD THE FATHER

God the Eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. The qualities and powers exhibited in
the Son and the Holy Spirit are also revelations of the Father.

Genesis 1:1

[1]In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:35

[35]To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.

Psalms 110:1,4

[1]The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

[4]The Lord has sworn And will not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

John 3:16

[16]For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 14:9

[9]Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
1 Corinthians 15:28

[28]Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

1 Timothy 1:17

[17]Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 John 4:8

[8]He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Revelation 4:11

[11]“You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”

•GOD THE SON

God the Eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the
character of God is revealed, the salvation of humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged.
Forever truly God, He became also truly man, Jesus the Christ. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and
born of the virgin Mary. He lived and experienced temptation as a human being, but perfectly
exemplified the righteousness and love of God. By His miracles He manifested God's power and was
attested as God's promised Messiah. He suffered and died voluntarily on the cross for our sins and in our
place, was raised from the dead, and ascended to minister in the heavenly sanctuary in our behalf. He
will come again in glory for the final deliverance of His people and the restoration of all things.

Isaiah 53:4-6

[4]Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by
God, and afflicted.

[5]But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for
our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

[6]All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid
on Him the iniquity of us all.
Daniel 9:25-27

[25]“Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build
Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be
built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.

[26]“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the
prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till
the end of the war desolations are determined.

[27]Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall
bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes
desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.”

Luke 1:35

[35]And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the
Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of
God.

John 1:1-3,14

[1]In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

[2]He was in the beginning with God.

[3]All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

[14]And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 5:22

[22]For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,

John 10:30

[30]I and My Father are one.”

John 14:1-3,9,13

[1]“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.

[2]In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you.

[3]And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am,
there you may be also.

[9]Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has
seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

[13]And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Romans 6:23

[23]For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

[3]For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to
the Scriptures,

[4]and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

2 Corinthians 3:18

[18]But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed
into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:17-19

[17]Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things
have become new.

[18]Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us
the ministry of reconciliation,

[19]that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to
them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Philippians 2:5-11

[5]Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

[6]who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

[7]but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of
men.

[8]And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of
death, even the death of the cross.

[9]Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,

[10]that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of
those under the earth,

[11]and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Colossians 1:15-19

[15]He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

[16]For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for
Him.

[17]And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

[18]And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that
in all things He may have the preeminence.

[19]For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,

Hebrews 2:9-18

[9]But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned
with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. Bringing Many Sons
to Glory

[10]For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons
to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
[11]For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is
not ashamed to call them brethren,

[12]saying: “I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to
You.”

[13]And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And again: “Here am I and the children whom God has given
Me.”

[14]Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the
same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

[15]and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

[16]For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.

[17]Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful
High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

[18]For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

Hebrews 8:1-2

[1]Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at
the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

[2]a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.