Raising Possibilitarians
Our Mission
- Winning souls
- Building Homes
- Building a virile and militant army with a possibility mentality
- Building an enviable people of praise and power
- Building a People of Love walking in the spirit of the Family
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TENETS OF FAITH
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What we Believe
The Bible
We believe that the Bible consisting of 66 books of the Old and New Testaments is the revelation of God to mankind, is verbally and fully inspired by Him, is sufficient for the knowledge of God and His will that is necessary for the Eternal welfare of mankind, is infallible and inerrant in its original manuscripts and is the supreme and final authority for all Christian faith and conduct.(II Tim 3:16, II Pet 1:21, I Cor 2:13, Deut 29,
II Tim 3:15, Jhn 10:35).
God
We believe that there is but one God, Whose essential nature is that of a Living Personal Spirit, He is infinitely perfect in all of his attributes, He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things and He exists in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (I Cor 8:4, Jhn 4:24, 5:26, Col 1:16-17, Matt 28:19).
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, that is He is fully Divine and also fully human. He preexisted eternally with the Father, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, lived a perfect life and died a substitutionary death for the sins of mankind. We believe He arose bodily from the grave, that He ascended to heaven, where He is presently High Priest and Advocate for his people and He will return Personally and bodily to the earth at the close of this age. He is the world’s only saviour and is the Lord of all. (Phil 2:5-11, Jhn 1:1, Matt 1:23-25, I Pet 2:22, I Cor 15:3,
I Tim 2:6, I Cor 15:20, Heb 4:14-16, Jhn 14:3, Acts 4:12).
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, the Third Person of the Trinity. We believe that He was sent from the Father by the Son to convict the world, to regenerate and indwell those who trust in Christ, to seal them for the final day of redemption, to guide them into truth, to fill them for a life of holiness and victory and to empower them for witness and service. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience for every believer with the initial evidence of speaking with other tongues. We believe that the Holy Spirit gives spiritual gifts to believers for the proper functioning of the body of Christ which is the church. (Acts 5:3-4, Jhn 16:7-14, 3:5-8, I Cor 2:9-12, 3:16, 12:3-13, Acts 1:8, 2:1-4, Eph 1:13-14, Gal 5:16-25).
Man
We believe that man was originally created by a definite act of God in His own image and is dependent upon and accountable to His creator. Through disobedience, the first man sinned and fell from his original state of moral perfection. As a consequence, he brought upon himself and upon the whole human race the penalty for sin which is spiritual and physical death. Since Adam, every person is born with an inherently sinful nature and becomes a sinner in thought, word and deed. Every person therefore stands under the just condemnation of God and is unable to save himself or to present deeds worthy of merit before God. (Gen 1:26-27, Rom 2:6-16, 5:12-21, 6:23, Matt 5:20-48, Jhn 3:36).
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Salvation
We believe that a person is saved by grace alone, made possible through the shed blood of Christ whereby He died a substitutionary death for mankind and through the resurrection of Christ, salvation becomes effective when a person by an act of faith acknowledges Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour and Lord. The benefits of this salvation include the forgiveness and a new standing before God, the impartation of new life and the privileges that accompany a new family relationship with God. The person who thus believe is then baptized in water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit as Jesus Christ commanded. The assurance of salvation as a present possession is the privilege of every believer in Christ. ( Eph 2:8-9, I Cor 15:3, acts 16:31, Rom 10:9, Acts 3:19, Rom 3:28, Jhn 1:12, 10:28, Matt 28:19, Phil 1:16, I Jhn 5:11-12)
The Christian Life
We believe that God expects every believer to live a life of obedience in which every area of his life is brought under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The fruit of the Spirit becomes increasingly evident in his life. The goal of the Christian life is to be conformed to the image of Christ. The life is characterized supremely by self giving love for God and for others. The life and character of Christ which grows through the Holy Spirit and noticeably distinct from the life of the world. A believer who resists the gracious working of the Holy Spirit and fails to grow in obedience is chastened in infinite love by His Heavenly Father so he may learn obedience. A believer can possibly fall from grace and be lost or even become an apostate. (Jhn 14:2, II Cor 10:4-5, Gal 5:22-23, II Cor 3:18, Matt 22:37-40, I Jhn 2:15-17, Heb 12:5-14, I Tim 4:1-4, Heb 6:4-8, 10:26-31)
The Church
We believe that the church of Jesus Christ is the universal company of God’s redeemed people, His body of which He is the head, His bride whom He loves infinitely and His temple in which He dwells. The universal body of Christ is visibly expressed in local assemblies, whose purpose is to glorify God through worship, fellowship, instruction in God’s word, observing the ordinances and training in service to the world. The supreme task in the mission of the Christian is to make disciples for Christ in all nations through the proclamation and teaching of the gospel. The church is also to demonstrate the love and compassion of Christ through word and deed in an alienated world. (I Pet 2:9-10, Eph 1:22-23, 5:17-25, 2:19-22, I Thess 3:14, Eph 3:6-10, Acts 2:42, Eph 4:11-13,
Heb 10:25, Matt 28:18-20, 26:26-29, I Jhn 4:17).
The Future Life
We believe in the imminent, premillenial return of Christ to take His people to be with Him and to judge and rule the earth in righteousness. We believe in the resurrection of the body for both believers and unbelievers. We believe that the believer goes to be with Christ in conscious blessedness immediately after death having escaped the condemnation of his sins through the death of Christ. He will, however stand before God, receive rewards for works approved by God or to suffer loss for works disapproved. The believer will live eternally in the immediate presence of God while the unbeliever must face the Eternal and Holy Judge. (Jhn 14:3,
I Thess 4:16-17, Rev 11:15, I Cor 15:20-23, Phil 1:23, Rom 8:11, II Cor 5:10,
Rev 20:11-21, Rom 2:11)
Satan
We believe in the personality and depraved character of satan who is the enemy of God and man. We believe that he also with the company of his demonic beings serving him, work his evil plans through the ungodly worldly system; he is limited only by the sovereign rule of God. We believe that he was judged by Christ at the cross and will ultimately meet his doom in the lake of fire where he will remain eternally. (Matt 4:3-11, Gen 3:1, I Jhn 8:44, Rev 12:9-10, II Cor 4:4, I Jhn 5:19, Job 1:6-21, I Jhn 3:8, Rev 20:10)
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