1) The Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Infallibility of the Scriptures (God's Word alone is sufficient)
2) The Triunity of the Godhead as Father, Son, & Holy Spirit (only the Trinity is Uncreated)
-The Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God (One God, Three Persons)
3) The Incarnation: the Son took on flesh (Hypostatic Union: fully God/fully Man)
-The Virgin Birth (born of a virgin, Jesus did not inherit a sin nature and He remained sinless)
4) The Supremacy of the Gospel as the most important message to all mankind
-All of humanity is sinful (with the exception of the Godman Jesus)
-Jesus’ death on the Cross as the exclusive atonement & remedy for sin (Jesus died for all, for you too!)
-Sinful man is saved by grace through faith in Christ alone (Justification)
-Through the Holy Spirit the believer is made into an image of Christ (Sanctification)
-Eternal security of the believer (always saved if saved: salvation cannot be earned nor lost)
5) The bodily resurrection of Jesus
6) The bodily return of Jesus
-All Christ-followers will receive resurrected bodies when Jesus returns (Glorification)
7) The eventual overthrow of satan & evil in the eschaton with Jesus and His followers reigning
We often recite The Nicene Creed in corporate worship to reiterate the fundamentals of our faith in King Jesus and the basic doctrine we believe.
The Nicene Creed, 325 AD
I believe in One God,
The Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in One Lord Jesus Christ,
The Only Begotten Son of God,
born of The Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with The Father;
through Him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
He came down from heaven,
and by The Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
He suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of The Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and His kingdom will have no end.
I believe in The Holy Spirit, the Lord, The Giver of life,
Who proceeds from The Father and The Son,
Who with The Father and The Son is adored and glorified,
Who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, universal and apostolic church.
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
