a.

The penalty for disobeying the Deity’s commands, or laws, is death.

Gen. 2:16

Rom. 6:23

b.

There are two distinctly different deaths.

Rev. 20:14

c.

The “first death” is earthly death, which everyone inherited from Adam and Eve, and is a temporary state of “suspended animation” during which the person has no knowledge of anything including the passage of time.

Eccl. 9:5, 6

Dan. 12:2, 13

Col. 3:4

1 Thes. 4:13-17

d.

The “Second Death” will be permanent total destruction of the unfaithful in a lake of burning sulphur.

Rev. 20:14

Heb. 10:26

e.

In the Old Testament times, The Lord prescribed a sacrificial system whereby the death penalty for people found guilty of breaking the Divine law was paid by an animal, thus exonerating the true culprit. However, this system proved ineffective because the culprits merely went away and sinned again and again.

John 5:28, 29

John 11:24

Ex. 34:6, 7

f.

Therefore, God the Father decided that the ONLY solution to the problem was to give His own Son as the ultimate substitute for lawbreakers.

Luke 1:35

Matt. 3:17 

g.

The Divine Son of God, hitherto known as Yahweh, laid aside His Glory in obedience to His Father and took on mortal human form and was named Jesus.

Col. 1:15-19

Ps. 146:3, 4

John 1:1-3, 14

Phil. 2:5-11

Luke 1:31 

h.

He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin. 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.

Matt. 1:23

Luke 1:34, 35

Matt. 4:1-10

i.

Jesus was betrayed by one of His disciples, condemned by the Jewish leaders for claiming to be who He, in fact, was, sentenced to death and executed by crucifixion on the anniversary of the Jewish Passover and, according to the fourth commandment rested in death for three days and three nights during the two days of the special annual Sabbath day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately followed by the weekly seventh day Sabbath.

Matt. 27:1

1 Cor. 15:3, 4

Matt. 12:40

John 19:31

John 20:17

j.

At an unspecified time following sunset on the weekly Sabbath the Father resurrected His Son, Jesus thus defeating once for all the death penalty for sin

Matt. 28:5-7

Mark 16:6

Luke 24:2-8

k.

After spending time with His followers to show that He had risen from the dead, Jesus ascended to minister in the heavenly sanctuary in our behalf.

John 20:11-18

Acts 1:3, 9-11

a.

Although never having sinned Himself, Jesus, the Christ voluntarily paid the death penalty for every person who has ever lived or will live on Planet Earth.

John 3:16

Isa. 53

Rom. 4:25;  5:6-10

b.

Thus His death is substitutionary and expiatory, reconciling and transforming.

2 Cor. 5:14-21

c.

In His totally sinless life of perfect obedience to His Father's will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, Jesus provided the only means of atonement for human sin, so that those who by faith accept this atonement may have eternal life, and the whole creation may better understand the infinite and holy love of the Creator.

1 Peter 2:21, 22

1 John 2:2;  4:10

Titus 3:3-7

Col. 1:13, 14

2 Peter 1:3, 4

d.

This perfect atonement vindicates the righteousness of Divine Law and the graciousness of The Father’s character, for it both condemns our sin and provides for our forgiveness.

1 Cor. 15:3,4, 20-22

Col. 2:15

Eze. 36:25-27

Rev. 20:14, 15

e.

The “second death” is when all those who rejected the Son of God as their Saviour will be permanently destroyed in a lake of burning sulphur and when God, who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed.

1 Tim. 6:16

Gal. 4:4-7

f.

When Christ, who is our life, appears in the air above the earth, the resurrected righteous and the living righteous will be glorified and caught up to meet their Lord and the salvation of humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged.

John 14: 1-3

John 16:8

1 Thes. 4:17

1 Cor. 15;28; 51-54

g.

The second resurrection, the resurrection of the unrighteous, will take place a thousand years later.

Rev. 20:7-9

h.

That resurrection proclaims the Deity's triumph over the forces of evil, and for those who have accepted the atonement assures their final victory over sin and death. It declares the Lordship of Jesus Christ, before whom every knee in heaven and on earth will bow.

1 Peter 1:23

Phil. 2:6-11

a.

Through Christ we are justified, adopted as God's sons and daughters, and delivered from the lordship of sin.

Rom. 3:21-26

b.

Led by the Holy Spirit we sense our need, acknowledge our sinfulness, repent of our transgressions, and exercise faith in Jesus as Lord and Christ, as Substitute and Example. This faith, which receives salvation comes through the divine power of the Word and is the gift of God's grace.

Rom. 10:17

Eph. 2:5-10

Rom. 8:14-17

Rom. 12:2

Rom. 14:23

c.

There is no other way that we can be saved.

John 3:16

d.

However, faith without outward demonstration is dead.

James 2:18, 26

e.

Without faith it is impossible to please God.

Heb. 11:6

f. 

Therefore, we will be judged by Jesus Christ on how we demonstrated our pronounced love for The Deity.

John 5:22

g.

With God, nothing that is according to His will and plan is impossible.

Mark 9:23, 24

Gal. 1:4

h.

Through the Spirit we are sanctified; the Spirit renews our minds, writes God's law of love in our hearts, and we are given the power to live a holy life.

Rom. 8:1-4,

Heb. 8:10

Jude 3

i.

Abiding in Him we become partakers of the divine nature and have the assurance of salvation now and in the judgment.

Gal. 3:13, 14, 26

a.

Jesus Christ will come again in glory for the final deliverance of His people and the restoration of all things.

Titus 2:13

Heb. 9:28

b.

The second coming of Jesus Christ is the blessed hope of all Christians, the grand climax of the gospel.

Matt. 24:4-35 

Rev. 1:7

c.

It will be literal, personal, visible, and worldwide.

Acts 1:9-11

d.

When He returns, the righteous dead will be resurrected, and together with the righteous living will be glorified and taken to heaven, but the unrighteous will die.

John 14:1-3

1 Cor. 15:51-54

1 Thes. 4:13-18

e.

Until that day death is an unconscious state for all people.

Ecc. 9:5, 6

f.

The almost complete fulfilment of most lines of prophecy, together with the present condition of the world, indicates that Christ's coming is imminent.

1 Thes. 5:1-6.

2 Tim. 3:1-5.

2 Cor. 5:10, 16, 17

g.

The time of that event has not been revealed, and we are therefore exhorted to be ready at all times.

Matt. 24:36-44

a.

Our primary mission is the fulfilment of Jesus Christ’s “Great Commission.”

Matt. 28:19, 20

Mark 16:15, 16

b.

We proclaim the message of the three angels of Revelation 14, which coincides with the work of judgment in heaven and results in a work of repentance and reform on earth.

Rev. 14:6-12

c.

It is therefore, also our mission to expose Satan’s counterfeit “Christianities” in their numerous and varied forms throughout the world and to call as many of God’s beloved children out of “Babylonian” apostasy as we can and in as loving a manner as possible.

Rev. 18:1-8

2 Thes. 2:3-12

Eph. 6:12

Rev. 13:5-8

Eph. 5:6-14

d.

It is also our mission to educate and guide “aspiring Christians” from all walks of life and other religions, including atheism, into a fuller knowledge and understanding of the Creative Deity described in the Bible.

Dan. 7:25;  8:25

Dan. 11:36-39

Eze. 3:18-21

Eph. 4:11-16

e.

It is, therefore, every member’s duty to study the Bible as frequently as possible and to check all teachings and preachings to ascertain whether they are scripturally sound.

Acts 17:11

Hos. 6:4

Col. 2:15

f.

Every believer is called to take a personal active part in this worldwide work for the Kingdom of God.

Col. 3:10-15

Rom. 12:4, 5

g.

We believe that we are now living in the final era before Christ’s promised return.

Matt. 24:4-14

h.

The word “church” refers not to a building, but to the community of believers who confess Jesus Christ as the Son of God and their Lord and Saviour.

i.

Thus the church is the body of Christ, a community of faith of which Christ Himself is the Head. It is one body with many members, called from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

Eph. 2:19-22

Rev. 14:6

j.

We believe and accept that we are all equal in Christ, who by one Spirit has bonded us into one fellowship with Him and with one another;

Eph. 4:1-6

k.

We are, therefore, to serve and be served without partiality or reservation, distinctions of race, culture, learning, and nationality, and differences between high and low, rich and poor, male and female, must not be divisive among us.

Eph. 3:8-11

Eph. 5:23-27.

1 Cor. 12:12-14

Gal. 3:27, 29

l.

Whilst the universal church is composed of all who truly believe in Christ, in the last days before His return, a time of widespread apostasy, a remnant has been called out to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. We believe we are part of that remnant.

Rev. 12:17

m.

All authority comes from Christ, who is the incarnate Word, and from the Scriptures, which are the written Word.

Matt. 18:18

n.

The church is God's family; adopted by Him as children, its members live on the basis of the new covenant.

o.

The church is the bride for whom Christ died that He might sanctify and cleanse her. At His return in triumph, He will present her to Himself a glorious church, the faithful of all the ages, the purchase of His blood, not having spot or wrinkle, but holy and without blemish.

Rev. 19:6-8

Matt. 25:1-13

James 3:13-17

p.

Communication with The Deity is in three distinct forms. Praise, Thanksgiving and Prayer.

Phil. 4:6, 7

q.

Praise and thanksgiving are due to both The Father and The Son whilst prayer is, since the resurrection of Jesus Christ, submissible only to the Father in Jesus’ name.

John 16:23, 24

r.

Praise is our way of showing the respect and reverence we hold for The Deity and is usually a joyful communication of prose, poetry, music, song and dancing.

Ps. 133:1

Ps. 150

1 Tim. 2:8

s.

Thanksgiving can be both joyful and quietly reverent and is, as its name implies, humanity’s expression of profound gratitude to The Deity for the numberless blessings bestowed upon them and especially the unmerited gift of grace whereby, through the supreme sacrifice of His Son, The Father guaranteed salvation to all who would accept it.

Ps. 134:2

1 Tim 4:4, 5

t.

Prayer is our submissions to God The Father for favours and blessings, such as physical or spiritual healing of ourselves and others, solutions to problems and difficulties, forgiveness for sins committed, the infilling of the Holy Spirit and, in fact, any requests we have. If it is according to God’s will, it WILL be answered.

Matt. 7:7, 8

Matt. 21:22

John 14:13, 14

1 John 3:21, 22

1 John 5:14

a.

God bestows upon all members of His church in every age spiritual gifts, which each member is to employ in loving ministry for the common good of the church and of humanity.

1 Cor. 12:9-11

Eph. 4:8

b.

Given by the agency of the Holy Spirit, who apportions to each member as He wills, the gifts provide all abilities and ministries needed by this ministry to fulfil its divinely ordained functions.

1 Peter 4:10, 11

Acts 2:4

c.

According to the Scriptures, these gifts include such ministries as wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, discernment, the ability to speak and interpret unlearned languages to preach the gospel, teaching, administration, reconciliation, compassion, leadership, and self-sacrificing service and charity for the help and encouragement of people.

Rom. 12:4-8

d.

Some members are called of God and endowed by the Spirit for functions recognized by the ministry in pastoral, evangelistic, apostolic, and teaching roles particularly needed to equip the members for service, to build up the ministry to spiritual maturity, and to foster unity of the faith and knowledge of God.

1 Cor. 12:27, 28

Eph. 4:11-16

e.

When members employ these spiritual gifts as faithful stewards of God's varied grace, the ministry is protected from the destructive influence of false doctrine, grows with a growth that is from God, and is built up in faith and love.

1 Tim. 3:1-13

Acts 6:1-7

Mark 16:17

f. 

The gift of faith must be accepted and used unquestioningly with no preponderance to doubt.

James 1:6, 7

g.

We therefore believe that it is not God’s will for His faithful children to be encumbered by sickness, poverty, depression or any other satanic force.

1 Peter 2:24

Jer. 29:11

a. 

Baptism is by immersion in water in obedience to Jesus’ instruction and is contingent on an affirmation of faith in The Deity and in Jesus as the Son of God the Father and evidence of repentance of sin.

Eph. 4:4-6

Matt. 28:19, 20

Acts 2:38

Matt. 3:13-17

b. 

Baptism cannot, therefore, be carried out until an individual is old enough to fully appreciate its significance.

Mark 16:16

1 Cor. 12:13

c. 

By baptism a person confesses faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and testifies of repentance of sin and of a purpose to walk in newness of life.

Col. 2:12, 13

d. 

Baptism is symbolic of death to sin and new birth by “burial” in and resurrection from the baptismal water, union with Christ and the reception of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 22:16

Rom. 6:1-6

John 3:5

e. 

Baptism follows instruction in the Holy Scriptures and acceptance of their teachings.

Acts 8:26-39

Acts 16:30-33.