The Trinity
We believe in one God, creator
of all things, infinitely perfect, unchanging in all His Divine Attributes,
and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
(Deut. 6:4; Isa. 45:5-7; Mt. 28:18-19; Mk. 12:29; Jn. 1:14; Acts 5:3-4; 2Cor.
13:14; Heb. 1:1-3; Rev. 1:4-6)
The Father
3. We believe that God
the Father is the author of one eternal
plan that includes all things and He is directing this plan to glorify Himself.
He is the Creator of the universe and the human race, but is the spiritual
Father only of those who receive Jesus Christ by Faith. He becomes the believers
Father by His gracious act of adopting believers in Christ into His family.
(Rom. 11:36; Eph. 1:11; Gen. 1:31; Eph. 3:9; Rom. 8:14; 2Cor. 6:18 Jn. 1:12;
Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:5)
The Son
We believe that Jesus Christ
is God the Son, co-equal, co-eternal and of the same essence with God and
as such He is the pre-existent Son. Without any change in His eternal deity
He became man when conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary,
that He died on the Cross, a perfect and complete sacrifice, in our place
and for our sins according to the Scriptures. He arose bodily from the dead
and ascended into Heaven where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High,
He is now our High Priest and Advocate.
(Jn. 1:1-2, 14, 6:33,41; Isaiah 9:6; Lk. 24:19; Matt. 1:21, 25; 21:11; Mk.1:9;
Heb. 4:15, 7:26; Lk. 2:40 Phil. 2:8; Isaiah 7:14; Matt.1:23-25; Lk. 1:26-35;
Jn. 1:18; 14:9-11; Heb. 7:25-27, 9:26; Jn 3:16-18; 1Pet. 1:18-19; Jn 1;29,
10:15; 1Jn 2:2, 3:18 Acts 1;9;Lk24:51; 1Jn 2:1; Rom. 8:34; Heb.7:25, 9:24)
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy
Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is eternal and infinite and is of
one essence and substance with the Father and the Son in their deity. Though
active in creation, divine revelation, and enablement of Old Testament saints,
the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost by the Father and the Son
to take up His abode in believers. At the time of regeneration the Holy Spirit
baptises the believer into one body of which Christ is the Head. Any doctrine
of a baptism of the Spirit after regeneration in this age is entirely foreign
to Scripture. The Holy Spirit indwells, guides, instructs, fills and empowers
the believer for godly living and service.
(Matt. 28:19; Acts 5:34, 28:25-26; 2Cor. 13:14; Gen. 1:2; Jn. 3:5-7; Acts 1:4;
Jn. 14:16-17, 15:26; Eph. 3:4-5, 9, 11: 1Cor. 6:19; Rom. 8:9; 1Cor. 12:11)
