- Scripture Doctrines
   - GOD
   - THE FATHER
   - THE SON
   - THE Holy Spirit
   - Man
   - Sin
   - Salvation
   - Local Church
   - Angels
   - Last Things

Doctrinal Statements

Doctrine of THE SON

1. I believe that Jesus Christ exists eternally as the Second Person of the Trinity, that He has no beginning or end, and is equal in essence and power with the Father.
   [Matthew 28:19; John 1:1-2; John 17:5; Hebrews 1:8]

2. I believe that Jesus Christ was the agent of the creation of the universe. [John 1:3]

3. I believe that Jesus Christ manifested Himself visibly in the Old Testament in the forms of Christophanies.
   [Genesis 16:10-13; Exodus 23:20-25; 32:34; Isaiah 63:9;
   John 1:14]

4. I believe that Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, and is God incarnate, God in the flesh.

   • Jesus was born of Mary through the miraculous conception of the Holy Spirit, thus preserving the sinlessness of Christ. [Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:35]

   • Through this Incarnation, Jesus Christ became the God-man, One Person possessing both divine and human natures, each complete, with personality undivided, so that Jesus was, and is, not merely God and man but properly God –Man
     [John 8:58; Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 2:5]

   • This Incarnation preserved Christ’s human nature from the depravity of His parents. Christ lived sinless life on earth. [Luke 1:35; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15]

5. I believe that God the Son was Incarnated in the flesh, to be the Substitutionary Sacrifice for the human race, Christ’s ministry was focus on the cross.

   • This sacrifice was initiated by God’s love for the human race. [John 3:16; Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:9]

   • This sacrifice was a ransom, paid to free man from the bondage of sin. [1 Corinthians 7:23; 1 Timothy 2:6]

   • This sacrifice was a sin offering, the fulfillment of the Old Testament type [Hebrews 9:14; 25-28]

   • Although sufficient for all, this sacrifice is efficient only for those who believe
     [1 Timothy 4:10; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 2:2]

6. I believe that three days after He death, Christ rose bodily from the grave [Matthew 28:6; Mark 16:6; 1 Corinthians 15:4, 17-19], was seen of men for forty days afterward [Matthew 28:9; 16-17, Acts 1:3], and ascended to the Father in Heaven [Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9; 7:55-56], where He is now our High Priest, and Intercessor [Hebrew 4:14-15; 7:25; 1 John 2:1]

7. I believe that the return of Jesus Christ for His saints occur at any time, to be followed by the Tribulation and the setting up of the Kingdom on Earth [1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12; Revelation 20:3-6]