Shaping Destiny’s STATEMENT OF FAITH: The basis of our work.

We believe that:

  1. The Bible is God's inspired word. II Timothy 3:15-17
     
  2. There is one God, existing in three persons: Father, Son, and   Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6
     

  3. Jesus Christ is the son of God, he is God, was born of a virgin birth, lived a sinless life, did many miracles, shed his blood and died in our stead to pay for our sins. He then resurrected in bodily form and ascended to the farther where he now sits at his right hand. He is returning soon in great power and glory. John 1:1-4; Matthew 1:23; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 & 4:15; Acts 1:11 & 2:22-24; I Corinthians15:3-4.
     

  4. We have all sinned and come short of God's glory. But repentance and faith in Jesus Christ results in new birth, forgiveness of all sins, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit. That is the only way to salvation. Titus 3:4-7; Luke 24:46-47; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 14:6; Acts 4:12.
     

  5. The  Holy Spirit is the teacher and comforter who enables the Christian to live a godly life. Galatians 5:16-18; Romans 8:9.
     

  6. In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. Revelation 20:11-15; I Corinthians 15:51-57.
     

  7. The spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the Church. Ephesians 1:22-23; I Corinthians 12:12, 27.
     

  8. Evangelism is the  responsibility of both the church and each Christian. Romans 10:9-15;
    Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:18-20; I Peter 3:15.
     

  9. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27

 


 
                                              
 
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