Differences
At God's House we focus on the beliefs we have in common with other Christ-followers, not so much those which divide us. We share common beliefs with many denominations. Though we may differ in minor areas, we believe they are just that. Therefore at God's House you can expect to meet people from many backgrounds, all following Jesus.
Constants
Having said that, we hold to some beliefs that are non-negotiable. These are the hills we would die on:
DifferencesDifferencThe Bible
We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God (2 Tim 3:16), inerrant in the original writings, complete as the revelation of God's will for salvation (Heb 1:1-2) and the supreme and final authority in all matters to which they speak (2 Pet 1:3).
God
We believe in one God (Deut 6:4), eternally existing in Three Persons: God the Father (1 Cor 1:3); God the Son (Titus 2:13); and God the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-4); yet being only one God. God the Father, an infinite personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love (1 Tim 1:17), concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, hears and answers prayer, and saves from sin and death all who come to Him through faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12).
Jesus
We believe that Jesus Christ is God's eternal Son and has precisely the same nature (John 1:1; Heb 1:8), attributes (Col 1:16; John 17:5) and perfection (John 1:14) as God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. We believe that He is not only true God, but true Man, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. We also believe in His sinless life (2 Cor 5:21), His substitutionary atonement (1 Pet 2:24), His bodily resurrection from the dead (1 Cor 15:1-8), His ascension into heaven, His priestly intercession on behalf of His people (Heb 7:25), and His personal, visible, premillennial return from heaven (John 14:3; Rev 20).
Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit is a Person (Acts 5:3-4) and is fully God (1 Cor 2:11). He regenerates (Titus 3:5), baptizes into the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:13), indwells every believer (John 14:16), guides and empowers believers, and gives gifts to all believers to be used in ministry so that the church functions properly (Eph 4:7).
Man, Sin and Salvation
We believe that God created man, male and female, in the image of God and free from sin (Gen 1:26). Due to the fall of Adam, each individual is born in sin, and therefore, is a sinner by nature (Rom 5:12), having nothing whereby he might justify himself before God (Rom 3:10, 20). Each individual must accept the death of Jesus Christ on the cross as for him/herself (Eph 2:8-10), and must ask His forgiveness for his/her sins. Having accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, he/she is spiritually born again (1 Pet 1:3) and is thereafter a son or daughter of God (Rom 8:16-17) and member of the family of God for time and eternity (John 10:29).
The Church
We believe that the Church is the spiritual body of which Christ is the Head (Eph 4:15, Col 1:18). We believe that the true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit. We believe that this body expresses itself in local churches whose members have been baptized by immersion upon a credible confession of faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38) and have allied themselves for worship, instruction, evangelism and service. The ordinances of the local church are believer's baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper. We also believe in the interdependence of local churches and the mutual submission of believers to each other in love (Eph 5:21).
Last Things
We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved and lost (1 Cor 15:12), the eternal existence of all people either in heaven or hell (Matt 25:46), in divine judgments (Rev 20:12), rewards and punishments (1 Cor 3:12-14).
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