1: THE SCRIPTURES
I believe (1 Thessalonians 2:13) the scriptures are the inspired words of God (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21), made up of 66 books united as one volume (Psalm 40:7). I believe the King James Bible is the book of the LORD for the entire world to seek out of and read (Isaiah 34:16), containing the pure and preserved words of God (Psalm 12:6-7). Any translation of scripture in any language that matches the KJV in spirit and truth is also the word of God.
2: THE GODHEAD
I believe in one triune God (Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 John 5:7), eternally existing in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost (Matthew 3:16-17, Matthew 28:19, John 14:26).
3: THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST
~2,000 years ago, the eternal Son of God, whose goings forth is from everlasting (Micah 5:2), even the Word that created all things (John 1:1,3), became flesh (a man) (John 1:14), without ceasing to be God (John 3:13, Hebrews 1:8), having been conceived by the Holy Ghost (Luke 1:35) and born of a virgin, Mary (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23), in order that he might reveal God and redeem sinful men (Galatians 4:4-5) with his own blood (Colossians 1:14) by dying on the cross as the Lamb of God (Philippians 2:5-8, John 1:36) and being raised up from the dead on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:4). The Lord Jesus Christ ascended bodily to heaven (Acts 1:9), and is now exalted at the right hand of God (Hebrews 1:3), where, as our High Priest (Hebrews 8:1), he fulfills the ministry of Representative (Hebrews 9:24), Intercessor (Hebrews 7:25, Romans 8:34), and Advocate (1 John 2:1)
4: DEPRAVITY OF MAN
I believe man was originally created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27), but that in Adam’s sin (Romans 5:12), all mankind inherits a sinful nature and falls short of God’s glory (Romans 3:23). Because of sin, man is a child of wrath (Ephesians 2:1-3) and will eventually die (Romans 6:23) as one alienated from God (Ephesians 4:17-19) unless they have been born again, that is, born of the Spirit (John 3:5-8).
5: SALVATION
I believe that salvation cannot be earned by any measure of man’s ability, religion, alms, money, or good deeds. Salvation is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-10) offered to sinful man by grace and is received (John 1:12) by personal faith from your heart (Romans 10:10) in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:11, Hebrews 12:2), whose precious blood was shed on the cross at Calvary for the forgiveness of sins (Ephesians 1:7, 1 Peter 1:18-19).
6: ETERNAL SECURITY
I believe that a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) cannot lose eternal life (John 10:28). I believe Jesus Christ will not lose a single soul that is given to him (John 6:39) and there are no examples of a Spirit-born Christian being “slain” in the spirit, even when the Christian commits hideous sins such as fornication between family members (1 Corinthians 5:1-5). He can sin in his flesh (Romans 7:17-18), but his born-again self cannot sin (1 John 3:9). A man who is born again (1 John 5:1) receives the righteousness of Jesus Christ (Romans 4:24) and is sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13-14, Ephesians 4:30). Not to mention, a saved man is…
– Spiritually circumcised from the flesh (Colossians 2:11)
– Baptized into the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:4-5, Romans 6:3, 1 Corinthians 12:13)
– Seated together with Christ in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6)
– A member of Jesus Christ’s body / bones / flesh (Ephesians 5:30, John 19:36)
– A child of God (Galatians 3:26)
7: THE FINAL STATE OF MAN
I believe in the bodily resurrection of all men (John 5:28-29), the saved to eternal life (John 11:25-26), and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment (Revelation 20:12-13).
I believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8), conscious (Luke 23:43, Philippians 1:23) and awaiting the first resurrection (Revelation 20:4-6), when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Philippians 3:21, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
I believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in torment (Luke 16:19-26, Mark 9:43-48) until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, where they will experience the second death (Revelation 20:11-15).
END TIME PROPHECY: Premillennial, pre-tribulation rapture of the church, 3.5-year tribulation
SODOMY: Homosexuality, bestiality (and all perversions of God’s ordained union between man and woman) are abominations to God
ABORTION: A wicked sin, shedding innocent blood, that is abhorred by God
WHEN LIFE BEGINS: Biblically, it makes the most sense to me that life begins when the first drop of blood is formed (at around 3 weeks after conception), however it is still a sin to abort in the first 3 weeks, before the life of the flesh has first appeared, as it is intentionally destroying a person who is being fearfully and wonderfully made. Only God has the authority to discontinue a pregnancy.
AGE OF THE EARTH: Young, ~6000 years according to Biblical genealogies, with Christ being the 77th generation from God. The timeline of the Big Bang model (where humans appear after 13+ billion years) is impossible to reconcile with Christ placing male and female at the beginning of the creation (Mark 10:6).
GAP-THEORY: I used to believe in this 100%, but I no longer adhere to this position. The gap attempts to provide an explanation for when Lucifer fell and became Satan (between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2), and the use of the word “replenish” in Genesis 1:28 is used to uphold this theory. But the only way to conclude a gap between the first two verses is to read between the lines; the Bible does not teach it in the plain reading of scripture. Without Genesis 2:4, which lumps the creation of the heavens and earth together with everything written about the previous seven days, the theory might have stronger coherency. But Exodus 20:11 confirms beyond all shadow of a doubt that heaven and earth were part of the six days of creation, leaving no time for a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
SPEAKING IN TONGUES: Actual languages that can be interpreted? Yes. Not gibberish or confusion
SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD: Absolutely. Lord, help me become more peculiar to it.
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION: My AOD theory on YouTube is just a theory – and I hope it’s wrong. Though it is a Bible study on future prophecy, it is not doctrine, nor is it meant to be taught as such to the church.
CALVINISM: No thanks
DISPENSATIONS: Yes, please
WHEN THE CHURCH BEGAN: Before Paul
OUR APOSTLE: Paul
HYPER-DISPENSATIONALISM: No thanks
THE APOCRYPHA: Non-canonical. Not inspired.
THIS STATEMENT OF FAITH
This statement of faith is mere overview of what I believe in regards to essential Bible doctrines. The King James Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that I believe.