Our Beliefs
The Trinity of God
We believe in the Trinity of God, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
“then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness,'” Genesis 1:26
Sin
We believe man is born with a fallen nature is inclined toward evil and that continually until redeemed by Jesus Christ.
The Bible tells us all of us have sinned and are in need of salvation made possible through Jesus Christ.We will all die one day and stand before a holy God and give an account for our lives.All those who have a relationship with Jesus Christ will enter into Heaven to live eternally with Him.Those who do not know Him or those who have rejected Him will face eternity without Him in a place the Bible calls Hell.
God’s desire is that none be lost and makes salvation and adoption into His family possible through belief in Jesus Christ and confession of our sins.
If someone goes to Hell it is spite of the cross which was an act of the God’s love and a rejection of Jesus Christ and Lord and Savior.
We cannot earn our salvation by our works or our good deeds and are dependent upon what Jesus made possible by dying on the cross for our sins.
We need not fear neither death nor life as God desires to have a relationship with us made possible through Jesus Christ.
Becoming a follower of Jesus Christ is as simple as ABC.
A – Admit your sin and our need for salvation.
Romans 10:9 (NIV) That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
B – Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and in faith believe he forgives your sin.
Romans 10:9 (NIV) That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
C – Confess your sins to Him and ask Him to forgive you and to adopt you into
His family.
I John 1:9:“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”1 John 1:9
The Scriptures
We believe in the divine inspiration of Scripture and that they contain all truth necessary for faith and Christian living.
“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,” 2 Timothy 3:16
Baptism
Baptism is an outward symbol of an inward work of grace done in our heart through Jesus Christ. It does not save us from our sin. It is usually performed publicily through immersion. It is a public witness of our faith symbolizing the washing away of our sins.
We encourage all believers to be baptized as commanded by Jesus. We accept the baptism of other churches and do not require a believer to be baptized again to be a part of our church.
Healing
We believe in divine healing as revealed in the Scriptures and regularly pray for God’s intervention in people’s lives. We also believe God uses Doctors and medical science to bring healing to our bodies. This is not discredit to God as He created them and gave them wisdom and understanding.
We also believe that we are on this earth for a short time and know that all humanity will die a physical death but will live eternally. Death therefore is the vehicle that transports us from a land of ever dying to a land of never dying.
We rejoice that a day is coming where we will trade in these old bodies for a new body and live with Him forever.
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” Revelation 21:4
Atonement
Jesus paid the price for our sins. It is not anything we have done, but a gift of grace and mercy given in love through Jesus Christ.
“For this reason, he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.” Hebrews 2:17
Free Will
God created us with a will to choose between right and wrong. We see this in Genesis where Adam and Eve had the freedom to choose whether or not they would obey God. We choose to follow God or we choose to go our own way.
Repentance
Repentance is to be sincerely sorry for what we have done and to turn away from that which caused us to sin. God knows our hearts and whether or not we are truly repentant.
Justification, Regeneration, and Adoption
Through faith in Jesus Christ and confession of our sin we are justified in our faith. Through the work He did on the cross we are regenerated to that which He intended for us and we are adopted into His family.
The work of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit was promised by Jesus to be with all those who desire to know Him and follow Him. He is present in us coming to belief in Jesus and He is present in our daily walk with Jesus. He progressively leads us into a deeper relationship and He brings us to the realization that we need to give full control of our lives to Jesus as an act of faith.
The Church
The church is larger than any one denomination and is expressed in many different ways and cultures. God brings together different groups of people to carry out the Great Commandment – to love one another and the Great Commission – to spread the good news of what Jesus has done in our lives.
Communion
Communion is one of the sacraments Jesus instructed His followers to do to remind them of what He did for them on the cross.
Communion is a time for believers to reflect on what God has done in their lives. It is a time for us to allow God to search our hearts for anything that would stand in the way of our relationship with Him.
We practce open communion and do not require people to be a memeber of our church to take communion.
Different denominations differ in regard to how frequently they serve communion. The Bible is clear in that we are to participate in communion but it does not instruct in regard to how often we are to take communion.
At Trinity we serve communion the first Sunday of every month.
“Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.” 1 Corinthians 11:27-28
The Second Coming of Christ
The Bible clearly instructs us that one day Jesus will return to earth. We call this the Second Coming. THere is a difference of opinion among different denominations and churches concerning when He will return.
We believe God left this unclear as His intent was not that we fixate on an event on a timetable. Instead He desires that we be ready for His coming whenever it will occur and influence as many as we can to be ready for His return.
“It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.” Acts 1:7
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10