Statement of Faith

WE BELIEVE that God is the Eternal⁽¹⁾
King⁽²⁾. He is an infinite,⁽³⁾ unchangeable⁽⁴⁾ Spirit,⁽⁵⁾ perfect⁽⁶⁾ in holiness,⁽⁷⁾ wisdom,⁽⁸⁾ goodness,⁽⁹⁾ justice,⁽¹⁰⁾ power⁽¹¹⁾ and love.⁽¹²⁾ From all eternity⁽¹³⁾ He exists as the One⁽¹⁴⁾ Living⁽¹⁵⁾ and True⁽¹⁶⁾ God in three persons⁽¹⁷⁾ of one substance,⁽¹⁸⁾ the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,⁽¹⁹⁾
equal in power and glory.⁽²⁰⁾

WE BELIEVE that God is the Eternal⁽¹⁾
King⁽²⁾. He is an infinite,⁽³⁾ unchangeable⁽⁴⁾ Spirit,⁽⁵⁾ perfect⁽⁶⁾ in holiness,⁽⁷⁾ wisdom,⁽⁸⁾ goodness,⁽⁹⁾ justice,⁽¹⁰⁾ power⁽¹¹⁾ and love.⁽¹²⁾ From all eternity⁽¹³⁾ He exists as the One⁽¹⁴⁾ Living⁽¹⁵⁾ and True⁽¹⁶⁾ God in three persons⁽¹⁷⁾ of one substance,⁽¹⁸⁾ the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,⁽¹⁹⁾
equal in power and glory.⁽²⁰⁾

WE BELIEVE that Satan, originally
a great, good angel, rebelled against God, taking a host of angels with
him.⁽³⁵⁾ He was cast out of God’s presence and, as
a usurper of God’s rule established a counter-kingdom of darkness⁽³⁶⁾
and evil on the earth.⁽³⁷⁾

WE BELIEVE that God created
mankind in His own image, male and female,⁽³⁸⁾ for relationship with Himself and to govern
the earth.⁽³⁹⁾ Under the temptation of Satan,⁽⁴⁰⁾
our original parents fell from grace,⁽⁴¹⁾ bringing sin,⁽⁴²⁾ sickness⁽⁴³⁾ and God’s judgement of death to the earth.⁽⁴⁴⁾
Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God’s
good creation.⁽⁴⁵⁾ Creation now experiences the consequences
and effects of Adam’s original sin.⁽⁴⁶⁾ Human beings are born in sin,⁽⁴⁷⁾ subject to God’s judgement of death⁽⁴⁸⁾
and captive to Satan’s kingdom of darkness.⁽⁴⁹⁾

WE BELIEVE that God did not
abandon His rule over the earth⁽⁵⁰⁾ which He continues to uphold by His providence.⁽⁵¹⁾
In order to bring redemption, God established covenants⁽⁵²⁾ which revealed His grace to sinful people.⁽⁵³⁾
In the covenant with Abraham, God bound Himself to His people Israel,
promising to deliver them from bondage to sin and Satan and to bless
all the nations through them.⁽⁵⁴⁾

WE BELIEVE that as King, God
later redeemed His people by His mighty acts from bondage in Egypt⁽⁵⁵⁾
and established His covenant through Moses, revealing His perfect will
and our obligation to fulfil it.⁽⁵⁶⁾ The law’s purpose is to order our fallen race⁽⁵⁷⁾
and to make us conscious of our moral responsibility.⁽⁵⁸⁾ By the work of God’s Spirit,⁽⁵⁹⁾ it convicts us of our sin⁽⁶⁰⁾ and God’s righteous judgement against us⁽⁶¹⁾
and brings us to Christ alone for salvation.⁽⁶²⁾

WE BELIEVE that when Israel
rejected God’s rule over her as King,⁽⁶³⁾ God established the monarchy in Israel⁽⁶⁴⁾
and made an unconditional covenant with David,⁽⁶⁵⁾ promising that his heir would restore God’s
kingdom reign over His people as Messiah forever.⁽⁶⁶⁾

WE BELIEVE that in the fullness
of time,⁽⁶⁷⁾ God honoured His covenants with Israel and
His prophetic promises of salvation⁽⁶⁸⁾ by sending His Son,⁽⁶⁹⁾ Jesus, into the world.⁽⁷⁰⁾ Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the
Virgin Mary,⁽⁷¹⁾ as fully God and fully man in one person,⁽⁷²⁾
He is humanity as God intended us to be.⁽⁷³⁾ Jesus was anointed as God’s Messiah and empowered
by the Holy Spirit,⁽⁷⁴⁾ inaugurating God’s kingdom reign on earth,⁽⁷⁵⁾
overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation,⁽⁷⁶⁾
preaching the good news of salvation,⁽⁷⁷⁾ healing the sick,⁽⁷⁸⁾ casting out demons⁽⁷⁹⁾ and raising the dead.⁽⁸⁰⁾ Gathering His disciples,⁽⁸¹⁾ He reconstituted God’s people⁽⁸²⁾ as His Church⁽⁸³⁾ to be the instrument of His kingdom.⁽⁸⁴⁾
After dying for the sins of the world,⁽⁸⁵⁾ Jesus was raised from the dead on the third
day,⁽⁸⁶⁾ fulfilling the covenant of blessing given
to Abraham.⁽⁸⁷⁾ In His sinless, perfect life⁽⁸⁸⁾
Jesus met the demands of the law⁽⁸⁹⁾ and in His atoning death on the cross⁽⁹⁰⁾
He took God’s judgement for sin⁽⁹¹⁾ which we deserve as law-breakers.⁽⁹²⁾
By His death on the cross He also disarmed the demonic powers.⁽⁹³⁾
The covenant with David was fulfilled in Jesus’ birth from David’s house,⁽⁹⁴⁾
His Messianic ministry,⁽⁹⁵⁾ His glorious resurrection from the dead,⁽⁹⁶⁾
His ascent into heaven and His present rule at the right hand of the
Father.⁽⁹⁷⁾ As God’s Son and David’s heir,⁽⁹⁸⁾
He is the eternal Messiah-King,⁽⁹⁹⁾ advancing God’s reign throughout every generation
and throughout the whole earth today.⁽¹⁰⁰⁾

WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit
was poured out on the Church at Pentecost in power,⁽¹⁰¹⁾ baptising believers into the Body of Christ⁽¹⁰²⁾
and releasing the gifts of the Spirit to them.⁽¹⁰³⁾ The Spirit brings the permanent indwelling
presence of God to us⁽¹⁰⁴⁾ for spiritual worship,⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ personal sanctification,⁽¹⁰⁶⁾ building up the Church,⁽¹⁰⁷⁾ gifting us for ministry,⁽¹⁰⁸⁾ and driving back the kingdom of Satan⁽¹⁰⁹⁾
by the evangelisation of the world through proclaiming the word of Jesus⁽¹¹⁰⁾
and doing the works of Jesus.⁽¹¹¹⁾

WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit
indwells every believer in Jesus Christ⁽¹¹²⁾ and that He is our abiding Helper,⁽¹¹³⁾
Teacher,⁽¹¹⁴⁾ and Guide.⁽¹¹⁵⁾ We believe in the filling or the empowering
of the Holy Spirit,⁽¹¹⁶⁾ often a conscious experience,⁽¹¹⁷⁾ for ministry today.⁽¹¹⁸⁾ We believe in the present ministry of the
Spirit⁽¹¹⁹⁾ and in the exercise of all of the biblical
gifts of the Spirit.⁽¹²⁰⁾ We practice the laying on of hands for the
empowering of the Spirit,⁽¹²¹⁾ for healing,⁽¹²²⁾ and for recognition and empowering of those
whom God has ordained to lead and serve the Church.⁽¹²³⁾

WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit
inspired the human authors of Holy Scripture⁽¹²⁴⁾ so that the Bible is without error⁽¹²⁵⁾
in the original manuscripts. We receive the sixty-six books of the Old
and New Testaments⁽¹²⁶⁾ as our final, absolute authority, the only
infallible rule of faith⁽¹²⁷⁾ and practice.⁽¹²⁸⁾

WE BELIEVE that the whole world
is under the domination of Satan⁽¹²⁹⁾ and that all people are sinners by nature⁽¹³⁰⁾
and choice.⁽¹³¹⁾ All people therefore are under God’s just
judgement.⁽¹³²⁾ Through the preaching of the Good News of
Jesus and the Kingdom of God⁽¹³³⁾ and the work of the Holy Spirit,⁽¹³⁴⁾
God regenerates,⁽¹³⁵⁾ justifies,⁽¹³⁶⁾ adopts⁽¹³⁷⁾ and sanctifies⁽¹³⁸⁾ through Jesus by the Spirit⁽¹³⁹⁾ all who repent of their sins⁽¹⁴⁰⁾ and trust in Jesus Christ as Lord⁽¹⁴¹⁾
and Saviour.⁽¹⁴²⁾ By this they are released from Satan’s domain
and enter into God’s kingdom reign.⁽¹⁴³⁾

WE BELIEVE in the one,⁽¹⁴⁴⁾
holy,⁽¹⁴⁵⁾ universal Church.⁽¹⁴⁶⁾ All who repent of their sins and confess Jesus
as Lord and Saviour are regenerated by the Holy Spirit⁽¹⁴⁷⁾ and form the living Body of Christ,⁽¹⁴⁸⁾
of which He is the head⁽¹⁴⁹⁾ and of which we are all members.⁽¹⁵⁰⁾

WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ
committed two ordinances to the Church: water baptism⁽¹⁵¹⁾ and the Lord’s Supper.⁽¹⁵²⁾ Both are available to all believers.

WE BELIEVE that God’s kingdom
has come in the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ,⁽¹⁵³⁾ that it continues to come in the ministry
of the Spirit through the Church,⁽¹⁵⁴⁾ and that it will be consummated in the glorious,
visible and triumphant appearing of Christ⁽¹⁵⁵⁾ – His return to the earth as King.⁽¹⁵⁶⁾
After Christ returns to reign,⁽¹⁵⁷⁾ He will bring about the final defeat of Satan
and all of his minions and works,⁽¹⁵⁸⁾ the resurrection of the dead,⁽¹⁵⁹⁾ the final judgment⁽¹⁶⁰⁾ and the eternal blessing of the righteous
and eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.⁽¹⁶¹⁾ Finally, God will be all in all⁽¹⁶²⁾
and His kingdom, His rule and reign,⁽¹⁶³⁾ will be fulfilled in the new heavens and the
new earth,⁽¹⁶⁴⁾ recreated by His mighty power, in which righteousness
dwells⁽¹⁶⁵⁾ and in which He will forever be worshipped.⁽¹⁶⁶⁾

Reference List

(1) Deuteronomy 33:27; Romans 1:20

(2) Psalm 95:3; Isaiah 43:15

(3) Psalm 147:5; Job 11:7-9

(4) James 1:17

(5) John 4:24

(6) Matthew 5:48

(7) Isaiah 6:3; 1 Peter 115-16

(8) Psalm 104:24; Proverbs 2:6; Isaiah
28:29

(9) Exodus 33:19; Psalm 63:2; Psalm
31:19

(10) Psalm 33:5; Psalm 89:14; Isaiah
30:18

(11) Exodus 15:6

(12) 1 John 4:8

(13) Isaiah 43:13

(14) Isaiah 45:5; 1 Corinthians 8:4

(15) Psalm 42:2; Psalm 84:2

(16) Jeremiah 10:10

(17) John 1:18; John 10:30; 1 John
14:9; John 14:16-17; John 14:26; John 15:26; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18

(18) John 1:1; John 1:14; 2 Corinthians
3:17

(19) Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Corinthians
13:14; Revelation 1:4

(20) Revelation 5:13; Ephesians 3:14-21

(21) Psalm 45:6; Psalm 145:13; Daniel
4:3

(22) Psalm93:1-2

(23) John 1:1-3; 1 Corinthians 8:6;
Colossians 1:15-16; Hebrews 1:1-2

(24) Genesis 1:1; Psalm 95:3-5

(25) Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3

(26) Psalm 103:19; Psalm 104:24-29

(27) Psalm 96:4-6

(28) Psalm 89:11

(29) Psalm 103:20-21

(30) Colossians 1:16-17

(31) Psalm 104:5

(32) Psalm 103:22

(33) Psalm 22:28; Psalm 47:8

(34) Genesis 1:31

(35) Revelation 12:7-9

(36) 2 Corinthians 11:14; Colossians
1:13-14; Ephesians 6:12

(37) Mark 3:22-26; Ephesians 2:1-2;
1 John 5:19

(38) Genesis 1:26-27

(39) Genesis 1:26

(40) Genesis 3:1; Revelation 12:9

(41) Genesis 3:8; Romans 1:21; Romans
5:16

(42) Romans 5:12

(43) John 5:14

(44) 1 Corinthians 15:22

(45) John 8:44; 1 John 5:19

(46) Romans 8:20-23

(47) Psalm 51:5

(48) Ezekiel 18:4; Romans 2:5; Romans
2:12; Hebrews 9:27

(49) Galatians 1:3-5; Galatians 4:8-9;
Colossians 1:13

(51) Psalm 24:1; Psalm 96:10; Isaiah
40:22; Hebrews 1:3

(52) Romans 9:4

(53) Ephesians 2:12

(54) Genesis 17:3-8; Genesis 12:2-3;
Genesis 15:4-6; Romans 4:3-5; Romans 4:16; Romans 4:20-25; Galatians
3:6-9; Galatians 3:13-14

(55) Exodus 15:3-18

(56) Exodus 19:3-6; Exodus 24:3-4;
Exodus 24:7; Romans 8:3-4; Romans 8:12-14

(57) Deuteronomy 5:1-3; Deuteronomy
30:15-18; Galatians 3:23-25

(58) Psalm 25:8-10; Romans 7:7

(59) John 15:26; John 16:8-11; 2 Corinthians
3:14-17

(60) Romans 7:13; Galatians 3:19; Galatians
3:21-22

(61) Romans 2:1-11

(62) Galatians 3:24; Philippians 3:8-9

(63) 1 Samuel 8:6-8

(64) 1 Samuel 8:21-22; 1 Samuel 9:15-16;
1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:24

(65) 2 Samuel 7:11b-16; Psalm 89:34-37

(66) Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 11:1-5; Jeremiah
23:5-6; Ezekiel 34:23

(67) Mark 1:15; Galatians 4:4

(68) Romans 1:2-4

(69) John 1:14

(70) John 1:17-18

(71) Luke 1:30-35

(72) John 1:14; Philippians 2:5-7

(73) Romans 5:19; 1 Corinthians 15:22;
1 Peter 2:22, 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 8:29

(74) Luke 3:21-22; Luke 4:16-21

(75) Mark 1:14-15; Luke 11:20; Luke
17:20-21

(76) Luke 4:1-13

(77) Luke 4:43

(78) Luke 4:40

(79) Luke 4:41

(80) Luke 7:14-17

(81) Mark 1:16-17

(82) Mark 3:13-15

(83) Matthew 16:18

(84) Luke 9:1-2; Luke 10:1-17

(85) John 1:29; John 6:51; John 4:9-10

(86) Mark 8:31; 1 Corinthians 15:3-5

(87) Galatians 3:13-14

(88) Acts 3:14-15; Hebrews 4:15

(89) Romans 5:18-19

(90) 1 Peter 2:24

(91) Galatians 3:13; 2 Corinthians
5:21

(92) Romans 1:18; Romans 1:32; Romans
2:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10

(93) Colossians 2:13-15

(94) Matthew 1:1

(95) Luke 1:68-72; Luke 2:10-11; Matthew
9:27

(96) Acts 2:24-28

(97) Acts 2:29-36

(98) Romans 1:1-4

(99) Hebrews 1:1-3

(100) 1 Corinthians 15:24-26; Ephesians
1:19-23; Revelation 5:5

(101) Acts 1:8; Acts 2:1-4

(102) 1 Corinthians 12:13

(103) 1 Corinthians 12:4-7

(104) John 14:16-17

(105) Romans 12:1; Ephesians 5:18-20

(106) Romans 8:3-4

(107) 1 Corinthians 14:12; 1 Corinthians
14:26

(108) Romans 12:4-6

(109) Luke 11:20; 1 John 3:8b

(110) Ephesians 6:10-20

(111) John 14:12-13; Romans 15:18-19;
1 Corinthians 4:20

(112) Romans 8:9-10

(113) John 16:7

(114) John 14:26

(115) John 16:13-15; Romans 8:14

(116) Luke 24:49; Acts 4:31

(117) Acts 8:18-19; Acts 19:1-2

(118) 1Corinthians 2:4-5; 2 Corinthians
4:7; 2 Corinthians 6:4-7

(119) Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:15-17

(120) 1 Corinthians 12:7-11; 1 Corinthians
14:1; 1 Corinthians 14:5; 1Thessalonians 5:19-21

(121) Acts 8:14-17; Acts 19:6

(122) Mark 1:41; Luke 6:18b-19; Mark
16:18

(123) Acts 13:1-3; 1 Timothy 4:14;
2 Timothy 1:6

(124) 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21;
1 Corinthians 2:12-13; John 14:26

(125) Psalm 19:7-9; Psalm 119:30; Psalm
119:43; Psalm 119:89; Matthew 5:17-18; John 3:34; John 10:35; 1 Thessalonians
2:13; Revelation 22:6

(126) Luke 24:44; 2 Peter 3:15-16;
Revelation 22:18-19

(127) Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 24:35

(128) Matthew 7:21; Matthew 7:24; Luke
1:38; James 1:22-25

(129) Luke 4:5-7; 1 John 5:19

(130) 1 Corinthians 15:22; Ephesians
2:1-3

(131) Romans 1:21-23; Romans 1:32

(132) Romans 1:18; Romans 2:5; 2 Corinthians
5:10; Ephesians 5:6

(133) Mark 1:14-15; Acts 8:12; Acts
28:31; Ephesians 5:5

(134) John 16:7-11

(135) John 3:5-8; 1 Peter 1:23

(136) Romans 5:1-2; Romans 5:9

(137) Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6

(138) Ephesians 5:25; Hebrews 13:12

(139) 1 Peter 1:1-2

(140) Acts 2:38

(141) Romans 10:9

(142) 1 John 4:13-15

(143) Colossians 1:13-14; Philippians
3:20

(144) John 17:20-21; Ephesians 4:3-6

(145) 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

(146) Matthew 16:17-18; 1 Corinthians
1:2; Ephesians 2:18-19; 1 Peter 2:9-10

(147) Titus 3:4-7

(148) Romans 12:4-5

(149) Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 5:23

(150) 1 Corinthians 12:27

(151) Matthew 28:19-20

(152) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

(153) Daniel 7:13-14; Matthew 4:23;
Matthew 12:28

(154) Matthew 6:10; Matthew 10:7-8;
Matthew 24:14; Mark 13:11; John 15:26-27; Romans 14:17-18

(155) Mark13:26; Acts 1:9-11; 2 Thessalonians
2:8

(156) Revelation 19:11-16

(157) Matthew 25:31-32; 1 Corinthians
15:23-25

(158) Revelation 20:10

(159) 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

(160) John 5:28-30; Revelation 20:11-15

(161) Matthew 25:31-46

(162) 1 Corinthians 15:24-28

(163) 1 Timothy 6:13-16

(164) 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:5

(165) Revelation 21:27

(166) 1 Timothy 1:17; Revelation 7:9-12