Statement of Faith - Living Rapture Ready

We believe in the unity of the one true and living God who is the Eternal Self-Existing ‘I AM`, God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. Who has also revealed Himself as one being in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Deut 6:4
We believe that Jesus was born of a virgin, we believe He committed no sin during his entire life. Jesus was the eternal Father made visible, apart from whom there is no God (I Tim. 3:16, John 10:30, Is. 9:6, Luke 2:11, Rev. 1:8).
We believe in the Virgin Birth, Sinless life Miracles Ministry, Substitution Atoning Death, Bodily Resurrection, Triumphant Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ and in His Pre-millennia Second Advent as the blessed hope set before all believers. (Isa 7:14 Matt 1:23 Heb 7:26; I Peter 2:22; Acts 2:22, 10:38; 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 9:12; Luke 24:39; I Cor 15:4; Acts 1; 9 Eph 4:8-10; Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25; I Cor 15:22-24, 51-57; I Thess 4:13-18; Rev20:1-16)
We believe that Man was created good and upright, and in God’s image. But man, voluntarily transgressed against God, and God has provided man with his only hope of salvation and redemption which is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Gen. 1:26-31, 3:17, Rom. 5:12-21).
We believe in salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, who died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day according to the Scripture, and through His blood we have redemption. (Tit 2:11,3:5-7; Rom 10:8-15; I Cor 15:3-4) This experience is known as the New Birth, and is an instantaneous and the complete operation by the Holy Spirit upon initial faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 3:5-6;J ames 1:18)
We believe that Baptism by immersion in water is enjoined upon all who have really repented and have truly believed with all their hearts in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. (Matt 28:19; Acts 2:38-39)
We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, the initial evidence of which is the speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. (Acts 2:4, 10:44-46: 11:14-16,19;6; Isa 8:18)
We believe that the Bible is the inherent Word of God. (i.e. the old and the new Testament excluding the Apocrypha) The inspired Word of God written by holy men as God instructed them. (11 Tim 3:16). The infallible, all sufficient rule for faith and practice. (2Tim 3:15-16 2 Peter 1:21)
We believe in the personal salvation of believers through the confession of sins recognizing that Jesus Christ is the substitute for our sins through faith in Christ, who died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day according to the Scripture, and through His shed blood we have redemption. (Tit 2:11,3:5-7; Rom 10:8-15; I Cor 15:3-4) It is by the grace of God, through faith in Jesus Christ and His shed blood, that we become heirs of God (Rom. 10:9,10, 1 John 1:9, Eph. 2:8,9). This experience is known as the New Birth, and is an instantaneous and complete operation by the Holy Spirit upon initial faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 3:5-6; James 1:18)
We believe that Baptism by immersion in water is enjoined upon all who have really repented and have truly believed with all their hearts in Christ as Saviour and Lord. (Matt 28:19; Acts 2:38-39)
We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, the initial evidence of which is the speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. (Acts 2:4, 10:44-46: 11:14-16,19;6; Isa 8:18)
We believe that the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit given throughout the Body of Christ and are in operation today and the offices which have been set by God in the Church, as recorded in the New Testament. (1 Cor 12:4-11; 28 Eph 4:7-16)
We believe in holiness of Life and conduct in obedience to the command of God “Be ye Holy for I am Holy” (I Pet 1:14-16; Heb 12:14; I Thess 5:23; I John 2:6 I Cor 13)
We believe in divine healing and deliverance through faith in the name of Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit and that healing and deliverance is a benefit of the atonement of Jesus Christ.
We believe in the imminent return of Jesus Christ, the Rapture of His Bride and the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ for His Church.
We believe that there is a heaven and a hell. Heaven is a place of eternal rest for the righteous (those who have accepted Jesus Christ as atonement for their sins) and hell is a place of eternal damnation for the unrighteous (those who do not accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior) (Matt. 28:19, Mark 16:16).
We believe in the Great Commission – to minister God’s saving grace and to reach out to the poor and lost in spirit (Mark 16:15). And foremost, to honor and obey God’s command, “take the gospel into all the world.”