Christian Heritage Church Prayer

Our Statements of Belief

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We believe the Bible is the final authority for all true Christian faith and practice, flawless in all it teaches. It is inspired by the Holy Spirit. It is God’s Word - a revelation of Himself and his redemptive plan for humanity. (Psalm 119, Luke 8:21, John 17:17, II Tim.3:16-17, II Pet.1:20-21).

 

We believe there is one God revealed in the perfect relationship of three persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – the Triune God or Trinity. (Gen. 1:26, Deut.6:4, Mt.28:19, John 10:30, 17:11, 22)

We believe Jesus of Nazareth was fully man and is fully God, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed miracles with unlimited power by the Holy Spirit, and sacrificed himself in obedience to the Father for our salvation. He was resurrected from death and ascended to the Father’s side. (Mt. 1:21, 23, John 1:1-2, 14, 3:16, 34, Acts 1:2-3, 9, 2:22, Eph. 2:14-18, Col 1:20, Heb. 4:15)

We believe in the sinfulness of all mankind and in our need for salvation. Salvation is available only by the grace of God through personal faith in Jesus Christ, by whose death the guilt for our sins is removed and by whose resurrection we experience eternal life with Him. Salvation, which involves confession and repentance, is followed by baptism in water, a powerful symbol of death and spiritual rebirth. (Rom. 3:23, 6:3, 23, 10:13, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:4-7, Acts 2:38)

 

We believe in sanctification, the process of being separated from sinfulness and dedicated to God to do good works produced by faith. This process begins at salvation when the believer receives the Holy Spirit and continues throughout his/her lifetime. (1 Cor. 6:11, Gal. 5:22-23, I Thess. 4:3-5, 5:23, II Pet. 3:18, James 2:26, Hebrews 10:22)


We believe the baptism of the Holy Spirit is an initiation into spiritual life and relationship with God by His indwelling Spirit. Furthermore, we believe that subsequent filling(s) by the Spirit is available to all believers, which releases His power through us in the “fruit” and gifts of the Spirit, thereby enabling us to be and to do what he desires.
(Joel 2:28-29, Lk. 3:16, Acts 1:4-5, 8, 2:4, 38-39, 10:44-47, I Cor. 12:4-11, 13)

We believe the Church of Jesus Christ, founded on the prophets and apostles with Jesus as the chief cornerstone, is the hope of the world when it is functioning according to God’s Word.

(Mt 16:18, 28:19-20, Eph. 1:22-23, 2:19-22, 3:10, Col 1:27, 1 Tim. 3:15)

 

We believe in the personal return of Jesus Christ, who is coming to justly judge the living and the dead and to establish a new heaven and a new earth. (John 5:24-29, Acts 1:11, I Thess. 4:16-18,

Titus 2:13, I Peter 4:5, 2 Peter 3:7,13)

 

We believe the faithful will inherit eternal life from their heavenly Father and the faithless, who have no father, will have no eternal inheritance and be separated from God. (Mt 19:29, 25:46, John 3:18, 5:29, Acts 24:15, I Cor.15:20-24, Rev. 20:4-6, 12-15, 21:7) 


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e believe the finished work of Christ on the cross provides for spiritual and physical healing. (Isa. 53:4-5, Mt. 8:16-17, I Pet. 2:24, James 5:14-15)

We believe that reaching the world with the good news of Jesus Christ is fundamental to faith and is the shared responsibility of every believer. (Mt. 28:19-20, Mk. 16:15-20, Acts 1:8, 2:40-41, 47)

 


Our statements of belief are in harmony with...
The Nicene Creed (AD 381)

"We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. 

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. 

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the Father and the Son.With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.He has spoken through the Prophets.

We believe in one holy universal and apostolic Church.We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen."