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- +THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD
- We believe in the bodily resurrection from the dead of all people—of the just unto the resurrection of life, and of the unjust unto the resurrection of damnation. The resurrection of Christ is the guarantee of the resurrection which will occur at Christ’s Second Coming. The raised body will be a spiritual body, but the person will be whole and identifiable.
- +THE SACRAMENTS: BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER
We believe that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are the sacraments of the Church commanded by Christ and ordained as a means of grace when received through faith.
- +GOD’S PURPOSE FOR HUMANITY
- We believe that the two great commandments:
1. Love the Lord our God with all our heart and,
2. Love our neighbor as ourselves; summarize the divine law as it is revealed in the Scriptures. - +GOOD WORKS
- We believe that although good works cannot save us from our sins or from God’s judgment, they are the fruit of faith and follow regeneration (Can we explain what good works means).
- +THE SUFFICIENCY AND FULL AUTHORITY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES FOR SALVATION
- We believe that the books of the Old and New Testaments constitute the Holy Scriptures. They are the inspired and infallible written Word of God. The original manuscripts are superior to all human authority and have been transmitted to the present without corruption of any essential doctrine.
- +JUSTIFICATION, REGENERATION AND ADOPTION
- We believe that when one repents of personal sin and believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, there is instant justification and regeneration. This means the person is adopted into the family of God and assured of personal salvation through the witness of the Holy Spirit.
- +THE HOLY SPIRIT
- We believe in the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is of the same essential nature, majesty, and glory, as both the Father and the Son. He is truly and eternally God. He is the Administrator of grace to all. He is specifically the effective Agent in conviction for sin, regeneration, sanctification, and in glorification. He is ever present, assuring, preserving, guiding, and the enabler of the believer.
- +REPENTANCE AND FAITH
- We believe that for men and women to appropriate what God’s prevenient grace/enabling grace has made possible, they must voluntarily respond in repentance and faith. The ability comes from God, but the act is the individual’s.
- +THE SON OF GOD
- We believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, truly God and truly man. He died on the cross and was buried, to be a sacrifice both for original sin and for all human transgressions, and to reconcile us to God. Christ rose bodily from the dead, and ascended into heaven, and there intercedes for us at the Father’s right hand until He returns to judge all humanity on the last day.
- +THE ATONEMENT
- We believe that Christ’s offering of himself, once and for all, through His sufferings and meritorious death on the cross, provides the perfect redemption and atonement for the sins of the whole world, both original and actual.
- +THE FATHER
- We believe the Father is the Source of all that exists, whether of matter or spirit. With the Son and the Holy Spirit, He made man, male and female, in His image. By intention He relates to people as Father, thereby forever declaring His goodwill toward them. In love, He seeks and receives penitent sinners (Scripture). John 3:16?
- +PERSONAL CHOICE
- We believe that humanity’s creation in the image of God includes the ability to choose between right and wrong. This means all people were made morally responsible for their choices. However, since the fall of Adam, it is a challenge for humanity to do right in our own strength. Fortunately, the grace of God through Christ Jesus, makes possible what humans in self-effort cannot do. It is bestowed freely upon all, enabling all who will turn and be saved (Scripture). Ephesians 2:4-10?
- +FAITH IN THE HOLY TRINITY
- We believe in the one living and true God, holy and loving, eternal, unlimited in power, wisdom and goodness, the Creator and Preserver of all things.
Within this unity there are three persons of one essential nature, power, and eternity: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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123, New Lenox Chicago, IL 60606
9:15AM / 11AM / 1PM / 4PM / 6PM / 8PM
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