His Present Glory - Statement of Faith

We believe that the Holy Bible is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative source and foundation of Christian doctrine and precept, and that it is, indeed, the supernatural and powerful Word of God that is our necessary and perfect weapon of warfare

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, who operate as The Perfect Family Unit: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that as Colossians 2:9 says, the fullness of The Godhead bodily dwelleth in The Lord.

We believe that man was created in the image of God, but as a result of sin is lost and powerless to save himself.

The person who physically dies in his sins without the operation of consecration and sanctification that results from accepting and turning our hearts and lives over to the Lord will be eternally lost. Yielding to His power separates us from those things, spirits, and behaviors that are not of God and which cannot enter into the Kingdom. Without this separation through Christ, a person is fused and bonded to these ungodly spirits and must go with them into the destiny that is prepared for the devil and his angels. (Matthew 25:41)

If someone is not separated from these ungodly spirits, which is a matter of knowing your true identity in Christ, you must go where these spirits will go. You will be hopelessly and eternally lost in the lake of fire where there is no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repentance. The lake of fire is real. The terms "eternal" and "everlasting" used in describing the duration of the punishment of the damned in the lake of fire carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in noting the duration of joy and ecstasy of the saints in the presence of God. (Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:15)

Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God. But through Adam's transgression and fall, sin came into the world. The Bible tells us in Romans 3:23 that "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." In Romans 3:10 it says, "As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one." Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to undo the work of the devil, and He gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God. (Romans 5:12; Romans 3:23; Romans 3:10; 1 John 3:8)

We believe that the only hope for man is to believe on Jesus Christ, the virgin-born Son of God, Who died to take upon Himself the punishment for the sin of mankind, and Who rose from the dead so that by receiving Him as Savior and Lord, man is redeemed by His blood.
Salvation is the gift of God to man, separate from works and the law, and is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God. (Ephesians 2:8)

We believe that the plan of God is to live in and through man, and that accordingly as we accept Jesus Christ as Lord, Savior, Redeemer, Deliverer of our own lives and offer Him our hearts as His home and our bodies as His temple, that this fullness of God that is in Him, is also in us, pressing out for expression of His very life and nature, His very spirit, word and way.

We believe this is what we were created for; we are fashioned to continue to have the fruit of this presence of God developing in us, being transformed by The Renewing of The Mind (Romans 12:2), by the washing of water by the word (Eph 5:26)

We believe that we become one with God and with one another through the union that results from His Love.

We believe that Jesus is the Head and we are cells and members of His body (Ephesians 5:30). The Head is connected to the body. The body can do nothing apart from The Head.

We believe that the Church is the Body of Christ and is composed of all those who through belief in Christ have been spiritually regenerated by the indwelling Holy Spirit.
Our God is One, but manifested in three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Philippians 2:6; John 14:21-26)

God the Father is greater than all, and He is the Source of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter. (John 14:28; John 16:28; John 1:14)

The Son is the flesh-covered Word, the One Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning. (John 1:14; John 1:18; John 1:1)

The Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal. (John 15:26)
We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells those who have received Christ for the purpose of enabling them to live righteous and godly lives. We believe that all the gifting of the Holy Spirit and all the Grace of God, His Counsel, and His Nature needs to be recognized and accepted by the Church in order for the complete cleansing and perfecting of the Bride of Christ to be accomplished

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We believe that Jesus will return and is returning and appearing in His own perfected Body and Bride, that is, the Church.

We believe all born-again believers have been commissioned to share the complete Gospel with the entire world. (Mark 16:15) Further we have also been commissioned to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I (Jesus, the Christ) have commanded you."(Matthew 28:19)