What do you believe?!?! Wowii - Page 2

votivesoul · #11 10-12-2016, 02:44 AM

Part One: God and Christ

- To me there is but one God, the Father, Creator and Sustainer of the known and unknown cosmos, of all that was, all that is, and all that will be
- And one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father...

...Who...

...was prophesied to come in the sacred writings of the Old Covenant

...was promised to Israel as a Shepherd, King, High Priest, Prophet, and Savior...

...of the lineage of King David, of the tribe of Judah

...was born of a virgin

...lived a holy life of perfect righteousness

...declared the coming Kingdom of God His Father

...was betrayed into the hands of sinners...

...and was offered up as a sacrifice to God, a sweet savor...

...in order to expiate the sins of the world by propitiating His Father...

...through crucifixion

...was buried...

...but on the third day, was raised to life by the glory of the Father, according to the Holy Scriptures...

...and appeared alive before many witnesses...

...and by so doing, defeated Satan...

...and by so doing, conquered death and hell

...ascended into the heavens and sat down at the right hand of the Majesty of God the Father...

...and remains there alive, to this day...

...making constant intercession in accordance with His atoning, sacrificial death, until all enemies are subdued under Him...

...by the power of the Most High...

...and the gift of the Holy Spirit, even the Spirit of Truth

...will descend from the heavens at the Last Trump, bringing with Him myriads of His saints, to judge the world in righteousness, and bring about a full end of all sinful rebellion against Him

votivesoul · #12 10-12-2016, 02:54 AM

Part Two: Humanity

- All humans are created in the image of God
- All humans descend from Adam and Eve...

...and therefore, by inheritance, stand corrupted in their image before God, due to Adam's disobedience in Eden...

...and therefore, have in their individual members, even in their flesh, a law of sin, that comes alive and separates them from their Creator and Sustainer, even God the Father

- All humans, therefore, always come short of the glory of God...

...and so, stand in need of a saving redemption...

...which was completed in and by the person of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God

- All humans, not receiving this saving redemption, ought to have an expectation of judgement by the Son of Man at the Last Day

votivesoul · #13 10-12-2016, 03:13 AM

Part Three: Sin and the Gospel

- Sin is the transgression of God's Law...

...and is punishable by death, both physically and spiritually

- Sin separates humans from their Creator and Sustainer, God the Father
- Sin is committed by willful intention, either by commission or by omission, even if done in ignorance
- All who live a life of sin are of their father the devil...

...and his deeds they will do...

...and so, will suffer the same eternal consequence as he, if any should pass from this earth through physical death as a sinner

- Sin was atoned for by Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God...

...and therefore, need not reign over humanity

- Sin is dealt with by God the Father through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son...

...something otherwise known in the Holy Scriptures as "The Gospel"

- The Gospel effects the redeeming salvation of all humans everywhere who believe and obey it...

...because it is the power of God to do so

- The Gospel reunites believing and obeying humans with their Creator and Sustainer, God the Father
- The Gospel is eternal
- The Gospel may not be added to, or subtracted from, lest one wishes to suffer condemnation for doing so by God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
- The Gospel is received and obeyed by faith in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
- The Gospel must be proclaimed...

...and therefore is not discovered, believed or obeyed by accident

- The Gospel unites all believers in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, regardless of any other distinguishing aspects pertaining to all believers
- The Gospel is the means whereby all humans who believe and obey it enter into eternal life while yet alive...

...as an earnest of their inheritance...

...through the seal of God upon the heart...

...which is the Holy Spirit...

...which is received by faith

-The Gospel, upon death, will grant its recipients full entrance and participation in the heavens for all eternity

votivesoul · #14 10-12-2016, 03:31 AM

Part Four: Salvation

- Salvation by God the Father is found exclusively in His Son, Jesus of Nazareth
- Salvation is offerred freely to all humans everywhere...

...by and according to the mercy of God

- Salvation is received by faith in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
- Salvation is dependent upon the merits of Christ's atoning and propitiating death, burial, and resurrection...

...and therefore, is by grace...

...through faith...

- Salvation is not by works, lest any human boast
- Salvation requires a full and lifelong commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ
- Salvation can be received by first believing in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ...

...and in His death, burial, and resurrection

- Salvation can then be enacted upon the believer by God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ by the granting of repentance from sin by God the Father
- Salvation can then be experienced through total, bodily immersion of the believer into water...

...into the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

- Salvation can then be evidenced by the seal of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ...

...which is the freely given gift of the Holy Spirit...

...as the believer speaks with other tongues as the Spirit givers utterance

- Salvation, subsequent to bodily water immersion of the believer in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the receiving of the freely given gift of the Holy Spirit, can be and is maintained by the power of God the Father, and the intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the conviction and reproof of the Holy Spirit
- Salvation is only fully finalized in the life of a believer as that believer enters into eternal life in the heavens...

...thus indicating that salvation can be lost, even eternally so, by any believer who apostatizes by entering into unbelief and rebellion against God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, and dies in such a condition

votivesoul · #15 10-12-2016, 03:47 AM

Part Five: The Church

- The Church is the Body of Christ
- The Church is the Bride of Christ
- The Church is ruled over by her Head, even the Lord Jesus Christ...

...thus making the Church a Theocratic Monarchy

- The Church is the Temple of the Holy Spirit...

...and thus a habitation of and for God

- The Church is a royal priesthood
- The Church is a holy nation
- The Church is a peculiar people
- The Church is Triumphant
- The Church is without spot, wrinkle, blemish, or any such thing
- The Church is made up of saints
- The Church is exclusive to believers in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
- The Church sits in heavenly places with Christ Jesus
- The Church is led by the Holy Spirit
- The Church exists as the full and only emissary on earth, of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ...

...as such, the Church is to be holy...

...and undefiled...

...and following in the footsteps of the Lord Jesus Christ as Her example

- The Church has been granted the right to immortality, and will universally and collectively receive everlasting life at Her appointed time
- The Church is made up of those whom God the Father has separated unto Himself as a partitioning between those of the human race who are His Sons and Daughters, and those of the human race who are not
- The Church has been commissioned to herald the Gospel to the whole world
- The Church is the pillar and ground of the truth...

...about God...

...and His Word...

...and His Son...

...and us

...and sin...

...and salvation...

...and heaven and hell...

...and anything else the Holy Scriptures appoint Her to oversee

Praxeas · #16 10-12-2016, 03:51 AM

votivesoul · #17 10-12-2016, 04:37 AM

Part Six: The Holy Bible

- The Holy Bible is and contains the Word(s) of God
- The Holy Bible was "God-breathed" into existence
- The Holy Bible was written by holy men of old who were carried along by the Holy Spirit, so that...

...in its original composition, each portion of the Holy Bible was infallibly the way God intended each portion to be written

- The Holy Bible contains the only reliable revelation of God the Father, and His Son, Jesus of Nazareth
- The Holy Bible is the final authority for all doctrine and application of doctrine, for the Church