He is fully God without weakness, was fully human without sin, He died for humanity's redemption. His gift is forgiveness and salvation to anyone who turns to him in repentance, belief, and trust. He is man's only hope for righteousness and redemption with God. He requires faith that is observed by obedience.

Romans 15:8, John 14:6, Ephesians 4:20-21, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 53:1-12, Matthew 1:18-23, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 11:27, Mark 1:1, Luke 1:35, Romans 1:3-4, 1Corinthians 1:30, Romans 8:1-3, Revelation 1:13-16

He is God, our comforter and encourager. He reminds us of God's work and words, reminds us of whose we are and how we should live our lives. He is the indwelling presence of God in our lives. He is God's down payment of eternity and our promise that what God starts in us, He is able to finish.

Isaiah 43:15, 1 Timothy 1:17, 2 Corinthians 1:3-5, Ezekiel 36:16-17,

1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Timothy 1:14

It is the only accurate and authoritative record of God's nature, His actions, and His message to humanity.It is the only accurate and trustworthy account of God's interactions with humanity. God uses it to actively communicate with us today, in our situations and in our culture; through our reading, study, and personal application of the Bible. The Bible is our sole authority concerning all things moral and ethical. It is our guidebook for life. It is all sufficient as our only means of instruction for living our lives in a God honoring manner. All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in his righteousness. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. Study this Book of Instruction continually, Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. For whatever is written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

1 Peter 1:10-12, 2 Peter 1:19-21. 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Joshua 1:8, Romans 15:4

The term used of all Christ followers and also referred to as the corporate expression of a localized group of Christ followers who meet together for encouragement, worship, biblical instruction, and organized ministry and service to others. The church is the most powerful force on earth because it empowered and commissioned by God for His purpose. The church is designed to be a functioning body of Christ on earth and as such, the hope of the world.

Hebrews 10:25, Matthew 18:20, Colossians 3:16, Acts 2:42, Acts 9:31-32, Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 1 Corinthians 16:19, Ephesians 4:4-7, Ephesians 12:23, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, 2 Corinthians 16:18

We believe that we are created beings, designed by a loving God for a relationship with Him, and that this relationship is ultimately our deepest need and our greatest joy. We believe that only in understanding our need for God and knowing His design for us that we find our true purpose in life and thus peace and soul satisfaction. We believe that God desires that we choose to freely respond and relate for Him by living Him, obeying Him, and trusting Him. Humanity was designed to live with God without end, enjoying Him and being in His presence forever.

We believe that we are incapable through our own will and initiative of required obedience, trust and reciprocal love. The Bible calls this problem sin. Sin is the failure of humanity to live life by God's standards and values. Sin is visible by our actions, choices, and attitudes but the problem is much deeper than that. The problem we face is not that we sin, but that we are sinners. We are not sinners because we do these things, rather we do these things because we are sinners. Understanding this is very important. It is not what we do that makes us what we are, Rather, it is what we are that makes us do what we do. Sin is a part of our nature, reaching to the core of our being. Knowing this, the solution is not found in changing what we do, but changing who we are. This is beyond our ability to do. Can the leopard change his spots? Sin is a fatal flaw in all of us, we cannot do anything by ourselves, in our own power, to overcome it or correct it.

Romans 3:9-20,23, Romans 6:23, Isaiah 59:1-2

Sin's final result has both spiritual and physical consequences. It results in our separation from God and our destruction, spiritually through separation from God forever (in this life and the next, remember we were created for eternity) and physically through death in this life, Therefore we are flawed creation designed for relationship with our Creator but incapable of such and unable, on our own, to fix our problem. We know in our soul that there is something else, something wrong, we have longings that cannot be filled by any human relationship, any purchased possession, and any pleasure that life has to offer. We either long for reconnection through a restored relationship with our Creator or we seek to deny the problem and rationalize to our own deception, that there is no problem. We even become angry with God because there is a problem. Those efforts are evident in our search for meaning, peace, and "work hard to be good" religions, or they are evident in our denial of God's existence. Ultimately, all our attempts by our own power fail, e seek other things as solutions only to find hollow substitutes. We long to fill the God-shaped void in our souls, only to remain empty, detached, alone, and wanting.

Matthew 18:6-9, Matthew 25:31-46, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, Hebrews 9:27

Since we are incapable of bridging the broken relationship with our Creator from our side of the separation, the only hope for us is that the Creator provides a solution from His side. Christians refer to this solution as the "Gospel" which means "good news." The "good news" is that God addressed the problem of sin by sending His son, Jesus to be the solution. We believe that Jesus was the complete embodiment of God and completely human. In other words, He was fully God and fully human. We believe that He experienced humanity fully (our hurt, our hunger, our feelings, our temptations, our desires, our joys, and our sorrows), He became one of us. He did what we could not, Jesus completely obeyed God, His father, that He fully trusted God, His father, and that He totally loved God, His father. Therefore, we believe that Jesus lived a fully human life without failure or sin, Jesus fully exceeded God's standards and embodied God's values. God was completely pleased and satisfied with Him. In addition to Jesus living a life without fault and meeting all of God's expectations, He choose to offer Himself and His life as a substitution for us (Substitutionary Atonement). Jesus who has no faults or failing, who met every expectation of God for humanity, freely offered Himself to be our substitution and receive our judgement (spiritual separation and physical death) from God. In essence, we believe that Jesus was willing to insert Himself in our place and experience the consequences of OUR sin. By doing so, He releases us from the ultimate consequences of our sin and flawed nature, we had a debt we could not pay. And because of His love for God and us, He paid a debt He did not owe.

John 1:14, John 1:29, Romans 3:23, Romans 3:10, Romans 5:12, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:8, Romans 8:38-39, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:13,17,

John 3:16-17, Matthew 19:25-26, Philippians 3:4-11, Revelation 22:17