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Non-Essentials are things some Christians believe but others may not. It’s not that some non-essentials are not important. They’re just not important to some Christians. In the church we have liberty to differ over anything considered non-essential. Many non-essentials boil down to personal preferences, like the types of worship music. Then it could include things like different views of the Millenium.
I share these essentials because all local church members should be united in these matters. If another member agrees with the Essentials he has liberty to differ in other matters. Only those who agree with the Essentials should be given places of teaching and leadership in the church.
I. The Bible. “We believe the Holy Bible to be the inspired and only infallible record of the revelation of God in human history. It is the final authority in matters of faith and practice. It is the Word of God.” (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:21)
There are 66 books in the Bible: Old and New Testament (Covenant). God used many writers, at different times, using different languages, to say exactly what He wanted said. Every part of all the Bible is the Word of God. It contains truth without any mixture of error in whatever subject it addresses: history, science, and spiritual matters. It uses figurative language: prose, poetry, metaphors, similes, parables, antinomies, hyperbole, etc. to communicate perfectly what God wanted to say.
II. The Trinity. “We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Lk.3:22) This is a mystery – something we would not know unless God revealed it to us. Our beliefs are based on Revelation, not human Reason.
When Ananias lied to the Holy Spirit, he lied to God (Acts 5:3-4). In the Bible, only God is to be worshiped. There are two thrones before whom all creation worships (Revelation 5). All three are to be worshiped because all three are God in one Being.
III. Jesus Christ. “We believe in the deity and humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ: His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His atoning death, His bodily resurrection from the dead, His ascension and exaltation to the right hand of the Father in heaven, and in His personal return in power and glory.” (John 1:1-3,14; 1 Timothy 3:16) This is another mystery we accept by faith, how that God and man can be united in one Person. Within the person of Christ are two natures: divine and human. The Son of God became the Son of Man without ceasing to be either at any time.
Jesus did all His miracles as a man empowered by the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:38). He is the only Savior of mankind (1Jn.4:14; Acts 4:12), our Example of what a human should be like (1Pet.2:21). In salvation God is making us to be like Jesus (Rm.8:29).
Salvation from sin and all its consequences is only through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31; Jn.3:16). John the Baptist introduced Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away sin and the One who baptizes us with the Holy Spirit (Jn.1:29-33). Everyone should ask himself, “Has Christ taken away my s
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