InterAct
Ministries
Statement of Faith (full version)
A. We believe the Bible is the verbally
inspired Word, revelation of God, inerrant, infallible, and
God-breathed. It shall be our guide in all matters of
faith and conduct. (Psa. 19:7-11; II Tim. 3:16-17; II
Peter 1:19-21; Matt. 5:18)
B. We believe in the triune
Godhead, composed of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, coexistent,
eternal, omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. (Deut.
6:4; I Peter 1:2; John 1:1; Acts 5:3-4)
C. We believe in the deity of Jesus
Christ, his virgin birth and sinless life, that he is God incarnate,
very God of very God, for whom and by whom all things were
created, and that he is the head of his body, the true church. (John
1:1-14; II Cor. 5:21; Col. 1:18)
D. We believe that man was created
in the image of God. Man chose to sin and thus became
totally lost and absolutely incapable of saving himself by
his own works. Therefore, apart from Jesus Christ, all
human beings incur physical, spiritual and everlasting death. (Gen.
1:26; Gen. 3; Isa. 64:6; Rom. 5:12,19; Eph. 2:1,8-9; Rom. 6:23)
E. We believe that because of
the very nature of the gift of eternal life, because of the
present intercessory ministry of Jesus Christ, and because
of the sealing of the Holy Spirit, all true believers once
saved, will be kept saved by the power of God forever. (John
5:24; 10:28; Rom. 8:29; Eph. 4:30; Heb. 7:25; Jude 24)
F. We believe that the true
church is one body composed of all believers with Jesus Christ
as the head. We further believe that baptism and the
Lord’s Supper are scriptural ordinances and are to be
observed by the church today. (Eph. 5:23; Acts 2:41;
Matt. 28:19; 26:26-29; I Cor. 11:17-34)
G. We believe in the great Evangelistic
Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ: “Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.” (Matt. 28:16-20;
Acts 1:8)
H. We believe in the personal, bodily,
imminent, visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ to complete
His work as Messiah and to judge all people. We believe in
the bodily resurrection of believers and unbelievers. Those
who accepted Christ as Lord and Savior will be with him in
heaven forever, and those who have rejected him will be separated
from him in the lake of fire forever. (I Thess. 4:13-18;
I Cor. 15:50-59; Rev. 19:19-20; 20:1-6; Matt. 25:41)
I. We believe that Jesus
Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of the virgin
Mary, and was fully God and fully man. We believe in
his sinless life, his miracles, his death for sin, his bodily
resurrection, his ascension to the right hand of the Father,
his ministry on behalf of true believers, and his personal
return in power and glory. (Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:27; Phil.
2:5-7; Heb. 4:15; John 19:30; Matt. 28:6; Luke 24:6; Col. 3:1;
Heb. 7:25; I Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 19:11-16)
J. We believe that Christ
died for our sins as a substitutionary sacrifice; and that
all who receive him as personal Savior and Lord are declared
righteous by faith on the basis of his shed blood. (Isa.
53:6; Heb. 10:14; Eph. 5:2; John 1:12; Rom. 19:9; Rom. 5:1,18-19;
Eph. 1:7)
K. We believe in the power of the
Holy Spirit to give unbelievers a new life in Christ. The
Holy Spirit baptizes all believers into the Body of Christ
and permanently indwells them at the time of salvation. The
filling of the Spirit enables believers to live a godly life
and empowers them for service. (Titus 3:5-6; I Cor. 12:13;
6:19-20; Eph. 5:18)
L. We believe in the personality
and reality of Satan as well as his present and ultimate judgment. (Rev.
12:9,19; Matt. 4:2-11; Isa. 14:12-17; John 8:44; 16:11; Rev.
20:10)
M. We believe that all followers of
the Lord Jesus Christ have eternal life and are expected to
maintain good works. This involves separation from the
sinful pleasures of the world system. (I John 2:15-17;
Titus 2:1-15; John 10:27-29; Rom. 5:10; John 3:16)
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