1. GOD
God is the eternal,
all-powerful, supreme creator and sustainer of the
entire universe. God is one, composed of spirit and
comprising a family presently consisting of God the
Father and Jesus Christ the Son. God is a loving,
kind, merciful being who wants to share His
magnificent existence by reproducing Himself through
man.
Psalm 19:1, 50:1, 6–7, Isaiah 44:6, Nehemiah 9:6, 16–17
John 1:12–13, 3:16, 4:8, Romans 1:20
Colossians 1:16, Hebrews 1:1–2, 1 John 3:1–2
2. BIBLE
The whole Bible is the
divinely inspired Word of God containing His plan of
salvation, and the record of His participation in
history. The Bible is God’s revelation of knowledge
that man cannot discover for himself. It is the
foundation of knowledge, and the guidebook of life.
The Old and New Testaments comprise God’s written
Word, which forms the basis of Christianity as
taught by the church and as practiced by the
Christian.
Deuteronomy 8:3, Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4
John 17:17, Romans 8:16, 1 Corinthians 2:7–11
2 Timothy 3:16–17, 2 Peter 1:20
3. JESUS CHRIST
Jesus of Nazareth is the
Christ, the Son of God, and the Son of Man. He was
the prophesied Messiah of the Old Testament, and is
described in the New Testament as being fully human
and fully divine. As the second member of the God
family, He has existed throughout eternity as the
“Word.” He divested Himself of this power and His
majesty, and became a human being to die for the
sins of all mankind as our loving and merciful
Savior. He was then resurrected, and ascended to
heaven to become our High Priest. Jesus Christ shall
return to establish the Kingdom of God on earth, and
rule as King of Kings with His saints forever.
Deuteronomy 18:15, Matthew 17:15–17
John 1:1–14, 3:16, Acts 2:32–33, Romans 5:8
Philippians 2:7, Hebrews 4:14–15, Revelation 1:13–16
4. THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit is the
essence, power, mind, and spiritual extension and
presence of God. God begets Christians as His sons
and daughters through this Spirit. It strengthens a
Christian spiritually, converts his mind, and serves
as an earnest or guarantee of
eternal life.
Acts 1:8, 2:38, Romans 8:9, 14, 1 Corinthians 2:16
Ephesians 1:13–14
5. MANKIND
Humans are physical beings
with no inherent immortality, but they can receive
eternal life as a free gift from God. Man was
created by God to be wholly flesh and blood, yet in
God’s image, and with a spiritual component added to
his brain to compose the human mind.
Genesis 1:26–27, Job 32:8, 1 Corinthians 2:11
1 John 5:11–13