We Believe...

GOD:

ENGLISH: There is only one God who is Spirit. He is eternal. God is the Creator, making the heavens and the earth from nothing. All must worship, love and obey Him.

SCRIPTURES: Exodus 20:3, Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 57:15, Psalm 106:48, Revelation 16:5, Psalm 90:2, Genesis 1:1, John 4:24, 14:15

HOLY BIBLE:

ENGLISH: The Holy Bible is the Word of God. It is all we need. We cannot add anything to it. We cannot take anything from it. It cannot fail and has no errors. The Holy Bible is our only final authority. The Holy Spirit moved holy men to write the Holy Bible. The Testament is from Genesis to Malachi. The Testament is from Matthew to Revelation.

SCRIPTURES: Psalm 19:7-9, Revelation 22:18-19, Matthew 4:4, 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21

TRINITY:

ENGLISH:There is only one God. In divine nature, there are three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are eternal. The Father is not the Son nor the Holy Spirit. The Son is not the Father nor the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not the Father nor the Son. The Father has always been God. The Son has always been God. The Holy Spirit has always been God. These three are one God.

SCRIPTURES: Genesis 1:26; 3:22: 11:17, Psalm 90: 1-2; 110, Isaiah 6:8; 48:16, Hosea 1:7, Jeremiah 23:23-24, Zechariah 1:9-13, Matthew 3:11-17; 28:19-20, John 1:1; 14:11; 16-17,26; 15:26, Romans 1:20; 8:9-17, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Ephesians 4:4-6, Hebrews 9:14, Colossians 1:15-17, 1 John 5:7

SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD:

ENGLISH: God is the Supreme Ruler. Everything is under His rule. There is no one equal to God. God plans everything that happens according to His will. All events, both good and bad, work together perfectly. Nothing will cause His eternal plan to fail.

SCRIPTURES: Revelation 19:6, Isaiah 46:9-11, Psalm 57:2, Romans 8:28, Ecclesiastes 3:11, 14-15

UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION:

ENGLISH: Before God created the world, He chose His people. Nothing influenced His election. He chose them because He loved them. He did not choose them because He looked into the future to see who would believe, or who would do good works. He chose them only because of His grace.

SCRIPTURES: 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Ephesians 1:4-6, Acts 13:48, Philippians 1:29, John 1:13, Romans 9:11-13, Titus 3:5-7, Ephesians 2:8-9

CREATION:

ENGLISH: God created all things out of nothing in six days. God made man and woman in His own image: in knowledge, righteousness and holiness. All people who have ever lived descended from the first man and woman, Adam and Eve.

SCRIPTURES: Genesis 1:1, Exodus 20:11, Genesis 1:27, Colossians 1:16-17

FALL OF MAN:

ENGLISH: Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruit. They fell into sin and were separated from God. Adam and Eve's sin was passed on to all their descendants. Everyone is born in sin. We cannot save ourselves because we are slaves to sin. We have lost our free will and have no desire to follow God. We are born spiritually dead.

SCRIPTURES: Genesis 2:16-17, 3:6-7, 11, Romans 3:9-12, 23, 5:15, 6:20, John 7:34, John 3:19-20, Ephesians 2:1-3,5

JESUS CHRIST:

ENGLISH: In eternity past, God the Father and Jesus created the heavens and the earth. People were separated from God. God chose Jesus to be the mediator between Him and the people, to save the people God chose from their sins. Adam and Eve sinned. God made a covenant to send Jesus. Later, Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus was fully God and fully man. As Jesus grew, he always obeyed the Father. He never sinned. Jesus suffered, was crucified, died and was buried. On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead. He ascended into Heaven to be with the Father. He lives and reigns forever. The only way to be saved is thought Jesus. There is no other name that saves.

SCRIPTURES: John 1:1, Colossians 1:16, Hebrews 5:5-9, 1 Timothy 2:5, Ephesians 2:16, Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:20-25, John 8:58, 10:30, John 10:33, Phil 2:8, Mark 8:31, John 24:51, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, Acts 4:12

POWER OF THE GOSPEL:

ENGLISH: God commanded us to preach the gospel to all people. People are spiritually dead. They resist the gospel and refuse to belive. But, God chose some people. He sends the Holy Spirit to them. The Holy Spirit has power to get through to their hearts. Then they cannot resist the gospel. The Word of God is powerful. It never fails.

SCRIPTURES: Mark 16:15, Luke 9:60, Hebrews 4:2, Acts 7:51, John 10:26, Acts 2:37, Ezekiel 36:26-27, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6, Hebrews 4:12, Isaiah 55:11

REGENERATION:

ENGLISH: The people of God used to be spiritually dead. They disobeyed God and were separated from God. The Holy Spirit worked in them and made them alive again. God drew them to Himself. He made them hungry for God and made them want to follow Him. He made them able to understand God's Word. Now they love God. Regeneration is the Holy Spirit's work. It is by God's grace alone.

SCRIPTURES: Ezekiel 36:26-27, Jeremiah 31:3, John 1:12-13:3:3-7, Titus 3:3-7, Ephesians 1:18; 2:1, 5, 2 Corinthians 4:6; 5:17, 1 John 5:20, Revelation 22:17

REPENTANCE:

ENGLISH: Repentance is a gift from God. When God gives us repentance, we understand that our sin is terrible. We understand that our sin makes us guilty before God. We understand that our sin is wrong and that we are evil. Then we hate our sin. We turn away from our sin and turn to follow God and live holy lives.

SCRIPTURES: Romans 2:4, Acts 5:31-32; 11:18, 2 Timothy 2:25-26, Psalm 51, Jeremiah 31:18-19, John 14:15, Job 1:8, Leviticus 11:44; 19:2, Luke 13:3, 1 Peter 1:16

FAITH:

ENGLISH: Faith is a gift from God. We believe only in the finished work of Jesus. We look only to Jesus. While some have a weak faith and others have a strong faith, all who believe only in Jesus have eternal life.

SCRIPTURES: John 19:30, John 6:40, Acts 4:12, Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 1:29, Isaiah 45:22, Hebrews 12:2, Matthew 24:13, Luke 12:28, Luke 17:5, 1 Peter 1:5-9, John 10:28

JUSTIFICATION:

ENGLISH: Because of our sin, we deserve God's wrath and punishment. But God took the sins of His elect people and imputed them to Jesus on the cross. That alone satisfied God's judgement. The blood of Jesus washes away the sins of God's elect people. The righteousness of Jesus is imputed to God's elect people. God justifies them and accepts them as His people. Justification is the same in both Old and New Testaments. People have always been justified by faith alone.

SCRIPTURES: Romans 5:8-10, Romans 5:18-19, Romans 6:23, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 2:16, Romans 3:22-26, Romans 4:2-6, 22-25, 5:1-2, Habakkuk 2:4, Galatians 3:11

SANCTIFICATION:

ENGLISH: The Holy Spirit lives in God's people. The Spirit changes their lives. He causes them to study the Bible and do what it says. God's people learn to think, speak and act like Jesus, and not act like the world.

SCRIPTURES: Leviticus 20:7-8, John 14:16, 26; 17:17, Romans 5:3-4, 8:29; 12:1-2, Philippians 1:25, 1 Corinthians 1:7-9; 2:16, James 4:4, 1 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 1 John 2:15, 1 Peter 1:15-16

PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS:

ENGLISH: When God saves His people, it is final. No one take them out of God's hand. They cannot lose their salvation. They may fall into sin for some time but, because of His eternal love for them, God will convict them of their sin and bring them back to Himself.

SCRIPTURES: John 10:27-30, John 6:47, 1 John 1:8-10, Romans 7:15-25, Hebrews 12:5-7, Jude 24, 1 Peter 1:5, Philippians 1:6

CHURCH:

ENGLISH: God has called Christians out of the world. He has called them to Himself. That is the church. The churchmust worship Jesus, who is the Head of the Church. Jesus gives authority to the church. There are three thing a true church must do: preach and teach correct doctrine, administer baptism and the Lord's supper, and practice church discipline. Church are not independent. They must watch each other and work together as one body under Christ.

SCRIPTURES: Colossians 1:18, Heb. 10:24-25, Eph. 2:19, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Tim. 3:16, 2 Tim. 4:2-5, Matthew 28:19-20,   1 Cor. 11:23-29, Matthew 18:15-17, John 10:16

BAPTISM:

ENGLISH: Jesus commanded us to baptize everyone who says they believe in Jesus, including their children. We baptize with water in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.Baptism is a visual sign of the Holy Spirit coming into us, washing away our sin and giving us new hearts. Water does not save us, and it only gives us a picture and promise for washing of sin by Jesus' blood and cleansing by the Holy Spirit. We baptize children of Christian  parent(s), because the promise also belongs to them.

SCRIPTURES: Ezekiel 36:25-28, Joel 2:28, Matt. 3:11, Col. 2:11-12, 1 Peter 1:2, Titus 3:5-6, 1 Cor. 6:11, Eph. 4:5, 5:26, 1 Cor. 12:13, Matt. 28:19, 1 Cor. 12:13, Matt. 28:19, 1 Cor. 7:14, Acts 2:38-39

THE LORD'S SUPPER: 

ENGLISH: Jesus established the Lord's Supper and commanded us to eat the bread and drink the cup. The bread is broken to show that Jesus' body was broken for our sins. The wine shows that Jesus shed his blood to wash away our sin. Only baptized Christian who can examine himself may eat the bread and drink the cup. We take the Lord's Supper in fellowship with God and united to other Christians. We do this to remember Jesus.

SCRIPTURES: Matthew 26:26-28, Luke 22:17-20, 1 Peter 4:17, 1 Cor. 7:14; 10:3-4, 17; 11:27-29, 31-34, Eph. 2:5, John 6:51, 63,35,50,56, Heb. 8:6, Heidelberg Catechism #75-82

RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT:

ENGLISH: In the last day, Jesus will return and raise all who have died. He will transform all of their physical bodies into spiritual bodies and will judge them all. Christians will have bodies like Jesus' glorified body. Jesus will save them and they will have eternal life in heaven. Non-Christians will receive eternal punishment in hell.

SCRIPTURES: Luke 20:37, Eccl. 12:13, Phil 3:21, Acts 23:6; 24:15, 1 Cor. 15, John 6:44, John 5:28, John 24:24-25, John 25:28-29