What We Believe

We rejoice in the fact that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16; Acts 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Peter 3:18).
 
We believe this salvation is a gift of God’s grace, appropriated through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ.  This faith is a gift of divine grace, and is not simply knowledge of Jesus Christ, but is an act of personal trust accompanied by the miracles of regeneration and justification, leading to sanctification and glorification.
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Sunday Morning Sermon:

The Vial (bowl) Judgments
Part 4
Revelation 16: 1-21
Posted: 10/4/22

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Sunday Night Sermon:

The Destruction of World Religion
Part 1
Revelation 17: 1-7
Posted: 10/4/22

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Weekly Pastor's Pen:

Matthew 5:17
REVELATION

Jesus said, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets:  I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”  When Jesus made this statement, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets,” He was saying that He didn’t come to abolish “the law, or the prophets,” but that He had come to fulfill the law and the prophets.  And this is a part of revelation that there is almost total silence in the theological field.  But this is one of the greatest statements that Jesus ever made concerning divine inspiration.
 
Jesus was affirming that Scripture progressed from promise to fulfillment, from partial to complete.  For example, the Old Testament anticipated Christ’s coming; the New Testament records His coming.
 
Now don’t be misled by the word progressed.  The word in its noun form is “progress;” and it means “movement toward a goal,” or “steady improvement.”  Some today refer to “Progressive Theology,” and they mean by that, that God is progressive in His learning.  In fact, you may be alarmed that this is not a small movement.  But when I said, Jesus was affirming that Scripture progressed from promise to fulfillment, from partial to complete, I was in no way referring to the fallacy of Progressive Theology.
 
Progressive revelation doesn’t at all imply that the Old Testament is inaccurate, or incomplete.  As one writer said, “The distinction isn’t in the rightness or wrongness of the revelation, but in its completeness.  Just as a child progresses from letters to words to sentences, so God’s revelation progressed from types, ceremonies, and prophecies to final completion in Jesus Christ and the New Testament.”
 
Though incomplete by New Testament standards, the Old Testament is nonetheless fully inspired by God.  That is affirmed often in the New Testament.  In fact, that is what Peter had in mind when he said, “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:  but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (2 Peter 1:21).  And Paul said, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”  The Old Testament isn’t all of God’s truth, but all of it is true.  And as you progress from the Old Testament to the New Testament, you see God’s character and redemptive plan unfolding in greater detail.
 
Jerry W. Arnold
Posted: 10/4/22

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Weekly Bible Study Sermon:
St. John Chapter 18

 The Trials of Jesus
Lesson 1 Part 4
John 18: 39 -19: 16
​Posted: 10/4/22

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BIBLE STORIES:
"David and Goliath"

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“Why Does God Send People to Hell?”

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"The Sin Against the Holy Spirit"

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Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.  I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.                                                                                                          John 10:7-11

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