To us, the Bible is the Word of God, the sole authority of Christian Doctrine and Practice. To us it clearly teaches:
THAT ALL HAVE SINNED
and fall short of the Glory of God, and that the penalty for sin is death, extinction of life (Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Eccl 9:10)
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD
and by the grace of God gave His life as a Ransom for all mankind, to be fully demonstrated in God’s due time, that His is the Light that enlightens all who come into the world. (John 14:16, John 5:28-29, 1 Timothy 2:5-6, Hebrews 2:9)
THAT PERSONAL SALVATION
is by faith in and the acceptance of Jesus Christ as a Saviour and Lord, that there is no other name or way by which any can be saved. (John 14:6, Acts 4:12, Acts 16:30-31)
THAT GOD IS CURRENTLY CALLING
a “people for his name”, from all nations, to be followers of Jesus Christ in full obedience to the divine will and to constitute His Body, the “Church”. also referred to as “Saints” (Acts 15:14, 1 Cor 1:2, James 2:5, John 6:44)
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
is the power of God working in and through His called out people, to guide them into understanding His plan. (Acts 1:8, Romans 8:14, John 16:13)
THAT THE CHURCH IS GOD’S TEMPLE
which will be completed at the end of this age when the last member has proven faithful. When complete it will be the means of God’s blessings coming to “all people”. (1 Cor. 3:16,17, Eph. 2:20-22, 1 Peter 2:4-5)
THAT MEANTIME THE SHAPING AND POLISHING
of individual Christians – “living stones” – has been in progress, and when all have been made ready, they will share in the “first resurrection” and the completed, glorified Temple will become the meeting place between God and mankind. (1 Peter 2:5, 2 Pet 1:5-8, Rev. 20:6)
THAT THE HOPE OF THE CHURCH
is to be like her Lord, Jesus Christ, to see Him as He is, to be partakers of the divine nature and to share in His glory as His joint-heirs. (1 John 3:2, 2 Peter 1:4, Rom 8:16-17)
THE PROMISE FOR ISRAEL
is for the entire nation to return to the land promised to Abraham and that they will come under the new covenanted relationship with Jehovah. (Jer 31:30-31)
THAT THE HOPE FOR THE WORLD
lies in the resurrection of all in their graves and in the blessings and opportunities of Christ’s thousand-year kingdom at His second advent, which present conditions indicate is close at hand. (Luke 21:25-28, John 5:28-29)
THAT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD'S KINGDOM
will include the return of God’s favour to Israel and the restoration of all things lost in Adam for all the willing and obedient in that time; that at the end of the thousand years Satan and all the wilfully wicked will be destroyed. (, Romans 11:25,26, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Acts 3:18-21, Revelations 21:3-4)
“God’s ultimate purpose made possible through the death and resurrection of His son Jesus Christ”
-Isaiah 65:17-25
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. “But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness. “I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying. “No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed. “They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. “They will not build, and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. “They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their descendants with them. “It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the LORD. (NASB)