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That the Bible, both the Old and New
Testaments, is God's Word. [2 Timothy 3:16]
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In the Trinity: GOD the Father, Son, and HOLY
SPIRIT. [Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:22; John 10:30; John 14:9]
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In a personal heavenly Father, called YAHWEH
or GOD, who loves us. [1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 1:1-3]
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In JESUS CHRIST, the Father's Son and our
Savior-Redeemer. [John 1:1-3, 14; 3:16; 1 Timothy 2:5]
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In the HOLY SPIRIT, our divine Comforter and
Helper. Without His presence in our hearts we can do nothing. [John 14:16;
15:26].
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In Creation in six literal days as recounted
in Genesis 1:1-31.
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In the devil [satan] and his evil angels,
because JESUS refers to them as real. And that right now there is a battle
being fought in our hearts between good and evil. [Isaiah 14:12-14; Ezekiel
28:12-17; Revelation 12:4,7]
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In the perfect life, death on the cross, and
resurrection of JESUS CHRIST. [The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John]
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In salvation through faith in JESUS CHRIST
alone. [2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 2:8]
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In the Ten Commandments as written by GOD
Himself. That they are a Christians' standard of life. That all humankind
will be judged by them; and we as Christians will keep them because we love
JESUS. [Exodus 20:3-17; Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Matthew 22:37,38; John 14:15]
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In the fourth Commandment to keep the seventh
day Sabbath [Saturday] holy. That this day has NEVER been changed by GOD. It
is a sign of Who we belong to; JESUS worshipped on this day when He lived on
earth; and it will be kept in heaven and on the earth made new. [Genesis
2:2,3; Exodus 16:21-30, 20:8-11; Ezekiel 20:20; Isaiah 58:13, 66:23; Luke
4:16; James 2:10-12; Revelation 14:12]
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That everything we own belongs to GOD first,
and so we acknowledge this by faithful service to Him and by willingly
giving our tithes and offerings to support His church and outreach on this
earth. [Leviticus 27:30,32; Malachi 3:8-11]
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In being immersed, or dunked under the water,
in baptism which is a symbol of Christ's death and resurrection in the new
birth experience. [John 3:1-7; Mark 1:9,10; Romans 6:3-5; 2 Corinthians
5:17]
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In the church as God's family, a community
of: cultures, races, nationalities, rich or poor, high or low, male or
female, all as one in CHRIST JESUS to proclaim the gospel of JESUS to a
dying world. [Romans 15:5,6; 1 Corinthians 10:32; Ephesians 4:11-16, 5:30]
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In the heavenly sanctuary, where JESUS is our
High Priest, our attorney, in the judgment; and where we believe the work of
investigating our lives is going on right now. [Exodus 25:8; 1 Timothy 2:5;
Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 22:12]
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That human beings are mortal, and when we die
we 'sleep' in the grave until JESUS' second coming. We cannot 'come back' as
ghosts, this is a deception of satan's. That the right to live forever with
GOD [immortality] will happen only when JESUS comes again. [Job 4:17;Psalm
115:17; Ecclesiastes 9:5,6; John 5:28,29; Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians
15:51-54]
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That unrepentant sinners will NOT burn
forever; but only until they are ashes and then the fire will go out.
[Malachi 4:1-3; Revelation 20:14,15]
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In the gifts of the SPIRIT, including such
ministries as faith, healing, prophecy, teaching, reconciliation,
compassion, love, etc.. [Romans 12:6-10; Ephesians 4:1-13]
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We believe in prayer as the means of
communicating with GOD; we speak to Him and He speaks back to us through His
Word, Nature, or other Christians. He touches our lives or others' lives,
because of our prayers, with healing, help, encouragement, and salvation. [1
Kings 17:17-24;Matthew 6:6, 9-13; James 5:15,16]
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In the Spirit of Prophecy as seen in the
ministry of Ellen G. White for these last days. She has made it clear that
the Bible, and Bible alone, is the standard for our lives and all of our
teachings. [2 Chronicles 20:20; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:19,20;
Revelation 19:10]
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In washing one another's feet [ordinance of
humility] because JESUS did it, and participating in the Lord's Supper
because He told us to do this in remembrance of Him. [John 13:1-17; 1
Corinthians 11:23-26]
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In the sanctity and privilege of marriage,
and the family [Genesis 2:18,21-24; Exodus 20:14; Psalm 127:3]
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In 'what would JESUS do?' in our behavior;
that our bodies are the temple of the HOLY SPIRIT, so we will not do
anything to hurt ourselves either diet-wise or health-wise; or wear anything
that would bring dishonor to Him. [Deuteronomy 14:3-21; Proverbs 20:1; 1
Corinthians 3:16,17; 1 Timothy 2:9]
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In a remnant that has been called out to
expressly keep the Commandments of GOD and who have the Spirit of Prophecy;
to announce the arrival of the judgment hour and the soon coming of CHRIST.
[Revelation 12:17, 14:1-12]
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In the second coming of JESUS as a literal,
visible, personal, and worldwide event. That every eye will see Him...And at
this time the righteous [those who have accepted JESUS as their Savior] dead
will be resurrected and the righteous living will be taken to heaven with
JESUS. [Matthew 24:30-33; John 14:1-3]
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In eternal life, first for a thousand years
in heaven, and then on the new earth: after all sin, unrepentant sinners,
satan and his evil angels are destroyed in the lake of fire which GOD starts
[ Psalm 37:20, Psalm 104:35; Romans 6:23; 2 Peter 3:10-14; Revelation 20:4;
Revelation 21:1]
