MISSION STATEMENT
Infinite Hope International, Inc. seeks to support indigenous efforts to improve the health and well-being of impoverished communities around the world while spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We work together to build worshipping communities, spread hope, and encourage the cultivation of dreams while believing with God that all things are possible.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We believe:
The Scriptures Inspired
The Bible to be the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God.
15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
2 Timothy 3:15-16 (NASB)
The Godhead
There is only one true God – eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Creator of all things.
1.God the Father is greater than all, the source of the Word (logos), and the Begetter.
John 14:28 (NASB)
28 You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
2.The Son was begotten of the Father, became flesh and dwelt among us, true God and true Man; conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the scriptures. He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on High as our Great High Priest, and He will return again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and justice.
John 1:14 (NASB)
The Word Made Flesh
14 And the Word became flesh, and [a]dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:16 (NASB)
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
3.The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, the Comforter whom our Lord Jesus Christ sent from the Father to indwell, to guide, and to teach the believer, and to convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
John 16:8 (NASB)
8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
John 15:26 (NASB)
26 “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,
John 14:16 (NASB)
Role of the Spirit
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
John 14:26 (NASB)
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
Man, His Fall, and Redemption
Humankind was created in the image of God to know and enjoy Him yet we willfully rejected the Lordship and glory of God for which we were intended. Because of this, sickness, death and judgment entered the world and now creation experiences the effects and consequences of sin.
Genesis 1:27-28(NASB)
27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 2:15-17 (NASB)
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. 16 The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”
Romans 3:28 (NASB)
28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
Romans 5:12 (NASB)
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--
Romans 10:13 (NASB)
13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
The Salvation of Man
We are saved by God’s grace, through faith in the Person and work of Jesus Christ. Anyone can be restored to fellowship with God through repenting, believing and receiving Jesus as their Savior and Lord. The Holy Spirit convicts, regenerates, justifies, and adopts us as we enter the Kingdom of God as His sons and daughters.
Titus 3:3-7 (NASB)
3 For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 2:11-12 (NASB)
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,12instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
John 3:16 (NASB)
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Evidence of Salvation
The inward evidence, to the believer of this salvation, is the direct witness of the Spirit. The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness.
Romans 8:16 (NASB)
16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
Matthew 5:16 (NASB)
16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Ordinances of the Church
Baptism in Water Water baptism was commanded by Jesus for all of His followers. Water baptism is an outward indication of an inward change. Being immersed in water symbolizes the cleansing of our hearts and the washing away of our sin by the blood of Jesus. Through water baptism, believers publicly proclaim their testimony that they have been born again by the grace of God.
Romans 6:4 (NASB)
4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
Colossians 2:12 (NASB)
12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Matthew 28:18-20 (NASB)
18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
John 3:5-6 (NASB)
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
1 Peter 3:21 (NASB)
21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The Lord’s Supper
The Lord’s Supper/Christian Communion is a remembrance of what Christ did for us and a celebration of what we receive as a result of His sacrifice. Biblically, communion is open to all believers. Participants should be born-again believers walking in fellowship with the Lord and with each other. Before partaking of communion, each believer should personally examine himself.
1 Corinthians 11:24-32 (NASB)
The Lord’s Supper
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
1 Corinthians 10:17 (NASB)
17 Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
John 3:3-7 Bible (NASB)
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born[a]again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
Acts 1:8 (NASB)
8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
Acts 2:4 (NASB)
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other[a]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
John 14:16-17 (NASB)
Role of the Spirit16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
John 14:26 (NASB)
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
Sanctification
Sanctification is God’s will for us. The word sanctification is related to the word saint; both words have to do with holiness. To “sanctify” something is to set it apart for special use; to “sanctify” a person is to make him holy. We Believe in sanctification through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit, and we believe in personal holiness, purity of heart and life.
John 17:13-21
The Disciples in the World13 But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth, 20 “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
1 Peter 1:15 (NASB)
15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
Philippians 1:6 (NASB)
6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
John 17:17 (NASB)
17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 (NASB)
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
Gifts of the Spirit
That all the spiritual gifts including healings, tongues, and miracles, are still in operation today, just as they were in the days of the early church. We believe the spiritual gifts have “continued” unabated since the Day of Pentecost and that the demonstration of “signs, wonders, and miracles” as witnessed in the apostolic era, should be a hallmark of today’s church.
1 Corinthians 12:4-12 (NASB)
The Use of Spiritual Gifts
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. 12 For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
Redemption and Freedom
The victorious redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides freedom from the power of the enemy – sin, lies, sickness and torment. (Romans 8:1-2, John 8:36)
Romans 8:1-2 (NASB)
Deliverance from Bondage
8 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
John 8:36 (NASB)
36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
The Blessed Hope
In the Christian hope – the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that Heaven and hell are real places. There will be a resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting death.
Colossians 1:27 (NASB)
27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Romans 15:13 (NASB)
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Marriage
Marriage is a covenant instituted by God between a man and a woman.
Matthew 19:4-6 (NASB)
4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
The Scriptures Inspired
The Bible to be the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God.
15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
2 Timothy 3:15-16 (NASB)
The Godhead
There is only one true God – eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Creator of all things.
1.God the Father is greater than all, the source of the Word (logos), and the Begetter.
John 14:28 (NASB)
28 You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
2.The Son was begotten of the Father, became flesh and dwelt among us, true God and true Man; conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the scriptures. He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on High as our Great High Priest, and He will return again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and justice.
John 1:14 (NASB)
The Word Made Flesh
14 And the Word became flesh, and [a]dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:16 (NASB)
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
3.The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, the Comforter whom our Lord Jesus Christ sent from the Father to indwell, to guide, and to teach the believer, and to convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
John 16:8 (NASB)
8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
John 15:26 (NASB)
26 “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,
John 14:16 (NASB)
Role of the Spirit
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
John 14:26 (NASB)
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
Man, His Fall, and Redemption
Humankind was created in the image of God to know and enjoy Him yet we willfully rejected the Lordship and glory of God for which we were intended. Because of this, sickness, death and judgment entered the world and now creation experiences the effects and consequences of sin.
Genesis 1:27-28(NASB)
27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 2:15-17 (NASB)
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. 16 The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”
Romans 3:28 (NASB)
28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
Romans 5:12 (NASB)
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--
Romans 10:13 (NASB)
13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
The Salvation of Man
We are saved by God’s grace, through faith in the Person and work of Jesus Christ. Anyone can be restored to fellowship with God through repenting, believing and receiving Jesus as their Savior and Lord. The Holy Spirit convicts, regenerates, justifies, and adopts us as we enter the Kingdom of God as His sons and daughters.
Titus 3:3-7 (NASB)
3 For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 2:11-12 (NASB)
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,12instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,
John 3:16 (NASB)
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Evidence of Salvation
The inward evidence, to the believer of this salvation, is the direct witness of the Spirit. The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness.
Romans 8:16 (NASB)
16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
Matthew 5:16 (NASB)
16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Ordinances of the Church
Baptism in Water Water baptism was commanded by Jesus for all of His followers. Water baptism is an outward indication of an inward change. Being immersed in water symbolizes the cleansing of our hearts and the washing away of our sin by the blood of Jesus. Through water baptism, believers publicly proclaim their testimony that they have been born again by the grace of God.
Romans 6:4 (NASB)
4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
Colossians 2:12 (NASB)
12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Matthew 28:18-20 (NASB)
18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
John 3:5-6 (NASB)
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
1 Peter 3:21 (NASB)
21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The Lord’s Supper
The Lord’s Supper/Christian Communion is a remembrance of what Christ did for us and a celebration of what we receive as a result of His sacrifice. Biblically, communion is open to all believers. Participants should be born-again believers walking in fellowship with the Lord and with each other. Before partaking of communion, each believer should personally examine himself.
1 Corinthians 11:24-32 (NASB)
The Lord’s Supper
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
1 Corinthians 10:17 (NASB)
17 Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
John 3:3-7 Bible (NASB)
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born[a]again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
Acts 1:8 (NASB)
8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
Acts 2:4 (NASB)
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other[a]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
John 14:16-17 (NASB)
Role of the Spirit16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
John 14:26 (NASB)
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
Sanctification
Sanctification is God’s will for us. The word sanctification is related to the word saint; both words have to do with holiness. To “sanctify” something is to set it apart for special use; to “sanctify” a person is to make him holy. We Believe in sanctification through the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit, and we believe in personal holiness, purity of heart and life.
John 17:13-21
The Disciples in the World13 But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth, 20 “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
1 Peter 1:15 (NASB)
15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
Philippians 1:6 (NASB)
6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
John 17:17 (NASB)
17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 (NASB)
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
Gifts of the Spirit
That all the spiritual gifts including healings, tongues, and miracles, are still in operation today, just as they were in the days of the early church. We believe the spiritual gifts have “continued” unabated since the Day of Pentecost and that the demonstration of “signs, wonders, and miracles” as witnessed in the apostolic era, should be a hallmark of today’s church.
1 Corinthians 12:4-12 (NASB)
The Use of Spiritual Gifts
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. 12 For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
Redemption and Freedom
The victorious redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides freedom from the power of the enemy – sin, lies, sickness and torment. (Romans 8:1-2, John 8:36)
Romans 8:1-2 (NASB)
Deliverance from Bondage
8 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
John 8:36 (NASB)
36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
The Blessed Hope
In the Christian hope – the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that Heaven and hell are real places. There will be a resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting death.
Colossians 1:27 (NASB)
27 to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Romans 15:13 (NASB)
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Marriage
Marriage is a covenant instituted by God between a man and a woman.
Matthew 19:4-6 (NASB)
4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”