Liberty Christian Church Statement of Beliefs

  1. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament (the “scriptures”) are divinely and verbally inspired by God. Liberty Christian Church believes that the
    Scriptures in their original writings were without error (John 10:35; Luke 16:17) and were incapable of error and never wrong (John 10:35; Luke 16:17). Accordingly, the
    Scriptures stand alone as Liberty Christians’ source for doctrine and teaching.
  2. We believe there is one and only one, living and true God (“God”). God is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being. He is the Creator, the Redeemer, the Preserver,
    and the Ruler of the universe. God is holy and perfect. God is all-powerful, all knowing and ever present; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and
    future. To Him, all people owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience. God reveals Himself to people as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but
    without division of nature, essence, or being.
  3. We believe that Jesus Christ is God, The One and Only Begotten Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born to the virgin, Mary, fully God and fully sinless
    man.
  4. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, who is equal with God, the Father, and Jesus Christ, the Son. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin,
    righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit indwells the Believer and empowers the preaching, and teaching of the gospel.
  5. We believe that mankind was created in the image of God, sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death,but spiritual death, which- is separation from God, and
    that all human beings are born with a sinful nature.
  6. We believe that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world, according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice.
  7. We believe that all who believe in and receive by faith Jesus Christ are born again by the Holy Spirit, and thereby become children of God and heirs of eternal life
    (“Believers’). All believers are justified on the basis of Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. For this reason, after physical death, all believers live eternally in God’s
    holy presence. In contrast, all who do not believe in and do not receive by faith Jesus Christ (“The Lost”), upon physical death, the lost will live eternally separated from God,
    tormented in the Lake of Fire, as described in the Scriptures.
  8. We believe that Jesus Christ’s physical, crucified body resurrected from the dead after three days; that, after His resurrection and forty day ministry on earth, He ascended
    into heaven; that He is presently acting as the High Priest, representing believers before God; and that He is presently the advocate for believers.
  9. We believe that Jesus Christ will return to the earth in glorified form.
  10. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all people, the lost and the believers; the everlasting conscious suffering the lost in the Lake of Fire; and the eternal fellowship
    of believers in heaven.
  11. We believe in the existence of the devil, also known as Satan. Satan is a liar, seeking to deceive men and turn them from God. Satan, alt his angelic host, and all the lost, those
    who have not received Christ as their Lord and Savior, will be eternally separated from God and tormented in the Lake of Fire.
  12. We believe that all believers comprise the “Church.” The Church’s mission is to make disciples by preaching,,teaching, declaring, and making known the Scriptures to all
    the world, through the formal proclamation of the Scriptures and through the Christian’s complete, transformed, and consistent lifestyle.
  13. We believe that, within the local body of believers (“Local Church”), God provides a team of pastor(s), elders, deacons and other servants who are to guide and
    enable the congregation to develop spiritual maturity.
  14. We believe each believer is commanded by God to exercise care and concern with regard to all the time, all the possessions, and all the wealth which God has entrusted to
    him. Liberty Christian Church believes in two ordinances of the Church, given by Jesus Christ: (1) Baptism and (2) the Lord’s Supper. Liberty Christian Church believes that
    baptism by immersion is commanded of all believers as an act of obedience, signifying the death, burial, and resurrection “in Christ” of the believer. Liberty Christian does not
    believe that baptism is necessary to be a believer. Likewise, Liberty Christian believes that the Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience by which believers memorialize the
    death of Jesus Christ until He returns.
  15. We believe in the bodily resurrection of everyone who has lived, the everlasting blessedness of those in right relationship with God, and the everlasting punishment of
    those who have rejected God’s forgiveness in His Son.