Vision and Values

1. The foundation of life is God’s Word.  The Bible was inspired by God, is inerrant, and is the final authority on faith and life.  God was the first author.  Words matter to God, and as such, the words we use should matter to us.  In John 17:17, Jesus said “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.”
2. God is one entity with three parts:  Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Matthew 28:19
3. Jesus is the only religious leader the world has ever known who told people that He was the truth and the way to God.  All other religions are a system of works to reach up to God.  Jesus Christ proclaimed that by way of Him God reached down to man.  Jesus stated in John 14:6 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
4. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and willingly gave up His life via death on the cross as a substitution, a final sacrifice for the sins of mankind.  He rose from the dead, not just His Spirit, but His physical body.  Luke 24
5. Salvation is a free gift of God that no one can earn.  Salvation is free to us, but cost Jesus unimaginable pain and His very life.  Hebrews 2:9-18
6. In this present age, Jesus lives in Heaven with God, interceding for those who believe in Him.  Isaiah 53:12, Hebrews 7:25
7. The Holy Spirit is given to all who repent of their sins and ask Christ into their lives.  Believers are spiritually sealed so that the evil one cannot have them again.  The Holy Spirit leads and guides believers in all they do.  Ephesians 1:13-14
8. Being a Christian means having a relationship with Christ, growing close to Him through His word, time spent in prayer and seeing amazing answers to prayer. 2 Peter 3

9. The purpose for living beyond salvation, beyond asking Christ into your life, is to comfort others with comfort we have received and to do works that God has ordained for us.  What we do doesn’t save us, but provides proof of the change of ownership in our hearts.  Ephesians 2:10
10. Jesus is coming back to the earth to rule and to reign, at a time that only God the Father knows.  Jesus warned us of the signs of the approaching day, signs that increasingly align with this present age.  Matthew 24
11. God promises believers—those who hold fast against the tide of sin in our time and those who overcome the darkness in themselves and outside themselves—the following:  eternal life, authority over the nations, Jesus Himself, spotless white garments, a name in the Book of Life, friendship with Christ that is known in Heaven, and the right to sit with Jesus on His throne.  (Revelation 2:7, 2:26-29, 3:5, 3:21).