WHAT WE BELIEVE.

  • The Holy Bible, and only the Bible, is the authoritative Word of God. It alone is the final

    authority in determining all doctrinal truths. In its original writing, it is inspired, infallible and

    inerrant.

    II Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:20-21; Proverbs 30:5; Romans 16:25-26

  • There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. These three

    are coequal and co-eternal.

    I John 5:7; Genesis 1:26; Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 9:6; Hebrews 3:7-11

  • Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father, through the Holy Spirit (the third person of the

    Trinity) in the virgin Mary’s womb; therefore, He is the Son of God.

    Matthew 1:18, 25; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18, 23-25; Luke 1:27-35

  • Man was created good and upright, but by choosing to sin he fell; his only hope of

    redemption is in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

    Gen. 1:26-31, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-21es here

  • Repentance is the commitment to turn away from sin in every area of our lives and to follow

    Christ, which allows us to receive His redemption and to be regenerated by the Holy Spirit.

    Thus, through repentance we receive forgiveness of sins and appropriate salvation.

    Acts 2:21, 3:19; I John 1:9

  • For anyone to know God, letting go of the old sinful nature and becoming more like Christ, by

    the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

    John 6:44, 65

  • Heaven is the eternal dwelling place for all believers in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

    Matthew 5:3, 12, 20, 6:20, 19:21, 25:34; John 17:24; II Corinthians 5:1; Hebrews 11:16; I Peter 1:4

  • After living one life on earth, the unbelievers will be judged by God and sent to Hell where

    they will be eternally tormented with the devil and the fallen angels.

    Matthew 25:41; Mark 9:43-48; Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 14:9-11, 20:12-15, 21:8

  • It is the Father’s will for believers to become whole, healthy and successful in all areas of life.

    But because of the fall, that brought sin into the world, many may not receive the full benefits

    of God’s will while on Earth. That fact, though, should never prevent all believers from seeking

    the full benefits of Christ’s provision in order to better serve others.

    • Spiritual (John 3:3-11; II Corinthians 5:17-21; Romans 10:9-10)

    • Mental and Emotional (II Timothy 1:7, 2:11; Philippians 4:7-8; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 26:3)

    • Physical (Isaiah 53:4,5; Matthew 8:17; I Peter 2:24)

    • Financial (Joshua 1:8; Malachi 3:10-11; Luke 6:38; II Corinthians 9:6-10; Deuteronomy

    28:1-14; Psalm 34:10, 84:11; Philippians 4:19)

  • The Lord’s Supper: A unique time of communion in the presence of God when the elements of

    bread and grape juice (representing the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ) are taken in

    remembrance of Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross.

    Matthew 26:26-29; I Corinthians 10:16, 11:23-25

    Water Baptism: Following faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the new convert is commanded by the

    Word of God to be baptized in water in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy

    Spirit.

    Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38; Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12, 36-38; 10:47-48

  • The Holy Spirit is manifested through a variety of spiritual gifts to build and sanctify the church,

    demonstrate the validity of the resurrection, and confirm the power of the Gospel. The Bible lists

    of these gifts are not necessarily exhaustive, and the gifts may occur in various combinations. All

    believers are commanded to earnestly desire the manifestation of the gifts in their lives. These

    gifts always operate in harmony with the Scriptures and should never be used in violation of

    biblical parameters.

    Hebrews 2:4; Romans 1:11,12 :4-8; Ephesians 4:16; II Timothy 1:5-16, 4:14; I Corinthians 12:1-31,

    14:1-40; I Peter 4:10

  • The testimony of the God-breathed Holy Scriptures is that the marriage covenant shall be

    reserved only for one man with one woman. It was our Creator, the Lord God, who decided that

    the man should not be alone, who specifically fashioned the woman as the suitable helper for

    the man, who literally made the woman from a part of the man, and in the woman made the

    man complete, who designed sexual union to be with a husband cleaving to his wife as one

    flesh, who bestowed his divine blessing upon the unity of a man and a woman, who gave the

    man and the woman the ability to fulfill his charge to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the

    earth, and who ordained the pattern for human existence that a man and a woman would pair

    up and cleave to each other in one flesh. No other relationship can ever be the holy unity

    between one man and one woman established by our Creator, which the Apostle Paul frequently

    compared to the holy unity of Christ and the church, and man has no authority to alter the divine

    order of the unity between one man and one woman.

    Genesis 2:18-24; 1:27-28; Matthew 19:4-6; Ephesians 5: 23, 25, 31-32

  • Jesus Christ is God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. On earth, Jesus was 100% God

    and 100% man. He is the only man ever to have lived a sinless life. He was born of a virgin,

    lived a sinless life, performed miracles, died on the cross for mankind and thus, atoned for our

    sins through the shedding of His blood. He rose from the dead on the third day according to

    the Scriptures, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return again in power and

    glory.

    John 1:1,14, 20:28; I Timothy 3:16; Isaiah 9:6; Philippians 2:5-6; I Timothy 2:5

  • Christians are people who have invited the Lord Jesus Christ to come and live inside them by

    His Holy Spirit. They relinquish the authority of their lives over to him thus making Jesus the

    Lord of their life as well as Savior. They put their trust in what Jesus accomplished for them

    when He died, was buried, and rose again from the dead.

    John 1:12; John 14:17, 23; John 15:4; Romans 8:11; Revelation 3:20

  • Sanctification is the ongoing process of yielding to God’s Word and His Spirit in order to

    complete the development of Christ’s character in us. It is through the present ministry of the

    Holy Spirit and the Word of God that the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

    I Thessalonians 4:3, 5:23; II Corinthians 3:18, 6:14-18, II Thessalonians 2:1-3, Romans 8:29,

    12:1-2, Hebrews 2:11

  • Clear Point practices Believer’s Baptism, which means that we baptize those who have made a

    personal decision to follow Christ and trust Him alone for salvation with full immersion to

    reinforce the symbolism of burial and resurrection, and to reflect the practice as found in the

    New Testament. (We sometimes refer to baptism as “Going Liquid” with your faith.) At Clear

    Point, baptisms are celebrations! This is the attitude toward someone's desire to announce that

    "I have chosen to follow Christ!"

    John 4:2; Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:41

  • We are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ; His death, burial, and resurrection.

    Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or of any human efforts.

    Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 2:16, 3:8; Titus 3:5; Romans 10:9-10; Acts 16:31; Hebrews 9:22

  • The Blood that Jesus Christ shed on the Cross of Calvary was sinless and is 100% sufficient to

    cleanse mankind of all sin. Jesus allowed Himself to be punished for both our sinfulness and

    our sins, enabling all those who believe to be free from the penalty of sin, which is death.

    I John 1:7; Revelation 1:5, 5:9; Colossians 1:20; Romans 3:10-12, 23, 5:9; John 1:29

  • Healing of the sick is illustrated in the life and ministry of Jesus, and included in the commission

    of Jesus to His disciples. It is given as a sign, which is to follow believers. It is also a part of Jesus’

    work on the Cross and one of the gifts of the Spirit.

    Psalm 103:2-3; Isaiah 53:5; Matthew 8:16-17; Mark 16:17-18; Acts 8:6-7; James 5:14-16;

    I Corinthians 12:9, 28; Romans 11:29

  • Sexuality and the divinely prescribed boundaries for the expression thereof is covered clearly in

    the Holy Scriptures, which limits sexual expression to the marital relationship of one man with

    one woman. Homosexual acts, adultery, bestiality, and all forms of fornication are categorically

    condemned in the Holy Scriptures.

    1 Cor. 6:18; 1 Thess. 4:3; Rom. 1:26-27; Prov. 5:3-5, 8-13; 7:21-27; Gal. 5:19; Exodus 20:14;

    Deut. 5:18; Matt. 5:27; 19:18; Luke 18:20; Rom. 13:9; James 2:11; Lev. 20:10-21;1 Cor. 10:8; 6:18; Jude 7:5

  • The church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine

    appointments for the fulfillment of Jesus’ great commission. Every person who is born of the

    Spirit is an integral part of the church as a member of the body of believers. There is a spiritual

    unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

    Ephesians 1:22, 2:19-22; Hebrews 12:23; John 17:11, 20-23

  • Jesus Christ was physically resurrected from the dead in a glorified body three days after His

    death on the cross. In addition, both the saved and the lost will be resurrected; they that are

    saved to the resurrection of life and they that are lost to the resurrection of eternal damnation.

    Luke 24:16, 36, 39; John 2:19-21, 20:26-28, 21:4; Acts 24:15; I Corinthians 15:42, 44;

    Philippians 1:21-23, 3:21

  • Jesus Christ will physically and visibly return to earth for the second time to establish His

    Kingdom. This will occur at a date undisclosed by the Scriptures.

    Matthew 24:30, 26:63-64; Acts 1:9-11; I Thessalonians 4:15-17

  • Given at Pentecost, it is the promise of the Father, sent by Jesus after His Ascension, to empower

    the Church to preach the Gospel throughout the whole earth.

    Joel 2:28-29; Matthew 3:11; Mark 16:17; Acts 1:5,2:1-4, 17, 38-39, 8:14-17, 10:38, 44-47, 11:15-17, 19:1-6