WHAT WE BELIEVE     1.   We believe the Bible to be God’s word to the world and the final authority as to what is true and how we are to live. (2 Tim. 3:16-17 ; 2 Peter 1:20-21 ; Ps. 138:2)   2.   We believe in the Trinity (i.e. that there is One God revealed as three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). (Gen. 1:1 ; Matt. 28:18 ; John 4:24 ; 10:30 ; 2 Cor. 13:14 )   3.   We believe that Jesus Christ is God come to earth in human form.  He is the only begotten Son of God, born of the Holy Spirit to the virgin Mary. (Matt. 1:18-19 ; Acts 4:12 ; Phil. 2:5-11 ; Heb. 1:2-3, 8)   4.   We believe that everyone is sinful and in need of salvation. (Gen. 1:26 ; Rom. 3:19,23; 5:12; Is. 64:6)   5.   We believe that God offers us deliverance from the penalty and power of sin through the substitutionary death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 3:25; Col. 1:20-22; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 2:24-25; Heb. 7:24-25; 8:1; Rom. 8:34)   6.   We believe in the personal work of the Holy Spirit to bring us to God and help us through this life and into eternity. (Jn. 15:26; 16:7, 13; Eph. 1:13; l Jn. 2:20-27; 1 Cor. 12:13; Rom. 8:27)   7.   We believe that salvation is only possible for us as we repent of our sin and put our total trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 13:38-39; 17:30; 20:21; Rom. 3:24-25; Titus 3:5)   8.   We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead - with eternal life for believers and everlasting condemnation for those who do not believe. (Jn. 5:28-29; 10:27-29; Rev. 20:11-15)   9.   We believe in the personal and imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 4:15-17; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; Rev. 3:10; Zech. 14:2-4; Jude 14; Matt. 24:31)