We believe that it reveals all things that are necessary to salvation, life and godliness, and that it is a final and closed revelation, consisting of the sixty-six books of Holy Scripture. (1Thess 2:13; 2Tim 3:14-17; 2Peter 2:2-4)
We believe that there is only one true and living God, eternally existing in a Trinity of persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We believe tha
t these three persons are one in substance, power, and eternity; each possessing the fullness of the divine essence and yet this essence is undivided. (Col 2:8-10; Acts 5:1-4, Deut 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; 45:21-23)
We believe that God is infinite in being and perfection. We believe that He is all powerful, all knowing, and present in all places at all times. We believe that He is absolutely sovereign over all His works, and that He orders all things according to the counsel of His own wise, immutable, and righteous will for His own glory. This sovereignty extends not only to inanimate creation, but to all living things as well, and is the ultimate determiner of each creature's destiny. (Eph 1:3-11; Rom 9:6-23)
We believe that God is self-existent and self-sufficient. That is, He needs nothing from His creation to exist or to continue to exist. On the contrary, He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things both seen and unseen. (Ex 3:13-14; Col 1:15-17)
He is loving, gracious, merciful and longsuffering, forgiving sin and transgression. Yet He is also infinitely just and holy, and will by no means clear the guilty. (Ex 34:5-8)
In His sight all things are open and manifest. His knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent of the creature; so that nothing to Him is contingent or uncertain. He is holy in all His counsels, works, and commands. To Him is due, from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience He is pleased to require of them. (Isaiah 46:9-11, Rev 4:8-11)
