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Holy
Bible

  1. The Holy Bible consists of the sixty-six Canonical books from Genesis to Revelation and it is divided into two parts namely, the Old and the New Testaments.

  2. The entire Bible is God breathed. (2 Timothy 3:16)

  3. The Scriptures written in the original languages (Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic) are infallible and without contradictions. (Rev.21:5)

  4. The Bible is the Word of God which stands firm in heaven forever. (Psalm 119:89; Hebrews 4:12)

  5. The Bible is written by holy men of God moved by the Holy Spirit and every word in it is inspired by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20, 21)

  6. The Bible gives truthful, authoritative and trustworthy revelations of God. (Heb.1:1, 2)

  7. It provides a clear understanding of God and also the way of salvation for the mankind.  (2 Tim 3:15-17)

  8. It is strictly prohibited to add, to reduce or to bring any changes in the Bible by any human beings, angels, councils, churches, leaders or on the basis of any cultures, rites, rituals, customs, traditions, miracles, signs, revelations or visions.  (Pro. 30:5, 6; Rev. 22:18, 19; Deu. 4:5; Gal. 1:8)

  9. The Church has no right to preach, to teach, to convince, to follow or to command anything that is contradictory to the written Word of God (Matthew 15:3, 6, 9), but has to discern whether it is as per the Word of God. (Acts 17:11)

  10. All the scriptures both in the Old and the New Testaments are Christ centred. The theme of the Bible centers around the works of Christ during His first and second coming and thus it is God’s counsel to lead the mankind to Christ. (John 5:39, 46, 47; Luke 24:27)

  11. The purpose behind the writing of the Scriptures is to provide all the necessary doctrines for the spiritual and practical upliftment of the human beings. (2 Timothy 3:15-17)

God

  1. There is only one true God. (Deuteronomy 6:4).

  2. God remains as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in His personality. (Matthew 28:19, Mark 12:29)

  3. All the attributes of Deity and the characteristics of personality are equal in His Trinity.

  4. God is eternal, immutable, creator of all, self-existent, unique, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, holy, mighty in everything, righteous and separated from all the creations. (1Tim 1:17; 6:15-16)

  5. God is Spirit (John 4:24). God is invisible and complete. (Col.1:15)

  6. God is perfect in His moral attributes such as love, truth, righteousness, peace, holiness, goodness, mercy, graciousness, gentleness, faithfulness, grace and so on. (1 Jn.4:8; Lev.11:44; Gen.18:25; 1 Thes.5:24; Eph.1:6,7; 2Pet.8:14; Nah.1:7)

Jesus Christ

  1. Jesus Christ is God who took the form of a man to save the mankind from their sins. (John 15:18; 10:30)

  2. Jesus Christ, the Word, who was with God, and who was God, came to the world in the form of man, by the work of the Holy Spirit through Virgin birth and lived on the earth filled with grace and truth. (John 1:1, 14)

  3. Jesus Christ was born sinless and was without sin (Matthew 1:18, Hebrews 4:15).

  4. Jesus Christ took a sacrificial death for the mankind and died on the cross, bearing the condemnation of sin and gave His life as a ransom for the remission of sins. Thus, He fulfilled the righteousness of God in Him and gives the gift of salvation to whoever believes in Him. (Rom 5:8)

  5. Jesus Christ resurrected from the death on the third day. (1 Cor. 15:14).

  6. Jesus Christ ascended to heaven in glorified body, seated on the right hand of God the Father and He is “the one and only mediator between God and mankind”. (1Tim 2:5)

  7. Jesus Christ was perfectly divine while He was perfectly human. (Philippians 2:5-8)

Holy Spirit

  1. The Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3, 4).

  2. The Holy Spirit is a person (Rom 8:27). 

  3. The Holy Spirit glorifies Lord Jesus in all His works (John 16:8).

  4. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness and of judgment (John 16:8).

  5. The Holy Spirit regenerates the sinners by the Word of God and abides in them.  (John 3:3-6; John 14:16, 17).

  6. The Holy Spirit prepares believers to become like Christ by guiding them, teaching them, enlightening them with the Gifts of the Spirit and by enabling them to bear the Fruit of the Spirit (John 16:13; John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; Galatians 5:22, 23). 

Salvation

  1. God created the first man and the woman in His own image and likeness (Gen 1:26, 27).

  2. Man sinned and fell short of the glory of God and was condemned because of his disobedience to God (Romans 3:23; Romans 5:2).

  3. To be redeemed from the condemnation of God, all human beings should be born-again (John 3:3).

  4. Salvation cannot be attained by any good works, religious rites or rituals. (Galatians 2:16)

  5. A person is being justified freely by the Grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ and becomes eligible for salvation (Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 10:9; Acts 16:31).

The Church

  1. The Church is the assembly of people who are saved through faith in Christ Jesus and separated themselves from the world. (Acts 2:47)

  2. Christ is the Head of the Church and Church is the Body of Christ (Colossians 1:18).

  3. The believers should gather together frequently for fellowship (Acts 2:42; Hebrews 10:24, 25).

  4. The only ordinances of the New Testament church are the baptism and the Lord’s Table (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24, 25).

  5. Each believer who repents and accepts Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour should receive water baptism by immersion in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  (Matthew 28:18-20)

  6. All believers, baptised and leading a holy life should partake in the Lord’s Table of “bread and cup” observed in remembrance of the passion and death of Jesus Christ, until He returns (1 Corinthians 11:23-32).

  7. All believers should desire for the baptism in the Holy Spirit which is the promise of God the Father. Speaking in tongues as Holy Spirit gives utterance is the visible sign of this baptism. (Acts 1:4, 5; 2:1-4)

  8. Elders and ministers are appointed in the church of Christ as overseers (1 Corinthians 2:28; Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Peter 5:2, 3).

Resurrection and Judgement

  1. A saved person who leads a holy life will enter into the eternal fellowship with Christ, at his death. He will receive a glorious celestial body at the second coming of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:23, 1 Corinthians 15:52).

  2. An unsaved person, at his death, will be separated from all the possibilities of the fellowship with God forever and will be suffering in a  place of torment until the final resurrection for the White Throne Judgment and will be thrown into the eternal hell forever and ever along with all whose names are not found in the Book of Life. (Luke 16:23; Rev. 20:11-15)

Eschatology

  1. Jesus Christ will descend from heaven and come in the clouds for the salvation of the saints who wait for Him.  The dead in Christ will be resurrected first, and then those saints who are alive will be transformed and be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and to be with Him forever. (Hebrews 9:28, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17).

  2. The righteous shall appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ and shall receive the rewards according to their works (2 Corinthians 5:10).

  3. At the end of the Great Tribulation period Christ will come down to the earth with His bride – His church, and along with all His saints, will bind the Satan and shall reign on the earth for thousand years as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. (Rev.  6-18, 2 Thess. 1:6, Rev. 19:6; 11-16; 20:1-4)

  4. At the end of the millennial reign, there will be the final White Throne Judgment where God Himself will be the judge. The angles who sinned and all men whose names are not found in the Book of Life shall be cast into the Lake of Fire. (Revelation 20:7, 10, 11-15; Jude 6)

  5. The saints of God shall abide in the new heaven and earth with God forever and ever (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21-22).

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