En-Gedi Resource Center
Statement
of Faith
We believe in one sovereign God, existing
in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, perfect in holiness, infinite
in wisdom, unbounded in power, and measureless in love; that God is the
source of all creation and that through the immediate exercise of his
power, all things came into being. We believe that God the Father is the
author of eternal salvation, having loved the world and given his Son
for its redemption.
We believe that Jesus is the Messiah and is
co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father; that he took on himself the
nature of man through the virgin birth so that he possesses both divine
and human natures. We believe in his sinless life and perfect obedience
to the Law, in his atoning death, burial, bodily resurrection, ascension
into heaven, high-priestly intercession and his personal return in power
and glory.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is co-equal
and co-eternal with the Father and the Son; that he was active in the
creation of all things and continues to be so in providence; that he convicts
the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment and that he regenerates,
sanctifies, baptizes, indwells, seals, illumines, guides and bestows his
gifts upon all believers.
We believe that the Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments are divinely inspired as the infallible and authoritative
word of God. We believe that all human beings, with the exception of Jesus
our Lord, are sinners by nature and practice and are in need of salvation
through the grace of God.
We believe that Jesus the Messiah died for
our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary
sacrifice; that all who believe in him are justified, not by any works
of righteousness they have done, but by his perfect righteousness and
atoning blood, and that there is no other name under heaven by which we
must be saved.
We believe that as a result of our salvation
we are compelled by our own gratitude to live lives of obedience and ever-increasing
discipleship to our Messiah Jesus.
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