As God's Son and David's heir, He is the eternal Messiah-King, advancing God's reign throughout every generation and throughout the whole earth today. The covenant with David was fulfilled in Jesus' birth from David's house, His Messianic ministry, His glorious resurrection from the dead, His ascent into heaven and His present rule at the right hand of the Father. By His death on the cross He also disarmed the demonic powers. In His sinless, perfect life Jesus met the demands of the law and in His atoning death on the cross He took God's judgment for sin which we deserve as law-breakers. After dying for the sins of the world, Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day, fulfilling the covenant of blessing given to Abraham. Gathering His disciples, He reconstituted God's people as His Church to be the instrument of His kingdom. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, inaugurating God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, as fully God and fully man in one person, He is humanity as God intended us to be. WE BELIEVE that in the fullness of time, God honored His covenants with and His prophetic promises of salvation by sending His Son, Jesus, into the world. WE BELIEVE that when rejected God's rule over her as King, God established the monarchy in and made an unconditional covenant with David, promising that his heir would restore God's kingdom reign over His people as Messiah forever. By the work of God's Spirit, it convicts us of our sin and God's righteous judgment against us and brings us to Christ alone for salvation. The law's purpose is to order our fallen race and to make us conscious of our moral responsibility. WE BELIEVE that as King, God later redeemed His people by His mighty acts from bondage in and established His covenant through Moses, revealing His perfect will and our obligation to fulfill it. ![]() ![]() In the covenant with Abraham, God bound Himself to His people, promising to deliver them from bondage to sin and Satan and to bless all the nations through them. In order to bring redemption, God established covenants which revealed His grace to sinful people. WE BELIEVE that God did not abandon His rule over the earth which He continues to uphold by His providence. God's Providence, Kingdom Law and Covenants: Human beings are born in sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness.ĥ. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. WE BELIEVE that God created mankind in His own image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. The Kingdom in the Creation of Man, the Fall and The Doctrine of Original Sin: He was cast out of God's presence and, as a usurper of God's rule, established a counter-kingdom of darkness and evil on the earth.Ĥ. ![]() : WE BELIEVE that Satan, originally a great, good angel, rebelled against God, taking a host of angels with him. Counterfeit Kingdom, Satan and Demonic Hosts From His throne, through His Son, His eternal Word, God created, upholds and governs all that exists: the heavenly places, the angelic hosts, the universe, the earth, every living thing and mankind. WE BELIEVE that God's kingdom is everlasting. God the King: The Creator and Ruler of All Things From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory.Ģ. ![]() He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. This family of believers exists to love God, follow Jesus,Īnd make Christ known by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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