Statement of Faith

This is a brief summation of the core doctrines of Christianity. If you affirm these doctrines, I will count you a fellow servant of Christ. Other doctrines, such as Calvinism or Arminianism, may be counted as superfluous to Salvation. If you deny the doctrines below, you deny Historical Christianity, and are not a Christian.

  1. Humankind rebelled against God. First Eve, then Adam (Gen. 3:6). Humankind was separated from God (Gen. 3:23), because God is Holy and Perfect, and cannot tolerate sin (Lev. 19:2, 1 Sam. 2:2, Josh. 24:19).
  2. Because God loved humankind so much, He did not want them to be separated from Him forever. To work His perfect will, He gave a promise of a Messiah and a Savior (Gen. 3:15), who would come through the lineage of Abraham (Gen. 12:13; 18:18), be born in Bethlehem (Mic. 5:2), of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14), perform healing miracles (35:5-6), be rejected by many (Isa. 53:3), killed with criminals (Isa. 53:5-8, 12), buried among the rich (Isa. 53:9), and ultimately resurrected (Ps. 16:10-11).  
  3. God also gave the Law to mankind. The Law did not contain Salvation (Gal. 2:16), but was given that man might be driven back to the Promise of God (Rom. 5:20; Gal. 3:23-25). Thus, Abraham, Noah, Abel, Enoch, and all the saints of the Old Testament were not justified by their works of the Law, but by their faith in the Promise of God (Heb. 11:4ff). Trying to find Salvation by works of the Law is futile, and anyone who’s faith is not in the Promises of God will be held accountable to the entirety of the Law (Jas. 2:10).
  4. The Promises of God, and the requirements of the Law, were fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ (Matt. 5:17). Jesus Christ died for our Sins, was buried, and was raised again on the third day (1 Cor. 15:3ff). His death atones for the Sins of the entire world (1 Jn. 2:2).  However, only those who place their faith in Christ, and are born-again in their spirit, will find Salvation and eternal life (Jn. 3:16-18). Salvation comes by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone (Eph. 2:8-9; Acts 4:12).
  5. Those who have truly placed their faith in Christ will bear evidence of this in their life, by performing good works (Eph. 2:10). These works do nothing to merit salvation; they are the evidence of our faith in the promises of God (Jas. 2:14ff). These works are the outpouring of the fruit of the Spirit in the life of the saints (Gal. 5:22-23).  
  6. Those who place their faith in Christ will immediately be present with Him when they die (Lk. 23:43; 2 Cor. 5:8). They will also be resurrected into a glorified body at the end of days (1 Cor. 15:44). Christ will sit as the judge of those who are alive, and those who have died (Acts 10:42). To those who placed their faith in Him, He will grant everlasting life; to the rest, everlasting contempt (Dan. 12:2).  

God is:

  • Eternal (Isa. 57:15)
  • Omnipotent (Jer. 32:17)
  • Omniscient (1 Jn. 3:20)
  • Omnipresent (Psalm 119:7-12)

There is only 1 God (Isa. 43:10; 45:5). That God exists as a Trinity of 3 persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14). These are not three separate Gods, occupying one office, but one in substance (John 10:30). As the Athanasian creed says: “Neither [confound] the persons nor [divide] the substance.”

This is the Gospel of Christ: That God Himself died as a propitiation for all Sins (1 Jn. 2:2), suffering the penalty and paying you life, when you had earned death (Rom. 3:23). The demands of the Law have been met, and you are free (Gal. 5:1). The way to obtain that freedom is to confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart, as evidenced by your fruit, that God raised Christ from the dead (Rom. 10:9; Eph. 2:10). Then you will be saved. If you’d like to know more about that, or if you’ve come to know Christ through this blog, please leave me a message, or comment below.

In Christ,

Jonathan.