The Shammah Tabernacle - Short Statement Of Belief

Short statement of Faith . . . The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, are the inspired Word of God without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life. There is one God, the first person of the Trinity, creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures.

Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate. The ministry of The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and, during this age, to convict men of sin, regenerate the believing sinner, indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service. Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained. The death of Jesus Christ on the cross as the payment of penalty for our sins and His resurrection provide the only ground for the justification and salvation for all that believe, and only those who receive Jesus Christ by faith are born of the Holy Spirit and thus become believers. The personal, pre-millennial and imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ is our "blessed hope" and has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer. There will be a bodily resurrection of all the dead. Believers in Christ pass on to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord and those who have rejected Christ, to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment. The true church is composed of all such persons who, through saving faith in Jesus Christ, have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ of which He is the head. Water baptism by immersion soon after accepting Christ as personal Savior is a testimony of death to sin andresurrection to a new life. The Lord's Supper is a memorial service setting forth in sacred and symbolic manner the death of the Lord Jesus Christ; all true believers and only believers should share in it.