Jesus Christ

• Jesus Christ is Lord, the Savior of mankind, and the Sovereign executor of the Plan of God.
• Jesus Christ is both divine and human combined in one unique person.
• Jesus Christ is the object of our worship, adoration, and praise.
• Jesus Christ is the Creator of all things and the highest authority over them.
• Jesus Christ is the head and highest authority of the body of Christ.

Salvation

• Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ.
• Salvation is a private decision.
• The invitation to salvation is common grace and the acceptance is efficacious grace.  Salvation is all grace.  It requires no works on the part of mankind.
• Salvation includes spiritual regeneration, being born again.
• Salvation includes eternal security.
• Jesus Christ paid for the sins of all mankind, but only those who believe in Him will be saved.
• Those who are saved will go to Heaven; those who are not saved will go to Hades and will burn forever in the Lake of Fire.

God

• God reveals Himself to mankind in three personalities, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
• God the Father is the Sovereign and highest authority in the Godhead.
• God the Father has divine integrity. He possesses divine Righteousness, Love, and Justice, and His policy toward mankind is grace.
• God the Son is the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Savior of mankind, the authority over all Creation, and the head of the Church.
• God the Son is King of kings (royalty), Lord of lords (deity), and the bright Morning Star (the glory of God).
• God the Holy Spirit is the unseen energy and Sovereign power of the Godhead.
• God the Holy Spirit reveals the gospel, baptizes the believer at the moment of salvation into union with Christ, indwells the body, and fills the soul.

Satan

• Satan was the highest angel, the keeper of the Throne Room, with the most beauty, charm, and intelligence before he sinned, rebelled against, and was kicked out of Heaven.
• Satan was condemned to the judgment of eternal fire; but he appealed the decision, and mankind was created to resolve the appeal.
• Satan deceived Eve in the Garden, convinced her to sin, supported her cosmic evangelism of Adam, and became the ruler of the world when Adam sinned.
• Satan attacked the divine institution of marriage in the Garden of Eden and he still attacks it.
• Satan is the enemy of God and the believer, and he uses mankind to vindicate himself before God.
• Satan's strategy on the World Stage is to annihilate Israel in order to prevent the fulfillment of the unconditional promises to Israel.
• Satan is the ruler of an army of demons, which number one-third of all the angels of God.
• Satan is the highest power and organizer of the Cosmic System through which he rules as the god of war and goddess of love.

Life

• Definitions:  Human life is the life that God gives a person from birth to physical death.  Human soul life is the life of the soul that begins with God's imputation of life and continues forever.  Biological life is the life that resides in the cells of the body.
• Human life begins at birth when God calls the baby out from the womb.  Human life is the life that God gives an individual.  It includes all that a person can be and do along with his support.  Human life ends at physical death.
• Human soul life begins when God imputes it to the body that is capable of sustaining it.  When it occurs is God's Sovereign decision.  It may be in the womb.  After it is given life, the soul never dies.  It is immortal.  (See summary).
• Human soul life is different from biological life which resides in the cells of the body.
• Death occurs when God removes the soul from the body.  Death is God's Sovereign decision.  ..
• At the moment when God gives soul life, He imputes the sin of Adam, and judges with spiritual death.
• Because a person is born spiritually dead, the person needs to be born again spiritually to receive Eternal Life and have fellowship with God.
• When a person believes in Jesus Christ as Savior, the Holy Spirit creates in the believer a human spirit; God the Father imputes to the human spirit Eternal Life; the Holy Spirit enters the believer into union with Christ; and the new Spiritual Life is activated with many blessings.
• A new Spiritual Life with fellowship with God and a divine Plan with super abundant blessing is available to all who will believe.
• A child that dies before reaching accountability will automatically go to Heaven.

The World

• The world is everything outside the Plan of God, which includes Satan, his Cosmic System, and the creation under his power.
• There are only two options for this life:  Spiritual Life or spiritual death.
• Spiritual death is residence in the Cosmic System.
• Unbelievers are spiritually dead and need salvation
• Believers who sin lose the Filling of the Holy Spirit and reside in spiritual death.  They cannot lose their salvation, but they will die the sin that ends in death if they do not Rebound.
• The believer is commanded to separate from the World.
• Separation from the World can only be achieved through the Filling of the Holy Spirit, and the Metabolization of Bible Doctrine.
• Apostate religion is worldliness and must be rejected in order to live the Spiritual Life.

The Old Sin Nature

• The Old Sin Nature (OSN) is received when God imputes the original sin of Adam and judges with spiritual death.
• The soul that is spiritually dead needs to be saved.
• When a person believes in Jesus Christ and receives a new Spiritual Life, the Old Sin Nature still resides in body.
• After salvation, the soul will either be under the control of the body (which is in the Cosmic System) or the Holy Spirit.
• The lust of the Old Sin Nature motivates the individual toward legalism or lawlessness.
• The Old Sin Nature has an affinity to evil.  That is why children are disobedient and must be disciplined.
• Everyone has an Old Sin Nature and everyone sins, but only God is authorized to judge sin.  Those who assume the prerogative of God to judge others will be severely disciplined by God.

Grace

• Grace is God's policy toward all mankind.
• Grace means that God provides on the basis of His love and integrity regardless of whether it is deserved.
• Grace recognizes the total depravity of mankind.  There is no good in mankind apart from God.  No one deserves anything from God; yet God provides.
• Through grace God provides salvation and all necessities of life.
• Through grace God provides abundant blessings to everyone who is willing to receive them God's way.
• Through grace God has provided from eternity past the solution to every trial, every problem, every exigency of life.

The Bible

• All scripture was inspired by God, but we don't have the original, infallible Word of God.
• The Bible in the original languages is the closest that we have to the inspired Word of God.  Scholars have labored to make it as accurate as possible.  In spite of language differences and scribal errors, God's truth is still revealed in the Bible.
• The Bible is Spiritual food, which must be metabolized in order to live the Spiritual Life.
• Bible Doctrine refers to the teachings of the Bible, which are spiritually alive.
• Bible Doctrine can only be understood by the Filling of the Holy Spirit and applied by faith.
• Bible Doctrine must be taught by man (not woman) with the gift of pastor-teacher.
• The Bible Doctrine for the Church is contained in the epistles to the Church.

Angels

• Angels are spiritual beings created by God to glorify Him.
• All angels were created with Eternal Life, which they can never lose.
• There are two types of angels, Elect and Fallen:  Elect Angels are followers of God, and Fallen Angels (also called demons) are followers of Satan.
• Satan was the highest ranking angel before he rebelled against God through arrogant-ambition and took a third of all the angels with him.
• Satan and the Fallen Angels were sentenced to the Lake of Fire.
• Satan appealed the decision, and mankind was created to resolve the Angelic Conflict.
• After Adam and the woman sinned, additional human beings were created to be witnesses in the appeal trial.
• Angels are active participants in the Appeal Trial.  They come to earth, observe mankind and try to influence mankind, like spectators rooting for a team.  They can even walk all over the playing field, but they cannot participate in the game in man's place as happened prior to the Flood.  Angels watch people because people are the witnesses in the trial.
• Fallen Angels influence mankind to thwart the Plan of God.  They can talk to people, but they lie.
• Elect Angels are ministering spirits to protect people, administer the Plan of God, control the environment, and help believers understand Bible Doctrine.  Elect Angels will not talk to people, nor will they make themselves visible except under rare circumstances; but their presence can be discerned through application of Bible Doctrine.
• There is a hierarchy of angelic rank that includes:  Throne Angels, Angelic Powers, Commanders, and Managers.
• Angelic rank is marked by the number of wings:  Seraphim have six wings and the highest rank.  Next are Angelic Powers and Commanders with four wings.  Next are Managers with two wings.
• Elect Angels wear white that is whiter than snow.
• When angels raise their wings, powerful force fields such as hurricanes and jet streams are created.
• Angels do not have male or female gender, although Fallen Angels cohabited with women before the Flood and produced super creatures.  Although they are without gender, angels can appear as male or female.  Thus, angels are not women, babies, or animals and should not be depicted as such.  Artistic depiction of women and baby angels are portrayals of Satan as the goddess of love.
• Angels are symbolized by animals.
• Guardian angels protect mankind to ensure that the Plan of God is fulfilled.
• Angels escort those who die to heaven or hell and protect the graves of the dead.

Revised October 30, 2012

Author:  Larry Wood