theFOEwww.com GLOBAL EVANGELISM

                    FOURTEEN (14)

               DOCTRINAL BELIEFS

 1.  WE reverently acknowledge the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Trinity). “As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.'” Matthew 3:16-16; Genesis 1:1-3, 26; Isaiah 53; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:1

 2.  WE gratefully accept as our rule of faith the Bible – Word of God (Christ); "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."“He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.” Revelation 19:13; John 1:1-3, 14; John 5:39; Proverbs 30:5; Acts 8:35; 2 Timothy 3:16. 

 3.  WE receive and embrace the message of Christ crucified, willingly asking for and receiving Him as our personal Savior and Lord as exemplified by participating in “Baptism by Immersion”. ““This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:10 (NIV).“At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” Mark 1:9-11, Matthew 3:16; Genesis 3:15; Psalm 68:19; John 3:16-17; 12:32; Isaiah 53; 2 Timothy 1:9-11; Mark 14:22-24; Acts 8:30-39. 

 4.  WE magnify the truth that Christ is coming back to redeem those who accept Him as their personal Savior and Lord. “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.' Thomas said to him, 'Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?' Jesus answered,'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:1-6; Job 1:5; Psalm 78:35; Isaiah 59:20.

     Praise – “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.” Matthew 6:9, Psalm 22:3 (KJV).

     Pray – “thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”

               Matthew 6:10,13, 18:21-35; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Mark 11:25-26 (NIV).

     Prepared – Searching the scriptures – “Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11, Jeremiah 15:16, John 5:39; 6:32-35 (NIV).

     Pass It On – “ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13; Matthew 28:19-20; Isaiah 6:8-9 (NIV).

10. WE covenant to live free from argument and debate – Christ will be our only example for what we state and believe. “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” “To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.” “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ...Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” Romans 12:18, I Peter 2:21; John 12:32; 1 Corinthians 1:10-12,31 (NIV). 

11. WE commit to the exercise of faithful stewardship (giving – tithe and offerings). “...And he gave him tithes of all.” “...and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.” “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” Genesis 14:20; Genesis 28:22; Malachi 3:8-10; Hebrews 7:5-7 (NIV). 

12. WE appreciate that God gave us a weekly “holiday” (Holy day). We commit to sunset Friday to sunset Saturday worship of our Creator and sustainer. We will worship, rest and rejoice with family, friends and the unfortunate and refrain from non-Worship and non-Rest (unholy) activities. “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” ...”but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work...” “Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” “And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant—these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” “...from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. “ Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-12; Leviticus 23:32; Isaiah 56:5-7; Matthew 12:8; Mark 2:27-28 (NIV).

13. WE chose to demonstrate Matthew 6 :33 – “Don't worry – Seek ye first...” in every aspect of our lives. “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life ? “ Matthew 6:27, 33; Mark 4:19; Luke 10:37-42; Luke 12:22-25; Luke 8:14; Luke 21:34 (NIV). 

14. WE, know and share that God is love and by His Spirit we are receptacles and vehicles of that LOVE to the world! “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” I Corinthians 13; 2 Chronicles 6:14; Psalm 36:7; Joel 2:13; 1 John 4:8 (NIV).