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Beliefs
Our
beliefs drive both our mission and our vision. Our beliefs form the
foundation upon which we build and move forward. In abbreviated
fashion (please
contact the Church for more information),
the beliefs of Shawnee Hills are:
- We believe that the Bible, as originally written, is
the authoritative and sufficient Word of god to humankind.
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We believe that there is one and only
one living and true God. He is sovereign over the universe, holy in
His character, and worthy of honor and glory. God is a unity of
three persons- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; all
equal in the every divine perfection yet executing distinct but harmonious
functions.
- We believe that God created the universe, including
humankind, in six literal days.
- We believe that Jesus was conceived in the Virgin Mary
by the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is both the Son of
God and God the Son.
- We believe humankind was created in the image of God,
but we sinned, thus incurring death, both physical and spiritual.
Sin separates us eternally from God.
- We believe that salvation is divinely initiated, an act
of God's grace through the finished and sufficient work of Jesus Christ
who voluntarily became like us, yet without sin, to be our representative,
the sacrifice needed to satisfy God's just demands to pay the penalty for
our sins.
- We believe that all who receive Jesus Christ as Savior
by the faith became the children of God and are secure in that state
forever.
- We believe in the literal, bodily resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead and his ascension into heaven where he presently sits
at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest interceding for us.
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of all the dead.
Those who have been saved by faith in Jesus Christ will be united with
God. Those who have not placed their faith in Jesus Christ will be
eternally separated from God, judged by Him to eternal suffering.
- We believe that the local Church is an organized
congregation of immersed believers, jointly committed to living out the
teachings of the Word of God, thus bringing glory to God.
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