As an expression of our commitment to historic Christianity
INC holds to both the Apostles Creed and Nicene Creed as foundational Christian beliefs. INC expresses these beliefs in the following statements:
God: Holy Trinity
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three equally divine yet distinct Persons. This is commonly known as the Holy Trinity: God the Father, Jesus God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God is the Creator and Ruler over all things, perfect, all-loving, and holy, and is therefore worthy of all glory and worship.
Genesis 1:1: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:26: Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.”
Matthew 28:19: Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Revelation 4:8-11: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”
The Father: Our Father God
The Father is fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with the Son and the Holy Spirit. He so loved the world that He gave His son Jesus to die for our redemption. It is only through Jesus that we can come to Him. He sent forth the Holy Spirit to help us live in and for Him. We can pray to Him, and He hears and answers our prayers according to His will.
Jesus: Our Saviour
Jesus Christ is the Son of God and is co-equal and co-eternal with the Father. Jesus, born of a virgin birth, became a man in flesh, lived a sinless human life, and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of humanity by dying on a cross. He arose bodily from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death and to validate that the way of salvation is through Him alone. He ascended to heaven, where He delegated all authority and will return again to reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Matthew 1:22-23: All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son…”
Isaiah 9:6: For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders…
John 1:1-5: In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God…
John 14:10-30: Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own…
Hebrews 4:14-15: So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God…
1 Corinthians 15:3-4: Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day…
Romans 1:3-4: The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line…
Acts 1:9-11: After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him.
John 14:6: Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”
1 Timothy 6:14-15: …that you obey this command without wavering. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.
Titus 2:13: We look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.
The Holy Spirit: Our Helper
The Holy Spirit is also fully God, co-equal with both the Father and the Son. He is present in the world to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ. He also indwells every believer from the moment of salvation, providing the Christian with power for ministry, understanding of God’s Word, comfort through trials, and guidance in doing what is right. The Christian seeks to be led by the Spirit daily.
2 Corinthians 3:17: For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
John 16:7-13: It is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come…
John 14:16-17: And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you…
Acts 1:8: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you…
1 Corinthians 2:12: And we have received God’s Spirit so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.
1 Corinthians 3:16: Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
Ephesians 1:13: And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit…
Titus 3:5: He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy…
John 14:26: When the Father sends the Advocate as my representative, that is, the Holy Spirit, he will teach you everything…
Galatians 5:22-23,25: But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace…
The Bible: How We Know God
The Bible is God’s Word to humanity about Himself, revealing His will, nature, character, being, and grace by virtue of His saving work of love in the world. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments comprise the totality of the Inspired Scripture and were penned without error in their original language by human authors, under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit, serving as our highest written authority in this world. We believe that human beings do not have to guess or speculate about who God is or what He is like. While the Bible is for us, it is not primarily about us. Instead, we believe that all of Scripture ultimately points to and climaxes in Jesus, who is the Word become flesh. We are called to enjoy, study, and submit to the Word of God.
2 Timothy 3:16: All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives…
2 Peter 1:20-21: Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding…
Luke 24:27: Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
John 1:1,14: In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God… So the Word became human and made his home among us.
Humanity: Beautiful and Broken
We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image and placed them in the Garden of Eden to live out their identity as His creation in loving harmony with Himself and one another. However, Adam and Eve chose to rebel against God, believing Satan’s lie that they could instead become like God. This is when sin entered the world, marring our relationship with God, one another, and ourselves. We are sinners by nature and by choice, and our sin has alienated us from God, placing us rightfully under His just and holy wrath. Incapable of regaining a right relationship with God through our own efforts, our greatest need is the undeserved love of this same God, who alone can rescue us from sin and restore the relationship between Himself and us.
Genesis 1:27: So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Genesis 3:1-7: The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman…
Psalm 8:3-6: When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—the moon and the stars you set in place…
Romans 5:12,19: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone…
Isaiah 59:1-2: Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call…
Romans 3:23: For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
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