Statement of Faith
A Church of Jesus the Lamb of God,
Port Neches, Texas

The Triune God
There is ONE living and true God, eternally existing in THREE persons — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are equal in power and glory. This triune God is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. He is immutable. By His sovereign power He upholds all, and governs all.

God the Father
God the Father is an infinite, personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men. He hears and answers prayer. He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through faith in Jesus Christ.

God the Son
Jesus Christ is God’s only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit, fully God and fully man. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed miracles, taught truth, died a substitutionary atoning death on the cross, rose again bodily, ascended into heaven, is perpetually interceding for His people, and will personally and visibly return to this earth.

God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit came forth from the Father and the Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and to regenerate, sanctify and empower for ministry all who believe in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Jesus Christ. He is an abiding Helper, Teacher, and Guide. The present ministry of the Holy Spirit includes all the Biblical gifts of the Spirit as God sovereignly uses yielded vessels.

The Bible
All Scripture, which includes both the Old Testament and the New, is the inspired, inerrant, and trustworthy Word of God; it can be relied upon as the infallible rule of faith and practice for living the Christian life. The original manuscripts were a complete and accurate revelation of God’s will; that which was conveyed to man in them has been kept in a perfect and unaltered condition for believers today. The King James Version of the Bible is a faithful and accurate translation.

Angels, Satan, and Demons
Angels were created by God to worship and serve Him and to minister to believers. Satan, an angel, exalted himself in rebellion against God. Satan (or Lucifer) led a rebellion of a portion of the angels. These demons, led by Satan, provoke rebellion among humans against God. Demons may control (i.e., possess) an unregenerate human. Demons cannot control a true believer in Jesus. Demons may tempt or attack a true believer, but only as allowed by God. A demon cannot force a true believer to sin. A true believer sins when led astray by the lusts of his own flesh.

Man
All humans are sinners by nature and by choice, and therefore are under condemnation. The heart of man is evil. All unregenerate humans are enemies of God. God regenerates by the Holy Spirit those who repent of their sins and confess Jesus Christ as Lord. Jesus Christ baptizes the believer with the Holy Spirit to empower them for service by His sovereign will and timing. The believer will be bodily resurrected to eternal blessing. The unregenerate will face final judgment and endless suffering.

Salvation and Perseverance
Salvation for an individual is by grace through faith in believing in and confessing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. An individual must recognize the evil and hopelessness of his own heart and life. He must recognize that he deserves eternal hell. He must recognize his need for a Savior. He must believe that Jesus’ death on the cross and the blood that He shed is sufficient propitiation for his sins. He must receive as a gift eternal life through Jesus Christ. He must repent of his own self-centered and rebellious life and receive God’s provided forgiveness. The believer is called upon to deny himself and to pick up his cross and follow Jesus. He is to abide in the Vine and walk in the Spirit, knowing that his standing with God and perseverance is by grace from first to last.

The Church
The Church of Jesus Christ is the Body of Christ on earth and includes all people throughout the world who have believed in the true Jesus in terms of the true Gospel. The Church exists to glorify God. The local expression of God’s Church is for the purpose of establishing and edifying believers, who are to go and make disciples of people from all nations. God has ordained various ministries for the overseeing and working of the local church. He has provided each member of the Body of Christ with gifts for the edification of their fellow-believers. The Lord Jesus Christ committed two ordinances to the church: water baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

World History
World history is a matter of two elements: mankind rebelling against God and God reaching out in mercy and reconciliation to all who would humble themselves. Every event in time relates to one of these two elements. There is nothing neutral. World history is the unfolding of God’s sovereign purpose and plan in spite of the evil intentions of men and fallen angels.

The World System
The World System is under the control of the evil one as allowed by the sovereignty of God. The kings and rulers take their stand against God and His anointed one. Christians are to pray for and give honor to kings and rulers. Christians are to be subject to the magistrates without disobeying God. The World System is developing towards the global system of Anti-Christ.

The "Wisdom of Man"
“The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.”

The Blessed Hope
Our hope is not in this World System but in the “Blessed Hope” of Jesus’ soon return. The Lord Jesus Christ will visibly return to the earth and establish His earthly Kingdom.

May 2007