Doctrinal statement

What Stephen believes

Stephen uses the King James Bible in his messages. These are the doctrines he preaches and holds to.

The Scriptures

  • The verbal, plenary inspiration of the Scriptures
  • The Genesis account of creation

God

  • Only one true God
  • The Trinity of the Godhead
  • The Holy Spirit’s indwelling of all believers in Christ
  • That Satan is real, a fallen angel, and the enemy of God

Christ & Salvation

  • Original sin and the fall of man
  • The virgin birth of Christ
  • Salvation through faith in the shed blood of Christ
  • The bodily resurrection and priesthood of Christ
  • Grace and the new birth
  • Justification by faith
  • Sanctification of the believer
  • Security of the believer

The Church & the Home

  • The church is an institution created by God
  • The ordinances of the local church: baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper
  • That marriage is between one man and one woman only, and is the only form of sexual relations approved by God

Things to Come

  • The pre-tribulational rapture of the church
  • The pre-millennial return of Christ
  • The millennial reign of Christ
  • Eternal glory in Heaven for those who accept Jesus
  • Eternal torment in Hell for those who do not accept Jesus

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

John 3:16 (KJV)

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