We DO NOT believe that all religions are valid paths to the same destination, that Jesus was just a good man and a wise teacher. He was, and is, God Almighty whose return isn’t far away. (See Section on Jesus). We DO NOT believe that any man can adequately explain God’s nature and being. Our own understanding of God has been elevated to the place of untouchable orthodoxy. Scripture is content to make it clear that God (Yahweh) is God, Jesus is God and The Holy Spirit is also God, without explaining how this is so and what the exact relationship is between the Three. So are we. (See The Trinity) We DO NOT believe that there are any discrepancies or errors in the Bible nor that it has been changed over the years. The Bible is the Divine and final authority for the Christian faith, life and on all matters on which it speaks. (See Section A Remarkable Book Called The Bible) We DO NOT believe that there is any logical nor Biblical reason why a sovereign God by His own sovereign design could not allow creatures made in His image the freedom of genuine moral choice. (See Calvinism [Predestination]) We DO NOT believe that Christianity is simply a matter of reciting the sinners prayer nor that anyone who has once believed is saved regardless of what they do afterwards. Salvation came to us at a great price and without holiness no one will see heaven. Subordinating all worldly and personal ambitions to Him is the very essence of the Christian faith. (See The Great Gospel Deception, Saving Faith and Safeguarding Your Soul. Also Abandonment Theology) We DO NOT believe that baptism is necessary for salvation
. However all believers must be baptized, it is an integral part of the Gospel. We DO NOT
believe that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of the infilling of the Holy Spirit nor that everyone speaks in tongues. We DO NOT believe in Inclusivism or Universalism. (See Page A Question of Salvation). We DO NOT believe that someone who does not persevere in the faith and does not continue to be obedient to the will of God will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Much as you would like to believe otherwise..... If you fall away and live in sin... you will NOT be saved. However it is not necessarily true that every believer who commits any sin, will lose his salvation every time he sins. (See Eternal Security, otherwise called Once Saved, Always Saved [OSAS]. ) We DO NOT believe in the traditional view of Hell. The doctrine of the duration of Hell has been so strongly held throughout the history of Christianity that it is assumed that it has always been a core doctrine of the church. The fact is that there is a distinct absence of a clear cut and fully developed teaching in the New Testament which is why took the Christian community hundreds of years to come up with a consensus on the issue.. Besides which since most modern challenges have
come from the cults, a person who dares to question the traditional viewpoint runs the risk of being labeled a cultist. Even a cursory glance at this page should show we are far from cultists. We DO NOT
believe that today’s popular feel good revivals are genuine. The test of true revival is that it changes the moral climate of a community. (See section on Revival). We DO NOT
believe that children’s Scriptural knowledge should be left up to Sunday School and Youth Groups, too many of whom are dedicated to having fun. “They are too young to understand such things” is the devil’s argument to deter parents from discharging their duty. (See Train a Child) We DO NOT
believe that women should not preach and teach. (However it does seem to be perfectly clear that women should not be pastors) The Scriptures that are referenced to support this view are not quite as clear cut as is commonly thought. Please read the articles before you vilify us. We didn’t make it up. (See Section Women in The Church) We DO NOT believe in The Contemporary Church
which is light on doctrine and heavy on music and drama. Nor do we believe in many of the ‘Christian’ Courses being pushed today which, when looked at closely, contain many worldly concepts that run counter to God's Word. The only Purpose That Should Drive is to live holy lives and to present the clear message of the gospel to an unbelieving world. We DO NOT believe in the Emerging Church, which is, in many cases, is doing little but re-merging with Catholicism and adopting practices learned from Buddhism and Hinduism. We DO NOT believe that Christians should be playing footsie with New Age beliefs, Yoga, walking Labyrinths or indulging in Mystical practices. We DO NOT believe that a Christian should have anything to do with Halloween, astrology, dowsing, ouija boards, Reiki, Shamanism, people who claim to communicate with the dead, (See The Occult and Psychics section) the likes of Harry Potter or any other kind of psychic phenomena. We DO NOT believe in the New Ecumenism, nor that a Christian should be a member of the Masonic Lodge. We DO NOT believe in the Prosperity Doctrine, Word of Faith, Slain In The Spirit, being Drunk In The Spirit, Holy Laughter, the new Self Esteem ideas, that Jesus was reborn in hell, that man is or ever will be a god, nor that Physical Healing is included in the atonement. (See Heresy In The Church) We DO NOT
believe that the church is going to establish dominion over the earth as taught in Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God and related theologies. (including Kingdom Now/Dominion Theology, Progressive Revelation, Revival/Harvest, Joel’s Army, Replacement Theology, Post-Millennial Eschatology, Territorial Warfare, Ecumenism, Restoration of Apostles and Prophets, Jubilee/Feast of Tabernacles, the Post-denominational Church and on and on ad nauseam). (See Section Dominion Theology)
We DO NOT believe that the sign gifts have been done away with, but nor do we believe that every third person is a prophet. Furthermore we do not believe in New Revelation but that God has and does sometimes give special revelation to accomplish His purposes. (See Have Prophecy, Miracles, Direct Revelation Ceased?) We DO NOT believe that the Prayer of Jabez is a magic formula or that the so-called Bible codes are anything but random chance. We DO NOT believe that Homosexuality is just an alternative lifestyle and that Abortion, and Divorce are simply a matter of a choice. (God abhors all three). We DO NOT believe that people should be playing god. Euthanasia, Cloning and Stem cell research, among other things, should be strongly opposed by all Christians. We DO NOT believe that anyone really knows every single detail of end times events and certainly not the exact chronological order, We all know the final outcome but for the present there are plenty of life and death issues at hand. However we DO
believe that the church had better prepare herself to go through the tribulation. (See The Future) |