God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He exists eternally in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God is both holy and loving.
Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity. He is fully God and fully human. He lived a sinless human life and died on the cross to atone for our sins. He rose from the dead and ascended to heaven and will return again to Earth. He showed us what God is like.
The Holy Spirit is present in the world to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ. When we receive Jesus as the leader of our lives and the forgiver of our sins, the Holy Spirit comes to live within us. The Holy Spirit provides us with power for living, enables us to understand spiritual truth and guides us in doing what pleases God. The Holy Spirit provides the Christian power to live holy and go onto perfection. As Christians we seek to live under His control daily.
The Bible is God’s word written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the final authority for determining our Christian beliefs and how we are to live.
People are made in the spiritual image of God — we are rational and moral beings. Because we are God’s creation made in God’s image, each person possesses great self-worth. Although every person has tremendous potential for good, all of us are marred by an attitude of self-centeredness which the Bible calls “sin.” This attitude and its resultant actions separate us from God, others and ourselves.
Becoming right with God and having our relationship with God restored is what the Bible calls salvation. Salvation is God’s free gift to us. We can never earn it or achieve it by self-improvement or good works. When we accept God’s gift of a new life be begin a life of transformation; turning from our self-ruled life and accept Jesus as our Savior. The new life that God gives us is an abundant life in this world and eternal life in the world to come.
Though we are not made right with God by our own goodness, “good works” are not optional for the Christian life. We were created to do good in the world. When we give our lives to Christ, the work of the Holy Spirit begins to transform us and it is expected that we will grow in our love for God and our service to our neighbors.