We believe the Holy Scripture of both the Old Testament and the New Testament to be the verbally inspired word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible, and God-breathed. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13)

We believe that we know God “first, by the creation, preservation, and government of the universe,
since that universe is before our eyes like a beautiful book in which all creatures, great and small, are as
letters to make us ponder the invisible things of God: his eternal power and his divinity, as the Apostle
Paul says in Romans 1:20.
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“All these things are enough to convict men and to leave them without excuse (Romans 1:19-20).
“Second, he makes himself known to us more openly by his holy and divine Word, as much as we need
in this life, for his glory and for the salvation of his own (Belgic Confession, Article 2, 1561; John 16:12-
13; 2 Peter 1:3-4).”

We believe “that this Word of God was not sent nor delivered by the will of men, but that holy men of
God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit, as Peter says.
“Afterwards our God–because of the special care he has for us and our salvation– commanded his
servants, the prophets and apostles, to commit this revealed Word to writing (Belgic Confession, Article
2, 1561).

We believe that this Holy Scripture contains the will of God completely and that everything one must believe to be saved is sufficiently thought in it. For since the entire manner of service which God requires of us is described in it at great length, no one – even an apostle or an angel from heaven – as Paul says (Galatians 1:8) ought to teach other than what the Holy Scriptures have already taught us. For since it is forbidden to add to or subtract from the Word of God (Revelation 22:18; Proverbs 30:5–6) this plainly demonstrates that the teaching is perfect and complete in all respects.

Therefore, we must not consider human writing – no matter how holy their authors may have been – equal to the divine writings, nor may we put custom, nor the majority, nor age, nor the passage of time or person, nor councils, decrees, or official decisions above the truth of God, for the truth is above everything else (Article 7 Belgic Confession).

We believe “in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father” (Nicene
Creed); that He became fully man without ceasing to be God, having been “conceived by the power of
the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary” (Apostles’ Creed) in order that he might reveal God and
redeem sinful man (John 1:1–2, 14; Luke 1:35). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our
redemption through his death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice, and
that our justification is made sure by his literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24; 1
Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:3–5, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ
ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where, as our High Priest, he fulfills
the ministry as representative, intercessor, and advocate (Acts 1:9–11; Hebrews 4:14-16, 7:25, 9:24;
Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1–2; 1 Timothy 2:5-6). We believe Jesus is coming again to judge the living and
the dead (1 Peter 4:5; Romans 14:9; 2 Timothy 4:1).
Our Ancient fathers spoke of the divinity of Christ. “We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of
God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made” (Nicene Creed,
Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3). “He is the Son of God not only from the time he assumed our nature but
from all eternity, as the following testimonies teach us when they are taken together.”
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Moses says that God “created the world” (Genesis 1:1); and John says, “all things were created by the
Word” (John 1:3), which he calls God. The apostle says that “God made the world by his son” (Hebrews
1:2). He also says “God created all things by Jesus Christ” (Colossians 1:16).”“And so it must follow that
he who is called God, the Word, the Son, and Jesus Christ already existed when all things were created
by him.” “Therefore, the prophet Micah says that his origin is “from ancient times, from eternity” (Micah
5:2). And the apostle says that he has “neither beginning of days nor end of life” (Hebrew 7:3).”“So then,
he is the true eternal God, the almighty, whom we invoke, worship, and serve” (Belgic Confession,
Article 10, 1561, Scriptural supported added).

We believe the Holy Spirit is the third person of Godhead. He is come to convict the world of sin, of
righteousness, and of judgment. He is the one who supernaturally regenerates sinful man. He is the one
who baptizes the believer into the body of Christ, sealing them unto the day of redemption. The Holy
Spirit is sent by Jesus Christ as the comforter for all believers (John 16:8–11; Romans 8:9; Ephesians
1:13-14, 5:18).
We believe that all the redeemed have the Holy Spirit indwelling them. The Holy Spirit has come to bring
renewal, refreshing (Titus 3:5-6) and power in the exercise of spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12) and for
preaching the Word of God to the lost (Acts 1:8).
We believe the gifts mentioned in Scripture are present and available today for all believers. They are
distributed as the Spirit so desires to build up the body and impact the lost world (Joel 2:28; Acts 1:5;
2:1–4,17,38–39; 8:14–17; 11:15-16; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Ephesians 4:11-16).

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that through Adam’s sin, the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; man is totally depraved and of himself utterly unable to remedy his lost condition (Genesis 1:26-27; Romans 3:22-23;5:12; Ephesians 2:12-13).

We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on the Cross of Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins. Salvation is a gift from God, not a result of our good works or of any human effort. (Ephesians 2:8-10; Galatians 2:16, 3:8; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Romans 10:9-10).