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Third Day Ministries - Statement of Faith
We believe
that the Holy Bible is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative
source and foundation of Christian doctrine and precept, and that it
is, indeed, the supernatural and powerful Word of God that is our
necessary and perfect weapon of warfare
We believe
that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, who operate
as The Perfect Family Unit: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe
that as Colossians 2:9 says, the fullness of The Godhead bodily
dwelleth in The Lord.
We believe that man was created in the image of God, but as a result of sin is lost and powerless to save himself.
The
person who physically dies in his sins without the operation of
consecration and sanctification that results from accepting and turning
our hearts and lives over to the Lord will be eternally lost. Yielding
to His power separates us from those things, spirits, and behaviors
that are not of God and which cannot enter into the Kingdom. Without
this separation through Christ, a person is fused and bonded to these
ungodly spirits and must go with them into the destiny that is prepared
for the devil and his angels. (Matthew 25:41)
If someone is
not separated from these ungodly spirits, which is a matter of knowing
your true identity in Christ, you must go where these spirits will go.
You will be hopelessly and eternally lost in the lake of fire where
there is no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repentance.
The lake of fire is real. The terms "eternal" and "everlasting" used in
describing the duration of the punishment of the damned in the lake of
fire carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in
noting the duration of joy and ecstasy of the saints in the presence of
God. (Hebrews 9:27; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:15)
Man
is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God. But through
Adam's transgression and fall, sin came into the world. The Bible tells
us in Romans 3:23 that "All have sinned and come short of the glory of
God." In Romans 3:10 it says, "As it is written, there is none
righteous, no not one." Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to
undo the work of the devil, and He gave His life and shed His blood to
redeem and restore man back to God. (Romans 5:12; Romans 3:23; Romans
3:10; 1 John 3:8)
We believe
that the only hope for man is to believe on Jesus Christ, the
virgin-born Son of God, Who died to take upon Himself the punishment
for the sin of mankind, and Who rose from the dead so that by receiving
Him as Savior and Lord, man is redeemed by His blood.
Salvation is
the gift of God to man, separate from works and the law, and is made
operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works
acceptable to God. (Ephesians 2:8)
We believe
that the plan of God is to live in and through man, and that
accordingly as we accept Jesus Christ as Lord, Savior, Redeemer,
Deliverer of our own lives and offer Him our hearts as His home and our
bodies as His temple, that this fullness of God that is in Him, is also
in us, pressing out for expression of His very life and nature, His
very spirit, word and way.
We believe
this is what we were created for; we are fashioned to continue to have
the fruit of this presence of God developing in us, being transformed
by The Renewing of The Mind (Romans 12:2), by the washing of water by
the word (Eph 5:26)
We believe that we become one with God and with one another through the union that results from His Love.
We believe
that Jesus is the Head and we are cells and members of His body
(Ephesians 5:30). The Head is connected to the body. The body can do
nothing apart from The Head.
We believe that
the Church is the Body of Christ and is composed of all those who
through belief in Christ have been spiritually regenerated by the
indwelling Holy Spirit.
Our God is One, but manifested in three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Philippians 2:6; John 14:21-26)
God
the Father is greater than all, and He is the Source of the Word
(Logos) and the Begetter. (John 14:28; John 16:28; John 1:14)
The
Son is the flesh-covered Word, the One Begotten, and has existed with
the Father from the beginning. (John 1:14; John 1:18; John 1:1)
The Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal. (John 15:26)
We
believe that the Holy Spirit indwells those who have received Christ
for the purpose of enabling them to live righteous and godly lives. We
believe that all the gifting of the Holy Spirit and all the Grace of
God, His Counsel, and His Nature needs to be recognized and accepted by
the Church in order for the complete cleansing and perfecting of the
Bride of Christ to be accomplished
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We believe that Jesus will return and is returning and appearing in His own perfected Body and Bride, that is, the Church.
We believe
all born-again believers have been commissioned to share the complete
Gospel with the entire world. (Mark 16:15) Further we have also been
commissioned to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and
teaching them to obey everything I (Jesus, the Christ) have commanded
you."(Matthew 28:19)
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