Pillars Of Faith Tabernacle Core Beliefs

Bible

We believe the Bible to be the complete Word of God

• That the 66 books of the Old and New Testament were inspired by the Spirit of God as originally written
• That the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct ·

God

We believe in one God, Creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ

We believe in the absolute deity of our Lord Jesus Christ

• In His eternal existence
• In His work of creation, in His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death and bodily resurrection
• In His triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry and personal future return

The Holy Spirit

We believe in the absolute deity of the Holy Spirit

• Who convinces of sin, of righteousness and of judgment
• Who regenerates, indwells, seals, sanctifies, illuminates and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ
• Who baptizes believers at conversion into the Body of Christ and bestows upon them His gifts sovereignly as He wills 

Mankind

We believe that Adam was created in the image of God

• That by the sin of disobedience he fell from that state
• That all his posterity are born with a sin nature
• That all men are guilty before God and thus condemned to an eternal state totally separated from God

Salvation

We believe that we are saved by grace through faith

• That Christ voluntarily laid down His life and shed His blood on the cross for our sins
• That justification is by faith alone in Christ's all-sufficient sacrifice