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| ====== Our Beliefs ====== | ====== Our Beliefs ====== | ||
| + | The Christadelphians are a world-wide community established over 150 years ago. We are bound together by a common faith in the Gospel as preached by the Lord Jesus Christ and his apostles in the first century. | ||
| - | The Christadelphians are a small worldwide community of Christian believers whose main aim is to discover, obey and witness to the truth that God has left on record for all mankind. | + | These are some of our beliefs. |
| - | + | * That there is one God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth | |
| - | "Let the Bible speak for itself" could well be our slogan, as this is precisely what we set out to do. Our beliefs are a direct result of this: | + | * That Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born to Mary through the Holy Spirit |
| - | + | * That Jesus died for the sins of the world, and that God raised him from the dead to bring salvation and eternal life to those who have faith in him | |
| - | This is a very condensed version of our beliefs. | + | * That this salvation cannot be earned, but is God’s free gift. Salvation is by God’s grace alone, through faith in Jesus Christ |
| - | + | * That Jesus will return to the earth, and replace man’s rule with God’s universal Kingdom on earth | |
| - | * That God is all-powerful, all-knowing and the creator of the universe | + | * That these truths are to be found in the Bible, God’s inspired and infallible revelation to mankind |
| - | * That Jesus Christ is his son, whose death brought about the means to the fulfilment of God's purpose on earth. | + | |
| - | * That Jesus will return to the earth to establish a kingdom of perfection for his Father, of which we can be members. | + | |
| - | * That man is inherently sinful and in need of salvation from God. | + | |
| - | * That human nature, therefore, works against God's will and so we can only be saved by God's grace and forgiveness. | + | |
| - | * That when Jesus returns to the earth, all those who are responsible will be raised from the dead to be judged as worthy or not of a place in God's kingdom on earth. | + | |
| - | * That we should watch carefully the things that are happening in the world, so that Jesus' return does not take us by surprise. | + | |
| - | * That believers should live a morally upstanding life before God, standing apart from the lax values of modern society. | + | |
| - | * That no-one else has authority - only God through the pages of his word, which, now being completed, is his source of revelation to mankind. | + | |
| - | * That the God's Holy Spirit controls and sustains everything. | + | |
| - | * That man has free will to choose whether to pursue God's offers of salvation or not. | + | |
| - | * That the nation of Israel is still very important in God's plan for the earth. | + | |
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