THINGS PAST
I believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and was given by inspiration of God. I believe it is to be used for correction and instruction; to equip man to do God’s work. [II Timothy 3:16-17]
I believe that God exists in three Persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit [Isaiah 48:16; Matthew 3:16-17]. I believe these three are one God. [John 1:1-2; Galatians 4:4-6; I John 5:7]
I believe God is eternal, from eternity past to eternity future [Isaiah 48:16; 57:15; Psalm 90:2; John 1:1-2]
I believe that God created the universe [Genesis 1:1; John 1:3-4; Hebrews 2:10]
I believe that because of the sin of Adam and Eve, that all of mankind is born into a sinful nature. [Genesis 3; Romans 5]
The penalty of that sin is death. [Genesis 2:17; Romans 6:23]
Because of that sin, we are not righteous and fall short of God’s glory. [Romans 3:10, 12, 23]
I believe God is Holy [Leviticus 11:44-45; Psalm 99:5,9; I Peter 1:16]
Because God is holy, He cannot tolerate sin, which means we will not be accepted into Heaven without a payment for our sin. [Ephesians 5:5-6; Revelation 22:14-15]
I believe that without the shedding of blood their can be no atonement for sin. [Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22]
I believe that, because of His love for man, God sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to take the penalty for our sins on Himself. [John 3:16; Romans 5:8]
I believe that through the shedding of His blood, Jesus made the perfect atonement for our sin. [Romans 3:24-25, 5:8; Hebrews 7:19-28I Peter 3:18]
I believe Jesus was born of a virgin. [Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1] I believe He lived a sinless life [II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 7:26] as both God and man. [Isaiah 9:6; Luke 3:38; John 1:1, 14 & 18; Galatians 4:4; Philippians 2:6; Hebrews 1:8; Hebrews 2:9-18]
I believe He was crucified, died and rose again the third day. [Matthew 27:1-28:19; Mark 15:1-16:20; Luke 23:1-24:53; John 19:1-20:31]
I believe that He later ascended into Heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father. [Mark 16:19-20; Hebrews 1:3; I Peter 3:22]
© Drusilla Mott and https://drusillamott.wordpress.com, 2012
On Faith and Writing 