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What “Not Ashamed” Ministries Believes:
Doctrinal Position Statement
THE SCRIPTURES. We believe that both the
Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired by God and
are inerrant in the original writings. Through the
providence of God, the Scriptures have been preserved
and are the supreme and final and adequate authority in
faith and life (Psalm 19.7; 2 Timothy 3.16; 2 Peter
1.21)
GOD. We believe that there is only one
true and living God existing in three Persons--Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit--each a distinct Person, but all of
one essence and all having the same nature, perfections,
and attributes, and each is worthy of precisely the same
worship, confidence, and obedience (Genesis 1.26;
Jeremiah 10.10; Matthew 3.16-17; 28.19).
JESUS CHRIST. We believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God, begotten by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary, shed His blood on Calvary as a
vicarious substitute, was buried, rose again bodily, and
ascended to the Father according to the Scriptures
(Isaiah 7.14; Matthew 1.18-25; 1 Corinthians 15.3;
Hebrews 4.15).
HOLY SPIRIT. We believe that the Holy
Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity, very God,
co-existent with the Father and the Son. The Holy
Spirit is the chief agent in the regeneration, the chief
convictor of sin, and the chief comforter of the
believer. Simultaneous with regeneration, the Holy
Spirit baptizes the believer into the body of Christ
(Matthew 28.19; John 16.7-11; Acts 5.3-4; Romans 8.9; 1
Corinthians 12.12-14)
MAN. We believe that man is the direct
creation of God--body, soul, and spirit--and is not in
any sense the result of evolution but is made in the
image of God. Adam, the first man, sinned by
disobedience. This act resulted in the fall of mankind
and incurred both physical and spiritual death for all
(Genesis 1.26-27; Romans 3.10,23; 5.12).
SALVATION. We believe that all who, in
faith, receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior are born
again by the Holy Spirit and thus become the children of
God. Salvation involves redemption, regeneration,
sanctification, and glorification (John 1.12; 3.3;
17.17; Romans 8.29-30; Ephesians 2.8-9; 4.30; Titus
3.5).
GREAT COMMISSION. It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ
and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor
to make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man's
spirit by God's Holy Spirit means the birth of love for
others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus
upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and
is expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings
of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has commanded the
preaching of the gospel to all nations. It is the duty
of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost
to Christ by verbal witness under girded by a Christian
lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the
gospel of Christ. This mandate by Jesus is the primary
mission of “Not Ashamed” Ministries. (Genesis 12.1-3;
Exodus 19.5-6; Isaiah 6.1-8; Matthew 9:37-38; 10:5-15;
13:18-30, 37-43; 16:19; 22:9-10; 24:14; 28:18-20; Luke
10:1-18; 24:46-53; John 14:11-12; 15:7-8,16; 17:15;
20:21; Acts 1:8; 2; 8:26-40; 10:42-48; 13:2-3; Romans
10:13-15; Ephesians 3:1-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 2
Timothy 4:5; Hebrews 2:1-3; 11:39-12:2; 1 Peter 2:4-10;
Revelation 22:17.)
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