Statement of Faith

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This statement of faith is rooted in what we believe -

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Liberty's statement of faith:​

 

We believe in one God who is self-revealed in three persons - The Father, Son and Holy Spirit - who exist eternally in unity. These three are one God, the same in substance, equal in glory and power. (Deuteronomy 6:4; 1Corintians 8:6; John 10:30;John 14:9  

                                                               

We believe that the Bible, is the only infallible rule of faith and practice, and is the inspired and infallible Word of God.

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We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in their original writing, 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament, as fully inspired of God and accept them as the supreme and final authority for faith and life. ​

 

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Father, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary and are true God and true man.

We believe that God created man in His own image; that man sinned and thereby incurred the penalty of sin which is death, physical and spiritual; that all human beings inherit a sinful nature which issues (in the cases of those who reach moral responsibility) in actual transgression involving personal guilt.

We believe in the principle of heterosexual relationships between a natural man and a natural woman within the confines of lawful matrimony.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins a substitutionary sacrifice according to the Scriptures and that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.

 

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Door to the Father, and that there is no other mediator between God and Man. (Rev 3:20; 1Timothy 2:5)                                                                                                                                     

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus, His ascension into Heaven, and His present life as our High Priest and Mediator.
                                                                                                         
We believe in the personal, literal, physical return of the Lord Jesus Christ.      (Revelation 1:4, Revelation 1:8 and,  1 Thessalonians 4:16)

We believe that all who repent of their sin and receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is our Comforter, who guides us in all areas of life. He empowers and equips us with Spiritual gifts for service, and causes us to yield to the fruit of the Spirit. We believe in the divinely ordained ministries of Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher.

We believe in the resurrection of both the just and the unjust, the eternal blessedness of the redeemed and the eternal banishment of those who have rejected the offer of salvation.
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We believe that the one true Church is the whole company of those who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ and regenerated by the Holy Spirit; that the local church on earth should take its character from this conception of the Church spiritually and therefore, the new birth and personal confession of Christ are essentials of Church membership.

 

We believe that the Church (the bride of Christ) is God's method of helping and restoring people in the Name of Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to bring honour to Father God.

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We also believe that where necessary our servants of the Lord, must carry out biblical discipline for the protection of the Church in general. (The Body of Christ)

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ appointed two ordinances, which are to be observed as acts of obedience and as perpetual witnesses to the cardinal facts of the Christian faith.

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(1)   Baptism in water: Baptism is the immersion of the believer in water as a confession of identification with Christ in burial and resurrection. (A symbol of the cleansing power of God)

(2)   The Lord’s Supper: The Lord’s Supper is the partaking of the emblems symbolic of the Saviour’s broken body and shed blood, in remembrance of His sacrificial death, till He comes.

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We believe that divine healing was provided for in the Old Testament and is an integral part of the Gospel.

We believe the Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see the Lord. We believe in the doctrine of sanctification as definite, yet a progressive work of grace, commencing at the time of the new birth and continuing until the consummation of salvation.