VICTORY LIFE CHURCH STATEMENT OF FAITH
ARTICLES AND SCRIPTURES
WE BELIEVE in one God, revealed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Gen. 1:26, Gen. 3:22, Col. 1:15-19, John 14:10-11, 14:16, 17, 26, John
17:21, 22, 5, Eph. 4:5, I John 5:6-8
WE BELIEVE that our Lord Jesus Christ was begotten, not created,
very God of very God, truly God, truly man. He was born of the Virgin
Mary, lived a sinless life, died a vicarious and atoning death for the sins
of the world, resurrected bodily for our justification and now reigns in
glory until all things be put under His feet.
Luke 1:28-35, John 3:16, John 13:3, I Tim. 3:16, Heb. 9:24-28, Heb.
4:15, Rom. 4:25, Ph. 2:10-11, Heb. 2:6-9, Heb. 1:3, Eph. 1:22
WE BELIEVE in the absolute inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, given
by the Holy Spirit without error, as He moved upon holy men of old.
Furthermore, we believe that the church has no authority to establish
doctrine or practice contrary to these same Scriptures, which were
subsequently accepted as canon by the early Christian Church.
II Peter 1:21, Ps. 119:89,140, John 1:1-2, II Tim. 3:16-17, Heb. 4:12
Rev. 22:19
WE BELIEVE that man was made in the image of God and is the
crown of creation. He is now, by reason of the fall, spiritually depraved
and alienated from His Creator. Apart from God’s grace he has no ability
to attain to his high calling.
Gen. 1:27, 28, Gen. 3:16-20, Gen. 4:1-24, Rom. 5:12-21, Rom. 3:23,
Rom. 6:23
WE BELIEVE that salvation is by grace through personal faith in our
Lord’s sacrifice on Calvary.
Rom. 5:8, 3:23, 6:23, John 3:16-18, John 10:9-10, Rom. 10:9-10,13,
John1:12, Eph.2:8-9, I John 5:11-13
WE BELIEVE that all of God’s people are to be buried with Christ in
the waters of baptism, subsequent to conversion.
Luke 3:21-22, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38,41, 8:12,16,36,
9:18,10:47,16:33,18:8, Col. 2:12
WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit indwells all believers, conforming
them to the image of Jesus Christ.
John 14:16-17, 15:26, 16:8-13, I John 4:4, Gal. 3:3, 5:25, Rom. 8:2,9-11,
15-17
WE BELIEVE that the filling of the Holy Spirit is an endowment of
power subsequent to conversion, given by God to anoint the believer for
sanctification and evangelism. It is our understanding that the workings
of the Holy Spirit are active within the body of Christ until the coming
of the Lord.
John 7:39, 1:8, 2:4, 4:31, 6:3, 10:44,47, Acts 19:2, Eph. 5:18-19, Gal.
5:16-18, 22-25, Rom. 12:1-10, Eph. 4:11-12, I Cor. 12-14
WE BELIEVE in the Holy Christian Church, imperfectly represented
on earth by the various Christian institutions. Her unity is spiritual, her
culture diverse and transitional, her mission eternal.
Matt. 16:18, Matt. 28:18-20, Luke 24:51-53, Col. 1:18, Eph. 5:23, 24,
27, 32, Acts 2, I Cor. 3:11, Heb. 10:25, I Peter 2:6-8
WE BELIEVE that the callings of evangelist, pastor and
teacher are functional within the Body of Christ until the Lord’s return.
Furthermore, these ministries are gifts to the church for the purpose of
equipping the saints for the work of ministry, that the Body of Christ be
edified.
Eph. 4:11-12, I Cor. 3:4-13, 4:9-16
WE BELIEVE in the priesthood of the believer. That, in Christ, all
people born of God have equal status before, and direct access to, their
Lord in prayer.
Eph. 1:3-12, Eph. 6:10-18, I Peter 2:9, II Peter 1:3-4, Heb. 4:16, 2 Cor.
10:3-5
WE BELIEVE in the spiritual unity of all who are born of God. Those
with whom we disagree, those who do not confess us, and others whom
we exclude because of our unwillfull ignorance, are one together with us
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ps. 133:1, John 13:34-35, Eph. 1:10, Eph. 4:3-6, 13-16, 26-32, 5:2, I
Cor. 1:10-13
WE BELIEVE that those who are called by the name of Christ should
reject sin. Understanding that salvation from the penalty of sin only
begins the process of redemption, we acknowledge that one work of the
Holy Spirit is to create in us the character of Christ’s holiness.
Gal. 2:20, Gal. 5:16-26, Col. 2:6-7, 10, 3:1-10, Eph. 3:16-20, 4:14-15,
James 1:12-16, I Peter 1:14-16, 22, I Peter 1:6-7, Heb. 12:6-11
WE BELIEVE in the literal second coming of our Lord, the literal rule
of Christ upon the earth, the resurrection of the regenerate to eternal life
and the unregenerate to eternal damnation and the ultimate victory of the
eternal Kingdom of God.
John 14:2-3, 18, Acts 1:9-11, Matt. 24:29-31, 25:31-46, Luke 21:7-28,
36, I Cor. 15:51-58,
I Thess. 4:13-18, 5:1-6, Rev. 19-22