Lakeshore Community Church
Connect with God. Plug into Community. Change the World.
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| About God |
The one and only God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He is infinitely perfect, existing eternally in three Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, each with distinct personal attributes, but without any division of nature or essence of being. |
| God the Father |
God the Father reigns with providential care over His universe and the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, ever present and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Son. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men. |
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God the Son |
Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, co-equal with the Father and Holy Spirit. Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, lived a sinless human life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He arose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven’s glory and will return again someday to reign as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords and to judge the living and the dead.
Matthew 1:22,23; Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1-5; Colossians 1:15-18; Romans 10:9-10
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God the Holy Spirit |
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He came to glorify Jesus Christ, living in every Christian from the moment of salvation, providing believers with power for living, for understanding spiritual truth, and for guidance in righteous living, worship and service. He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He is the supernatural agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption. |
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About the Bible |
The Bible, comprised of the Old and New Testaments, is God’s Word. It was penned by human writers, under the supernatural guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Bible, being inspired by God, is truth without error and the final authority for Christian beliefs and living.
2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20,21; Proverbs 30:5; Psalms 119:105, 160 |
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About Human Beings |
People are made in the image of God and are the esteemed object of God’s creation. Although mankind was created with potential for good, all of us are marred by the tendency to disobey God called “sin.” This sin nature separates people from God, causing many problems in life.
Genesis 1:27; Psalm 8:3-6; Isaiah 53:6a; Romans 3:23; Isaiah 59:1,2 |
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About Salvation |
Salvation is God’s free gift to us, brought to us by grace and received by personal faith. Only by repenting of sin and placing our faith in Jesus Christ, whose blood was shed on Calvary, can we have forgiveness of sins.
Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-10; John 14:6, 1:12; Luke 9:23-26; Luke 13:3; Titus 3:5; Galatians 3:26; Romans 5:1 |
| About the Church |
The church, which is the body and intended bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made of all born-again persons of this present age. The establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament scriptures. The purpose of the church is to glorify God by building its members up in the faith, by instruction of the word, by fellowship, by keeping the ordinances and by advancing and communicating the gospel to the entire world.
Ephesians 1:22-23;2:19-22; 5:19-21 & 25-27; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Acts 2:42; 14:27; 18:22; Hebrews 10:23-25
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