Lighthouse Christian Statement of Faith



 

 

Pastors Richard and Connie Wilson
8465 Harry Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815
(504) 927-0401

 


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1. THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD, Holy Spirit inspired in the original writings. (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21).

2. THE HOLY TRINITY composed of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, with all power vested in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Coexistent, Eternally Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent. (Deut. 6:4,5; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; Luke 1:35; John 1:14).

3. THE SALVATION OF MAN. Through repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ, man is saved by the washing of regeneration, whereupon he is born again, and being justified by grace, though faith, he becomes an heir of God. (John 3:3,5,7; Titus 2:11;3:5,7). The inward evidence is a witness of the Spirit (Rom. 8:16). The outward evidence is a life of righteousness.

4. ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION is the will of God for all believers, and should be earnestly pursued by walking in obedience to God's word.

5. BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST. There is, for every believer whose heart has been cleansed an endowment of power for service the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:4 and 10:44-48).

6. SPIRITUAL GIFTS. If we abide in Him, it is possible to have the "signs following" and the spiritual gifts spoken of in Corinthians operating in the Church.

7. HEALING IN THE ATONEMENT. "Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses," and "with His stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5). It is our privilege to lay hand on the sick and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord and the "prayer of faith shall save the sick and the Lord shall raise him up."

8. THE PRE-MILLENIAL REIGN OF THE LORD. The rapture of the prepared saints, the great tribulation, the return of our Lord with His saints in power and great glory to reign upon the earth a thousand years. (1 Thess. 4:14-17; Matt. 25:31; Acts 1:11; Jude 14-15; Rev 20:4).

9. THE RESURRECTION of the crucified body of our Lord. The resurrection of the just before the housand years, and the unjust after the thousand years. (Acts 2:22-24; Rom. 8:34; Dan. 12,2,3; Rev. 20:4-5).

10. HEAVEN AND HELL. The everlasting blessedness and reward of the righteous and the everlasting punishment of the wicked. (Matt. 26:46; Luke 22:19-20; Rev. 2:8).

11. ORDINANCES. The Lord's Supper should be observed. (Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26). Water Baptism by immersion, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, according to His command, "In the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." (Matt. 28:19; 3:15-17; Acts 2:38; Rom. 6:3-4). There is a great blessing to be derived from and a wonderful lesson of love and humility taught by foot-washing, as practiced by our Lord and His disciples (John 13:4-17). "Therefore if we know these things, happy are ye if ye do them," but the practice is optional with each congregation.

12. THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, the habitation of God through the Spirit with divine appointments for its Great Commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the general assembly and church of the First Born which are written in Heaven. (Heb. 12:23; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:22). A divinely called and scripturally qualified ministry has been provided by our Lord for the evangelizing of the world, and the edifying of the body of Christ. (Mark 16:15-20).



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