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OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH The Sara Ministry Foundation, its Executive Board, General Board, Members and Volunteers believe in the reality of one true, living, eternal, and infinite GOD, existing as three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. WE BELIEVE man was created in the image of God. When the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, yielded their hearts and actions to the temptation of Satan and chose to disobey God, they brought sin and its curse upon the human race for all generations to come. WE BELIEVE the penalty and consequence of sin is death. As long as man continues to live in sin, he is dead spiritually and is facing physical death and eternal punishment in hell. This fall from God’s grace put man in the position of needing forgiveness in order that his fellowship with God might be restored. WE BELIEVE that God established that only the shedding of blood provides covering and cleansing of sin, and therefore He sent His son, Jesus Christ, into the world to take man's sin upon Himself by the shedding of His own blood. WE BELIEVE that Jesus was conceived to natural life by the Holy Spirit through the virgin, Mary, born from the virgin Mary, and is true God and true man, the only sinless man who ever lived. As the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ took man's sin upon Himself as He died on the cross through the shedding of His blood, thus satisfying God's holy demands for all mankind throughout all generations. WE BELIEVE He was buried, and was resurrected to eternal life on the third day following His crucifixion. After appearing to various people during a period of forty days, He ascended into heaven and is the only mediator between God and man. Only those who personally proclaim the name of Jesus and receive Him into their heart, through faith, are declared righteous on the basis of His shed blood and not of their works of righteousness and will live eternally in the presence of God after natural death. WE BELIEVE that when a person confesses the fact that he is a sinner and acknowledges Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior, his spirit is reborn. He becomes a new creation, a member of true body of Christ identified as the Church, and is forever indwelled by the Holy Spirit. WE BELIEVE this salvation is not the result of any human effort, but is the free gift of God's grace through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ will physically return to the earth one day, unknown to man, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords and declare final victory over sin and spiritual death. WE BELIEVE Jesus destroyed all the works of Satan, who serves as god of this world, is allowed to continue, for now, to blind the eyes of those who do not believe. Satan leads a host of fallen beings who are his aids in warring against believers. WE BELIEVE that believers must be aware of the reality of spiritual warfare and know that victory is theirs through the application of scriptural truths and the presence and power of the indwelling Spirit of Christ. WE BELIEVE God sent His Holy Spirit with gifts to the Church to empower believers for witnessing of Jesus, and to be comforter and teacher until Jesus comes again. The gifts of The Holy Spirit are alive and active today. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The Holy Spirit witnesses not unto Himself, but to the risen Christ. The Holy Spirit regenerates, seals, anoints and sets apart the believer to a holy life. WE BELIEVE Christ ordained the observance of water baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper until He returns. WE BELIEVE the Bible is the infallible, Holy Word of God, written by men who wrote under the direct control, inspiration, and anointing of God. The Bible does not simply contain the Word of God, but is the Word of God—the infallible, inerrant, and only written revelation given to man by God. WE BELIEVE the Word of God increases man's faith, as well as instructs and corrects him that he might become holy, separated from the world and unto God. The main theme of the Bible is God's plan of salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Everything in the life of every human being is directly or indirectly affected by his attitude about the Bible—whether or not he accepts it as the only true, inspired Word of God. WE BELIEVE it is the supreme and final authority in all matters pertaining to all things. |
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