
Straightway Bible
Fellowship
Location:
2392 Noble Rd.
Mailing Address:
PO Box 181020
Cleveland Hts, OH 44118
Phone: (216) 381-4563
Fax: (216) 291-4843 |
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The Holy Scriptures: We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the verbally, inspired Word of God, authoritative, and without error in the original manuscripts. We further believe that the Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are designed for our practical instruction in faith and conduct. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17, 2 Peter 1:21).
The Godhead: We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three Persons--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and that these three are one God. (Deuteronomy 6:4, Genesis 1:26, Matthew 28:19).
The Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, came into the world that He might manifest God to man, fulfill prophecy, and become the redeemer of a lost world. To this end, He was born of the Virgin Mary, received a human body and a sinless human nature, without ceasing to be Deity. We believe that in infinite love for the lost, He voluntarily accepted His Father's will and became the divinely provided sacrificial Lamb and took away the sins of the world.
We believe that He arose again from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which He had lived and died and that His resurrected body is the pattern of that body which ultimately will be given to all believers. We believe that on departing from earth, He was accepted of His Father and His acceptance is a final assurance to us that His redeeming work was perfectly accomplished. We believe that He became Head over all things to the Church, which is His body, and in this ministry He does not cease to intercede and to be an advocate for the saved. (Luke 1:35; John 1:1,14,18,29; 1 Corinthians 15:1-3; Ephesians 1:23; Philippians 2:6-8; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1 John 2:1,2).
The Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit, the Third Person in the Trinity, dwells in every believer immediately after he place his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and God provides, through the Holy Spirit, power to live the Christian life. We believe that every believer receives grace from God, in the form of a spiritual ability, which enable him to function as a member of the body of Christ. (Romans 8:9;1 Corinthians 12:7; Ephesians 4:7).
Salvation: We believe that no one can enter the kingdom of God unless born again spiritually, and that the new birth of the believer comes only through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. We believe, also, that our redemption has been accomplished by the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this redemption is by the grace of God, an unmerited gift, given in love by God and not the result of any human works. We believe that upon receiving the Lord Jesus Christ, by faith, the believer passes immediately out of spiritual death into spiritual life and into fellowship with God. We, also, believe that once this salvation is accomplished, we and all believers everywhere shall be kept saved forever. (John 3:5; 10:28,29; Romans 3:24; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 2:8,9; 2:5).
The Church: We believe that all who are united to the risen and ascended Son of God are members of the Church which is the body of Christ. We believe that the explicit message of our Lord Jesus Christ to those whom He has saved is to make Christ known to the whole world and that this is the purpose of the Church as individuals. We believe that the Church s a group gathers together for practical instruction in the scriptures, fellowships with God and with other believers, and for cooperate witness to the unsaved. (Matthew 18:18-20; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 2:11-18; 4:13-16).
Eternal State: We believe that at death the spirits and souls of those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation, pass immediately into His presence and there remain in conscious bliss until the resurrection of the glorified body when Christ comes for His own, whereupon soul and body reunited shall be associated with Him forever in glory. (2 Corinthians 5:8; Revelation 20:11-15).
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