We believe (1) in one God who eternally exists in three co-equal persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; (2) that though each divine person is fully and equally God, they differ in relationship towards each other and their work in the world; (3) that this triune God is perfect and infinite in His being and attributes – an all-holy, all-loving, and all-wise Sovereign; (4) that from before creation, God determined to save sinners through the sacrifice of His Son, to govern all history according to His sovereign plan and to finally bring all things under one head, even Christ; and (5) that all things exist from Him, through Him, and for Him, and are created to display the glory of His wonderful Name.
Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV - ““Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.”
Isaiah 46:9 ESV - “remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,”
1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV - “yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”
1 Timothy 2:5 ESV - “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,”
Matthew 3:16-17 ESV - “And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.””
Matthew 28:19 ESV - “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”
John 14:16-17 ESV - “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
1 Peter 1:1-2 ESV - “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.”
Revelation 1:4-6 ESV - “John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
John 1:1-3 ESV - “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
John 3:16 ESV - ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV - “yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”
1 Corinthians 12:4-5 ESV - “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;”
Galatians 4:4-6 ESV - “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!””
Ephesians 1:3-14 ESV - “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.”
1 Peter 1:1-2 ESV - “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.”
1 Timothy 6:15-16 ESV - “which he will display at the proper time–he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.”
Isaiah 6:3 ESV - “And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!””
1 Peter 1:15 ESV - “but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,”
Deuteronomy 7:9 ESV - “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,”
Psalm 86:15 ESV - “But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”
Psalm 89:14 ESV - “Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.”
Psalm 117:1-2 ESV - “Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!”
Romans 8:37-39 ESV - “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
1 John 4:16 ESV - “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”
Romans 11:33-36 ESV - “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.”
1 Timothy 1:17 ESV - “To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”
Isaiah 55:9 ESV - “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Romans 16:27 ESV - “to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.”
John 3:16 ESV - ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Ephesians 1:4-5, 11, 13 ESV - “even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, … In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, … In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,”
1 Timothy 1:15 ESV - “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.”
2 Timothy 1:9 ESV - “who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,”
Revelation 13:8 ESV - “and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.”
Genesis 50:20 ESV - “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”
Isaiah 9:7 ESV - “Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.”
Isaiah 46:8-11 ESV - ““Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.”
Daniel 4:35 ESV - “all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?””
Acts 17:26 ESV - “And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,”
Ephesians 1:10 ESV - “as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.”
Isaiah 48:11 ESV - “For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.”
Romans 11:36 ESV - “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.”
Ephesians 1:5-6, 14 ESV - “he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. … who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.”
Ephesians 2:7 ESV - “so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Revelation 5:13 ESV - “And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!””
1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV - “yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”