Statement of Christian Faith
A declaration of the essentials of historical Christianity and my assent to this biblical worldview.
We believe God inspired the Bible in its entirety without error in the original autographs and that it is God’s complete and final written revelation. (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:21)
We believe there is one God, eternal and immutable, who manifests Himself in three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; John 10:30)
We believe Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah (John 1:36-42), born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:34-35), totally without sin (Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:26), God in human flesh (John 1:1 & 14; John 20:28), the One who died on the cross for the sins of the world (1 Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9), was buried (John 19:40-42), rose again from the dead on the third day (John 2:19), and ascended to the right hand of the Father in heaven, where He now intercedes for us who believe in Him. (Mark 16:19; Acts 7:56; 1 Timothy 2:5)
We believe Jesus Christ is going to return in the clouds to Rapture His church before the tribulation that is coming upon the whole earth (John 14:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) and that He will return to earth in the Second Coming with His saints and all His holy angels at the end of the tribulation to set up His kingdom on earth, ruling and reigning forever and ever. (Matthew 24; Revelation 19)
We believe all humanity is lost and born with a sinful nature, and can only be saved by a personal faith in the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and not by any human merit or performance. (John 3:16-19; John 5:24; Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8-9; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5)
We believe in a real and literal devil, called Satan, who, along with all his fallen angels, demons, and evil spirits, are destined to spend eternity in hell, and now seek to deceive the world, defeat the believers, and destroy the work of God, but can be resisted by believers, who are protected by God, the Holy Spirit and the intercession of Jesus Christ our Lord (Genesis 3:1; Job 1:6-12; Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 22:31-32; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 20:10)
We believe heaven is an actual literal place where the saved will dwell forever, and that hell is a literal place of torment where unbelievers will reside forever. (John 14:1-3; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 22:5)
We believe regenerated believers are born again by the Holy Spirit of God, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, baptized into the body of Christ, the true church, and sealed by the Holy Spirit, and thus, unable to be separated from the love of Jesus Christ. (John 3:1-6; Acts 1:4-5; Romans 8:35-39; Ephesians 1:13-14)
We believe all believers need to be filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live a godly life and to be bold in our witness for the Lord. (Romans 8:13-14; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30; Ephesians 5:18)
We believe in the spiritual unity of all regenerated believers in the Lord Jesus Christ manifested by the use of spiritual gifts and evidenced by the fruit of the Holy Spirit’s presence through His love. (1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 4:8-12)
We believe the nation of Israel has a special place in God’s plan both past, present, and future, and that all of the promises of God to Israel will be fulfilled both now and at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to establish His millennium reign. (Genesis 12:3; Psalm 122:1)
We believe the human race was created as male and female by a direct act of God by which He revealed His image and that both male and female united produce life. (Genesis 1:26-28)
We believe marriage, as revealed in the Bible, is a sacred covenantal union between a man and a woman that limits sexual relations to monogamous, heterosexual marriage. (Genesis 2:24)
We believe the solemnizing of a marriage is a sacred act ordained by God and a profound event that shall be entered only where the proposed covenantal union complies with the Word of God. (Genesis 4:1)
We believe the solemnizing of a marriage between men and women of the same sex is contrary to the Word of God and is a sin before God. (Romans 1:21-27)
We believe all human beings are God’s image bearers, and that Scripture designates unborn babies—from the moment of conception within their mother’s wombs—as children as evidenced by the continuing of the terms for children, both before and after birth, and additionally the use of personal pronouns to refer to children from the moment of conception to birth, making the unborn God’s image bearers, innately possessing supreme value and worth, and as Scripture commands the protection of innocent life. (Psalm 139:15-16; Jeremiah 1:5)
We believe abortion in all its forms is morally unjustified and is the indefensible taking of human life, in short, abortion is murder. We are theologically opposed to any teaching that abortion due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the physical or mental well-being of the mother, is morally permissible. We are theologically opposed to providing any financial support for abortions whether directly or through third parties like insurance providers. We object to any teaching, or ethical or political view in favor of abortion. (Ephesians 1:4)
We believe life is to be preserved without exception, based upon clear biblical teaching and through obedience to the Holy Scriptures. (Genesis 9:6)
We believe God loves all human beings and seeks to enjoy them and have them enjoy Him for all eternity. Jesus Christ came into this world to fulfill this loving relationship, and that by faith in Him alone, man can be reconciled to God through His sacrifice on the cross. He calls all, no matter the severity of their sins, to repent of those sins and to turn to Him in faith by which He grants them forgiveness and access to His home, heaven, and that, forever!
This Statement of Faith was derived from Calvary Chapel, Chino Hills, with minor textual revisions for clarity.