What do we Believe?

A Christian is someone who has been saved by God through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. All people everywhere are sinners and stand guilty before a holy God, but God, in His mercy, sent His Son to live a perfect life and die on the cross as a substitute for sinners.

By trusting in Christ’s finished work—His death and resurrection—our sins are forgiven and we are declared righteous before God. This is called justification by faith alone. It is not earned by our good works, church attendance, or moral efforts, but is a free gift of God’s grace.

To be a Christian is to repent of sin, trust entirely in Christ for salvation, and follow Him as Lord.

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As a Reformed Church, we have a deep conviction that the Bible is God’s inerrant and sole authoritative Word. We genuinely love God’s Word, and that’s why you’ll find the preaching takes a central role in our worship services. We also believe that every element of our worship service must be explicitly appointed in Scripture - this is known as the regulative principle, and it simply means that our worship is shaped by God’s instructions, not our own desires or feelings.

We strive to live lives wholly dedicated to God and His service. Everything we do is driven by a supreme and profound honour for God’s glory in our lives. And because we have experienced His grace, we are compelled to share the good news of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ alone with others.

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We believe in the full and verbal inspiration of all the Old Testament and New Testament Scriptures as originally given, and of these alone:¹ their being in themselves the Word of God, without error, and wholly reliable in both fact and doctrine;² their final authority and perpetual sufficiency in all matters of faith and practice.³

1. Exodus 24:4; 2 Samuel 23:1-2; Jeremiah 1:9; Jeremiah 30:1-4; Jeremiah 36:1-2; John 8:26-28; John 8:31-32; John 8:46-47; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; 2 Corinthians 13:3; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 2 Peter 1:19-21
2. Psalm 19:7-11; Psalm 119:140,160; Daniel 10:21; Matthew 5:17-18; John 10:35; John 17:17; Romans 3:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 2:13
3. Isaiah 8:20; Luke 16:29-31; 1 Corinthians 14:37; Revelation 22:18-19

We believe in the unity of the Godhead and the divine co-equality of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit;¹ the sovereignty of God in creation,² providence,³ and redemption.⁴

1. Deuteronomy 6:4; Numbers 6:24-27; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 John 5:7; Revelation 1:4-5
2. Genesis 1:1-31; Psalm 33:9; Acts 7:24-25; Romans 1:20; Revelation 4:11
3. Psalm 103:19; Proverbs 19:21; Isaiah 46:9-10; Daniel 4:35; Matthew 10:29-31; Ephesians 1:11
4. Luke 1:68-75; Ephesians 1:4-14; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 9:11-12; 1 Peter 1:18-20; Revelation 5:9

We believe in the total depravity of human nature in consequence of the fall,¹ and the necessity for regeneration.²

1. Genesis 3:1-7; Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:21; Psalm 51:5; Jeremiah 17:9; Mark 7:21-23; Romans 3:10-19; Romans 5:12-19; Romans 8:7; Ephesians 2:1-3
2. John 1:12-13; John 3:3-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 2:1,5,10; Titus 3:5; James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:23

We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ,¹ his virgin birth;² his real and perfect manhood;³ the authority of his teaching and the infallibility of all his utterances;⁴ his work of atonement for sinners of mankind by his substitutionary sufferings and death;⁵ his bodily resurrection⁶ and his ascension into Heaven;⁷ and his present priestly intercession for his people at the right hand of the Father.⁸

1. Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1; John 5:18; John 14:9-11; John 16:15; John 20:28; Romans 9:5; Philippians 2:6; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:3,8; 1 John 5:20
2. Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-23; Luke 1:26-35
3. John 1:14; Philippians 2:7; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22
4. Matthew 7:29; John 7:15-17,46; John 12:47-50
5. Isaiah 53:4-6; Matthew 20:28; Romans 5:6-11; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 3:18
6. Matthew 28:1-6; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:24-29; 1 Corinthians 15:4
7. Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9-11; Ephesians 1:20-23; 1 Peter 3:22
8. Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:24; 1 John 2:1

We believe in the justification of the sinner solely by faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.¹

1. Isaiah 45:25; Isaiah 53:11; John 3:16-18;36; Acts 13:38-39; Acts 16:31; Romans 1:16-17; Romans 3:24-28; Romans 4:1-5; Romans 5:1; Romans 8:33-34; Romans 9:30-33; Romans 10:1-4; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:8,11,24; Ephesians 2:8,9; Philippians 3:8,9; 1 John 5:10

We believe in the work of the Holy Spirit as essential for a true and spiritual understanding of the Scriptures:¹ for regeneration,² conversion,³ and sactification,⁴ and for ministry⁵ and worship.⁶

1. Proverbs 1:23; John 6:45; John 14:26; John 16:13-14; 1 Corinthians 2:9-12; Ephesians 1:17-18; 1 John 2:20,27
2. John 3:5-8; 6:63; Acts 11:15-18; Titus 3:5
3. John 16:7-14; Acts 3:19; 1 Corinthians 12:3
4. 2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 5:16;22-25; Ephesians 3:16
5. Acts 4:31; 1 Corinthians 2:4-5; 2 Corinthians 3:6-8
6. John 4:24; Romans 8:26; Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 5:18-20; Philippians 3:3

We believe in the universal Church, the body of which Christ is the Head, embracing all the redeemed, called by God through the Gospel, born of the Spirit and justified by faith;¹ the local church, comprising such believers as the expression of the universal Church,² and fellowship between such churches, manifesting the unity of the body of Christ.³

1. Matthew 16:18; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 1:22; 3:10,21; Ephesians 5:23-32; Colossians 1:18-24; Hebrews 12:23
2. Matthew 18:17; Acts 11:22; Acts 13:1; Acts 15:41; Acts 16:5; Romans 16:1,5,16; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:2
3. Acts 15:1-4,22-31; 1 Corinthians 16:1-3; 2 Corinthians 8:19,23; Colossians 4:15,16

We believe in the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper as being instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ,¹ but not in Baptism as conveying regenerating grace,² nor in the Lord's Supper as being a sacrifice for sin or involving any change in the substance of the bread and wine.³

1. Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32
2. Acts 8:13,20-23; Acts 8:36-37; Acts 10:44-47; Acts 16:14-15; Acts 18:18; 1 Corinthians 1:17,21
3. Matthew 26:29; 1 Corinthians 11:26-28; Hebrews 7:23,27-28; Hebrews 9:25-28; Hebrews 10:11-13

We believe in the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ in glory.¹

1. Matthew 16:27; Matthew 25:31; John 14:3; Acts 1:11; Acts 3:20-21; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Philippians 3:20; Colossians 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 1 Timothy 6:14; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:28; Jude 14; Revelation 22:7,12,20

We believe in the resurrection of the body;¹ the judgement of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ,² with the eternal blessedness of the righteous³ and the eternal punishment of the wicked.⁴

1. Job 19:26; Isaiah 26:19; John 5:28-29; John 6:39-40; Acts 4:2; Acts 24:15; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:20-23,42-45,48-54; Philippians 3:21
2. Matthew 25:31-34; John 5:22; Acts 10:42; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16; Romans 4:10-12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Timothy 4:1; Revelation 20:11-12
3. Matthew 25:46; John 10:28; 1 Corinthians 15:53; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Timothy 2:10; 1 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 1:11; Revelation 22:3-5
4. Matthew 25:41,46; Mark 9:44; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Jude 13; Revelation 14:9-11