Tozer said, "What you think when you think about God is the most important thing about you." We believe that to be true. We also believe that the Bible is our authority for what we think about God, for what we believe. That's why you'll notice scripture references provided for each of our statements. Below you will see all our full statement of faith for One Life Church.
STATE MENT OF FAITH
The Bible, all of the Old and New Testaments, is God’s complete word to us. God used human authors, verbally inspiring them by His Spirit, to reveal Himself to people. God’s word is without any mixture of error. It is the supreme source of truth, and because it stands as our authority, must be trusted and obeyed. As God’s people hear, believe and live out the Word, they are equipped as disciples of Jesus Christ and witnesses to the gospel. Exodus 24:4, Psalm 119:105, Matthew 7:24-25; 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 1:1-2; 2 Peter 1:21
God is the Creator and Ruler of all. He eternally exists in three distinct persons; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each of whom is fully and equally God, and exists in completely unity. These three are one God. Genesis 1:1; Matthew 3:16-17; Colossians 1:16-17
God the Father is equally God with the Son and the Holy Spirit. He is the sovereign and designer of creation, the speaker of revelation, and the author of redemption. He controls the flow of human history so that ultimately, all goes according to His purposes and plan. Acts 17:24-28; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:3-12; Hebrews 1:1-2
Jesus is God the Son and is equally God with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Though existing eternally before the incarnation, He was born of a virgin as both fully God and fully man. He is the “image of the invisible God,” and “the exact imprint of His nature.” Living a sinless life, he died as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people according to the will of the Father, to reconcile sinful people to the Father. He was buried, resurrected, ascended and sits at the right hand of the Father until He literally and physically returns to the earth. Luke 1:31-35; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3-4
God the Holy Spirit is sent by the Father and the Son and is equally God with them. He guides men into all truth; exalts Christ; convicts of sin, or righteousness, and of judgment; leads to repentance; cultivates Christian character; comforts believers; gives spiritual gifts by which believers serve God and Christ’s body; and indwells and seals the believer unto the day of final redemption. His presence in the lives of believers is the assurance of God to bring us into the fulness of the stature of Christ. John 14-16; Acts 5:3-4; 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 1:13-14
People are made in the image of God and are the supreme object of God’s creation. Because of Adam’s sin, all people are marred by an attitude of disobedience toward God and have become sinful. Sin separates people from God and leads to death. Only the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ can give us life, restore a person’s relationship with the Father, and bring us into His holy fellowship, enabling people to fulfill the purpose of God. Genesis 1:26-27; Psalm 8:5-8; Romans 5:12-14; Romans 6:23; Titus 2:11
Salvation is a free gift of God. It is based upon Christ living a sinless life and voluntarily dying for our sins. It is accomplished by grace through faith and results in new life through the Holy Spirit. Salvation happens when we personally acknowledge our fallen state and who Jesus is, repent of our sins, believe on the risen Lord Jesus, and accept Him as our Lord and Savior. New life in Christ includes the privileges and responsibilities of adoption and inheritance into the Kingdom of God’s beloved Son and produces an active lifestyle of loving obedience and service to Jesus Christ our Savior. While salvation is an act of free will in response to God’s personal love for us, God through His omniscience, foreknew those who would choose Him. Salvation is secure in the eternal, unchanging commitment of God, who does not lie and is forever the same. John 1:12; John 3:16; John 6:37; Acts 20:21; Romans 8:11; Romans 8:29-30; Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 1 John 1:9; Revelation 22:17
Baptism by immersion is an act of obedience to Christ’s commands in the Gospel. Baptism is a public declaration following the believer’s salvation of their desire to identify with Christ and His church. It symbolizes the believer’s faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:47; Romans 6:3-4
The Lord’s Supper is an act of obedience during which believers remember the death of the Lord Jesus and anticipate His second coming. This act of worship symbolizes the giving of Christ’s body and the shedding of His blood for us and is observed regularly in the Christian life as a sign of continued participation in the atoning benefits of Christ’s death until He comes again. Luke 22:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
The Church is a local body of believers unified in their common faith and fellowship with Jesus. The goal of the Church is to make disciples of all the nations and to present the saints complete in Christ. Each member is a co-laborer and is a necessary part of the body, since each one is gifted by the Holy Spirit. All local churches make up the universal body of Christ. Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 4:1-16; Colossians 1:28
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ, as promised, will be a physical and literal return for all to see His glory; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord. All will culminate with the new heaven and the new earth, with Jesus on His throne making all things new! Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20-21.
The Sacredness of Human Life is the result of God creating man, male and female, in His own image. Each person is to be treated with dignity and respect. As believers, we will see to the needs of the elderly and the sick and will protect others from harm, providing for their needs – whether from abortion, euthanasia, human trafficking, or other abuses. While the sanctity of life can be the foundation, love must be the motivation. Genesis 1:26-27; Isaiah 58:6-7; Matthew 22:39; Matthew 25:34-40; James 1:27
Marriage is the God-ordained, sacred union of a man and woman, according to their biological gender, in a covenant commitment for a lifetime. Marriage is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His Church, and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, sexual expression, and procreation of the human race. Genesis 2:24-25, Hebrews 13:4, Ephesians 5:22-27
Sexual Purity is God’s design as He created people as biological male or biological female, each with a unique personality and giftedness. God also created sex as a means of procreation and as a gift to men and women. However, God has placed boundaries on this gift for our provision and our protection. It is to be enjoyed only within a marriage relationship between a male husband and a female wife. Any sexual activity that occurs outside these boundaries is contradictory to God’s design, and is, therefore, sinful. 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, Hebrews 13:4, Romans 1:26-27.