#1: The inspiration of the Bible and its revelation of JESUS CHRIST as the Divine Son of God and Savior of the world.
2 Timothy 3:16,17 v. 16 All scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:v. 16 All scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
v.17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
#2: The Special Message of Christ to prepare people to meet Him at His second coming.
John 14:1 - 3 Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also.
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations; and then shall the end come.And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations; and then shall the end come.
Matthew 24:30, 31 V. 30: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.V. 30: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
V. 31: And He shall send His angels with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the earth to the other.V. 31: And He shall send His angels with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the earth to the other.
#3: Christ’s call for full obedience to His LAW - including the Bible Sabbath. Adam & Eve on the first Sabbath.
Exodus 20: V. 3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous.For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous.
James 2: V.11: For He that said, do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. V.10: For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
V.12: So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
#4: God’s plan for us to respect our bodies as the temple of God, and to give up alcohol, tobacco and unclean foods.
#5: The Bible teaching of the state of man in death, in contrast to the rising view of SPIRITUALISM in the world.
1 Timothy 6:13-16 Ezekiel 18:20 Psalm 146:3,4 Ecclesiastes 9:5,6
#6: The Bible and the Gift of Prophecy as the identifying marks of the Remnant Church, and a desire to live up to the standards of both.
Matthew 4:4: But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
For the word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
2 Chronicles 20:20 (last part): Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Revelation 12:17: And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus”
#7: BAPTISM as the sign and seal of accepting CHRIST and becoming part of HIS CHURCH on earth.
Matthew 3:
Mark 16:16: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Romans 6:3, 4
May we make the decision today to follow Jesus in all he did, to worship him in spirit and in truth, to live and stand for the right though the heavens fall, to accept truth as God reveals it to us and never stop worshipping God – even if it means death.May we make the decision today to follow Jesus in all he did, to worship him in spirit and in truth, to live and stand for the right though the heavens fall, to accept truth as God reveals it to us and never stop worshipping God – even if it means death.