16 Things a Christian Must Believe

1. The Bible IS The Word of God

• 2 Timothy 3:6
• Hebrews 4:12
• 2 Peter 1:16-21

2. God is a Person who Created all material and all the spiritual substance, and that out of the created material He Personally formed the worlds and each creature therein.

• Genesis 1:1,2:7,19
• Psalms 8:1-9,10:25
• John 1:3-4
• Ephesians 3:9
• Colossians 1:15-18
• Hebrews 1:1-3
• Revelations 4:11

3. God Created man in His Own Image, and likeness in one day, fully mature and highly intelligent, not that He descended from molecules through the
lower forms of life to a monkey, and man.

• Genesis 1:26,2:7,19, 9:6
• Acts 17:26
• 1 Corinthians 11:7-9
• James 3:9

4. All Angels and Spirit beings were created by God fully mature and intelligent.

• Psalms 104:4
• Ezekiel 28:15
• Colossians 1:15-18
• Revelations 4:11

5. God Created man, animals, fish, fowls, and plants to reproduce themselves, after
their own kind.

• Genesis 1:20-31, 2:5-7, 19-25

6. Jesus Christ is The SON OF GOD, in a sense no other man is the only begotten of the Father — not that He is a SON OF GOD, in the sense all men are.

• Genesis 3:15
• Isaiah 7:14,9:6-7
• Matthew 1:18-25
• Luke 1:34-35
• John 1:18, 3:16
• Philippians 2:5-11
• 1 Timothy 3:16
• Hebrews 1:1-3,8
• Revelations 1:8-11

7. The Holy Spirit is a person, separate and distinct from both the Father and
the Son. All 3 persons have their own personal body, soul, and spirit and make
Divine Trinity. (You can Also Look Up Trinity…which will help you
along your way.)

• 1 John 5:7

8. The birth of Christ was “SUPERNATURAL”, not “NATURAL” as that of all other men. He was VIRGIN BORN and of the Holy Ghost, without a human father.

• Genesis 1:34-35
• John 1:1-14,3:16-18
• 1 Timothy 3:16
• Hebrews 1:1-3

9. The Death of Christ, was EXPIATORY not EXEMPLARY. He died for all men. His
blood is the only atonement for sin and by His stripes we are healed.

• Isaiah 53
• Matthew 1:21, 8:17, 26:28
• John 3:16
• Acts 4:12
• Romans 8:3
• 1 Corinthians 1:18-24, 5:7
• Hebrews 1:3, 2:9-18, 9:11-28, 10:5-29
• 1 Peter 2:24
• 1 John 2:1-2
• Revelations 1:5, 5:8-10

10. Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead, not Spiritually or as a Spirit Being. He is alive and for ever more in His Earthly Resurrected Flesh and bone body and represents men before God, as their High Priest and Savior.

• Luke 24:39
• John 10:17-18
• Acts 1:3,11,2:22-34, 4:10-12
• Romans 1:4,8:11
• 1 Corinthians 15
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16
• Philippians 3:20-21
• Revelations 1:18
• Zechariah 13:6

11. Jesus Christ Ascended into Glory Bodily and will come again in like manner to rule the world eternally, put down all rebellion, restore man’s
dominion and God’s Kingdom over all as before the fall of Lucifer and Adam.

• Luke 24:50-52
• Acts 1:11
• 1 Corinthians 15:24-28
• 2 Timothy 1:7-10
• Jude 14
• Revelation 19:11-27
• Zechariah 14

12. Man is a sinner fallen from the original righteousness and a high intelligent and
responsible place as head of the present creation. APART FROM GOD’S redemption of grace is lost. MAN is NOT the UNFORTUNATE VICTIM of ENVIRONMENT one who Through
SELF- CULTURE can make good.

• Genesis 3
• John 3:16
• Romans 3:23-25,5:12-21
• Hebrews 1:1-3, 9:22
• 1 John 1:9, 2:1-2
• Revelations 1:5, 5:8-10, 20:11-15

13. Man is Justified By Faith in the Atoning Blood of Jesus Christ, resulting in a Supernatural Regeneration from above. HE IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY WORKS, OR BY NATURAL DEVELOPMENT from within and
Self Effort.

• Matthew 1:21,18:3
• John 3:1-8
• Romans 5:1
• 2 Corinthians 5:17
• Ephesians 2:8-9
• Colossians 1:14,20
• Titus 3:5
• 1 Peter 1:18-23

14. Man, animals and plant – life have degenerated and are under a curse. Man
chooses to continue in sin, sickness, and suffering on earth and ONLY THROUGH
REDEMPTION IN CHRIST WILL the WHOLE Creation be restored to original Perfection
and goodness. No single species has evolved from a lower to a higher plane of
life.

• Genesis 3,6:5-22
• Romans 5:12-21,8:17-24
• 1 Corinthians 15:24-28
• 2 Peter 3:7-13
• Revelations 21:1-22, 5

15.All Men who accept Christ and conform to God’s Plan for man WILL BE SAVED,
WILL BE RESURRECTED from the dead to immorality and WILL HELP GOD administer the
affairs of the Universe for ever.

• John 3:16,5:28-29
• Romans 8:17-24
• 1 Corinthians 6:2, 15:1-54
• 2 Timothy 2:12
• Revelations 1:6, 2:26-27, 5:10, 11:15, 22:4-5

16. All men who reject God Christ and do not conform to the plan of God for man, WILL PAY THE ETERNAL DEATH PENALTY FOR SIN, WILL BE RESURRECTED TO
IMMORALITY and WILL BE PUNISHED ETERNALLY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.

• Mark 16:15-16
• John 3:16-20,5:28-29
• Revelations 14:9-11, 20:11-15, 21:8, 22:15

(You can also look up HELL to help you understand more on the Lake of Fire)