The Gospel We Live By

Bible – God’s Infallible Direction

The most important thing about any church is what it believes. We believe the Bible to be infallible – ‘all Scripture is given by inspiration of God’ (2 Tim. 3:16) – and as such, it teaches us what we are to believe concerning God and what duty He requires of us (John 5:39; Eccles. 12:13). Especially, the Bible tells us how we may be saved from our sins and become Christians.

God – Great and Gloriously Holy

God, who is great and glorious, the sustainer and absolute ruler of the world, before whom the sinless angels cover their faces and cry, ‘Holy, Holy, Holy,’ is so pure that He cannot look upon sin and iniquity (Isa.6:3; Hab.1:13). Man, who was created in God’s image (true knowledge, righteousness, and holiness), was made to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

Man – a Hell-deserving Sinner

The devil tempted our first parents to sin against God. The Fall affected the entire human race – ‘by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners,’ so that in Adam all die (Rom.5:19; 1 Cor. 15:22). We deserve punishment in Hell for our sins. Because of our fallen, sinful nature, we cannot do anything to deliver ourselves: not only our sins but ‘all our righteousness's are filthy rags’ in God’s sight (Isa. 64:6).

Christ – The Sacrifice God Provided

God was pleased to send His Eternal Son, Jesus Christ the Righteous, into the world to save His people from their sins. The Gospel is the good news of God’s provision of Christ and His sacrifice on the Cross as a satisfaction of Divine justice.

Salvation – God’s Way

We are told, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved’ (Acts 16:31). This means, realising we are sinners, we turn to Christ, acknowledging Him as our only Saviour, which true faith will lead us to repentance (the sorrow and forsaking of sin, and turning toward God).

‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life’ (John 3:16)

The Burning Bush

The Burning Bush is the identifiable symbol of the denomination, but what is its Biblical basis? We read:

“And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.” (Exodus 3:2)The bush is taken as a symbol of the church suffering tribulation, yet it will not be consumed through all its difficulties. God will preserve it, for He is with His church.

“And he [God] said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.” (Exodus 3:5)

The banner below the bush says, “Nec Tamen Consumebatur.” It it is Latin for, “Yet not consumed"