
Eight Essentials of Our Faith
“…The Bible… 66 Books, written by 40 authors, over a period of 1500 years… an integrated message system from outside our time domain…”
By the late Dr. Chuck Missler.
Integrated message system: parts of the message can be removed but the main message is able to be conveyed.
In Essentials - Unity
In Non-Essentials - Liberty
In all things - Charity (Love)
Eight Essentials of our Faith:
1. Inspiration, inerrancy, infallibility, interpretiveness of Scripture:
2 Timothy 3:16; Psalm 119; John 17:17
2. The Virgin Birth
Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:26-38; Isaiah 9:6-7
3. The Deity and Humanity of Christ
John 1:14; Philippians 2:5-11
4. Jesus Christ is the only way to eternal life with the Father in Heaven
John 14:6
5. The Vicarious, substitutionary death of Christ on the cross for the forgiveness of our sin
Isaiah 53; Romans 5:8-9; 1 Corinthians 1:23; John 19:28-37
6. The Holy Spirit is the seal of redemption (Ephesians 1:13), source of power (John 14:15-27; John 20:22; Acts 1:8), and giver of eternal life (John 6:63; John 16:5-15; Romans 8:11; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Peter 3:18; Revelation 11:11)
7. The bodily, physical resurrection of Christ from the dead
John 20-21; John 11:25; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Revelation 1:4-8
8. The second physical return of Christ to the Earth
John 14:1-4; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Acts 1:6-11; Revelation 19:1-21; Hosea 6:2
