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Basic Christian Doctrine

1.         There is only one God - Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8; John 17:3; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Gal. 4:8-9
2.         God is a Trinity - 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Pet. 1:2
3.         There are no Gods before or after God - Isaiah 43:10
4.         God knows all things - 1 John 3:20
5.         God is all powerful - Psalm 115:3
6.         God is everywhere - Jer. 23:23,24
7.         God is sovereign - Zech. 9:14; 1 Tim. 6:15-16
8.         God is spirit - John 4:24
9.         God created all that exists - Gen. 1:1; Isaiah 44:24
10.       Spirit does not have a body of flesh and bones - Luke 24:39
11.       God has always been God - Psalm 90:2
12.       Jesus is God - John 1:1,14; 10:30-33; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8
13.       Jesus became a man - Phil. 2:5-8
14.       Jesus has two natures: divine and human - Col. 2:99; 1 Tim. 2:5
15.       Jesus was sinless - 1 Pet. 2:22
16.       Jesus is the only way to God the Father - John 14:6; Matt. 11:27; Luke 10:22
17.       The Holy Spirit is God - Acts 5:3-4
18.       The Holy Spirit is not a force. He is alive - Acts 13:2
19.       The Bible is inspired by God - 2 Tim. 3:16
20.       All people have sinned - Rom. 3:23, 5:12
21.       Man did not evolve, he was created - Gen. 1:26
22.       Adam and Eve were real people - Gen. 3:20; 5:1; 1 Tim. 2:13
23.       Death entered the world because of Adam's sin - Rom. 5:12-15
24.       Sin separates us from God - Isaiah 59:2
25.       Jesus died for all our sins - 1 John 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:14; 1 Pet. 2:24
26.       Jesus' sacrifice was a substitution, for us - 1 Pet. 2:24
27.       Jesus rose from the dead in His physical body - John 2:19-21
28.       Those who reject Jesus will go to Hell - Rev. 20:11-15
29.       Hell is a place of fiery punishment - Matt. 25:41; Rev. 19:20
30.       Hell is eternal - Matt. 25:46
31.       The unsaved go to hell forever - Rev. 21:8
32.       Salvation is a free gift of God - Rom. 4:5; 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9
33.       The Bible is the Word of God - 2 Tim. 3:16
34.       Jesus will return visibly to earth - Acts 1:11
35.       Christians will be raised from the dead when Jesus returns - 1 Thess. 4:14-17
36.       There will be a rapture (being caught up into the clouds with Jesus) - 1 Thess. 4:14-17
37.       There will be a final judgment - 2 Pet. 3:7
38.       The damned will be thrown into a lake of fire - Rev. 20:15
39.       Satan will be cast into the lake of fire - Rev. 20:10
40.       There will be a new heavens and a new earth - 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1