What We Believe

What We Believe

SONLIGHT…

accepts the Holy Scriptures as the revealed will of God, the all-sufficient rule for faith and practice, and for the purpose of maintaining general unity, adopts the following statement of fundamental truths:

We believe…

the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God.

We believe…

that there is one God, eternally existent in the Godhead; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.

We believe…

in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in the blessed hope of His personal visible future return to receive unto Himself His blood bought church that it may be with Him forever.

We believe…

that the only means of being cleansed from sin is through the blood of Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit, and this is absolutely essential for personal salvation.

We believe…

that the redemptive work of Christ on the cross provided healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer.

We believe…

in the baptism in water as a public demonstration of a clear conscience with God.

We believe…

that the baptism with the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4 is given to believers who ask for it.

We believe…

in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life.

We believe…

in the resurrection of both the saved and lost; the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.