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North Shore Christian Fellowship has been formed as a body of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We are not a denomination, nor are we opposed to denominations as such. We simply want to work harmoniously with all those who call upon the name of Jesus in truth.
We Believe... the Godhead Exists in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. These three Persons are one God having precisely the same nature, attributes and perfections.
•The Lord Jesus Christ: In His eternal existence as God, His incarnation and virgin birth, His death on the cross as the atonement for sin, His literal, bodily resurrection from the dead, His present ministry of intercession in heaven, and His personal, future return to earth.
•The Holy Spirit...convicts people of sin and the need to repent. It is His task to conform the believer into the image of Jesus. He indwells the believer, leads into all truth, provides daily guidance, gives gifts (I Cor. 12) and most importantly, fruit - especially love - without which we have no right to claim ourselves Christians (Gal 5:22 & 23). It is by being filled with the Spirit that the believer receives the power to live the Christian life (Acts 1:8 & Eph. 5:18).
•The Bible...is the inspired, infallible Word of God and is relevant and applicable to people today (2 Tim. 3:16 & 17).
•Mankind: Adam was created innocent and pure. However, according to Romans 5:12-21, he fell through the sin of disobedience. Thus, we have inherited a sinful condition and broken fellowship with God.
•Salvation...is by grace, a free gift of God apart from works, requires repentance, a turning from one's own way to God's way, is through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, all who receive Jesus are regenerated, "given new life," by the Holy Spirit and become the children of God, and. . . true salvation will be manifested by a changed life.
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