JESUS CHRIST

We have sound believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is God in human form, He is God incarnate, the expressed image of the Father, who, without ceasing to be God, became man in order that He might demonstrate who God is and provide the means of salvation for humanity (Matthew 1:21; John 1:18; Colossians 1:15). Conceived of the Holy Spirit and was born of the virgin Mary. Lived a perfect, sinless life, died on the cross for all humanity and rose on the third day. (1 John 2: Matthew 1:23). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for all humanity (1 John 2:2) as a substitutionary sacrifice (Isaiah 53:5-6). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven in His glorified body (Acts 1:9-10) and is now seated at the right hand of God as our High Priest and Advocate (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25).

HOLY SPIRIT

We believe in the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-4). He regenerates sinners (Titus 3:5) and indwells believers (Romans 8:9). He is the agent by whom Christ baptizes all believers into His body (1 Corinthians 12:12-14). He is the seal by whom the Father guarantees the salvation of believers unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13-14). He is the Divine Teacher who illumines believers’ hearts and minds as they study the Word of God (1 Corinthians 2:9-12).

ANGELS AND DEMONS

We believe in the reality and personality of angels. We believe that God created the angels to be His servants and messengers(Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:2; Hebrews 1:14). We believe in the existence and personality of Satan and demons. Satan is a fallen angel who led a group of angels in rebellion against God (Isaiah 14:12-17; Ezekiel 28:12-15). He is the great enemy of God and man, and the demons are his servants in evil. He and his demons will be eternally punished in the lake of fire (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10).

HUMANITY

We in URCTS strongly believe that man, humanity in general came into existence by direct creation of God, uniquely made in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). All humanity, because of Adam’s fall, inherited a sinful nature, which makes all human beings vulnerable to sin (Romans 3:23). Sin is exceedingly offensive to God (Romans 6:23) and humanity is utterly incapable to remedy this fallen state (Ephesians 2:1-5, 12).

SALVATION

We in URCTS believe that salvation is a gift of God's grace through faith based solidly in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross (Ephesians 2:8-9). Christ's death accomplished full justification through faith and redemption from sin. Christ died in our place (Romans 5:8-9) and bore our sins in His own body (1 Peter 2:24). Salvation is received by grace alone,through faith alone,in Christ alone.

THE CHURCH

We strongly believe that the Church, the Body of Christ, is a spiritual organism comprising of all believers of this present age (1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22-23, 5:25-27). We believe in the ordinances of believer's water baptism by immersion as a testimony to Christ and identification with Him, and the Lord's Supper as a remembrance of Christ's death and shed blood (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42, 18:8; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Through the church, believers are to be taught to obey the Lord and to testify concerning their faith in Christ as Savior and to honor Him by holy living. We believe in the Great Commission as the primary mission of the Church. The gospel of the grace of God is to be preached to all the world (Matthew 28:19-20;Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19-20).

ETERNAL HOPE

We believe in the blessed hope (Titus 2:13), the personal and imminent coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to rapture His saints (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). We believe in the visible and bodily return of Christ to the earth with His saints to establish His promised millennial kingdom (Zechariah 14:4-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 3:10, 19:11-16, 20:1-6). We believe in the physical resurrection of all men—the saints to everlasting joy and bliss on the New Earth, and the wicked to eternal punishment in the lake of fire (Matthew 25:46; John 5:28-29; Revelation 20:5-6, 12-13).