THINGS EVERY BELIEVER OUGHT TO BELIEVE
GOD
1. There is only one God – Isaiah 44:6,8; 45:6,14,18,21,22
2. The one God is in three persons (the Holy Trinity) – Matthew 28:19; 1 Peter 1:2
3. God is love and loves all people – John 3:16; 1 John 4:7-8
4. God knows everything (omniscient) – 1 John 3:20
5. God is almighty (can do all things) – Psalm 115:3
6. God is everywhere (omnipresent) – Jeremiah 23:23-24
7. God is sovereign (supreme ruler) – Zechariah 9:14; 1 Timothy 6:15-16
8. God is spirit – John 4:24
9. God created everything – Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 44:24
10. God has always been God – Psalm 90:2
JESUS CHRIST
11. Jesus is God – John 1:1,14; 8:58; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:6-8
12. Jesus became man and was without sin – Philippians 2:5-8; 1 Peter 2:22
13. Jesus has two natures: divine and human – Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 2:5
14. Jesus was born of a virgin – Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27; 1 Peter 2:22
15. Jesus is the only way to God the Father – John 14:6; Matthew 11:27
THE HOLY SPIRIT
16. The Holy Spirit is God – Acts 5:3-4
17. The Holy Spirit is not a force; He is a person – Acts 13:2
THE BIBLE
18. The Bible is God-breathed and is the Word of God – 2 Timothy 3:16
THE CHURCH
19. The Church is the body of Christ – Ephesians 1:22-23
20. The Church is called to make disciples – Matthew 28:18-20
SALVATION
21. All have sinned – Romans 3:23; 5:12
22. Man is not a product of evolution; he was created by God – Genesis 1:26
23. Adam and Eve were real people – Genesis 3:20; 5:1; 1 Timothy 2:13
24. Death entered the world because of Adam’s sin – Romans 5:12-15
25. Sin separates us from God – Isaiah 59:2
26. Jesus died for all our sins – 1 John 2:2; 2 Corinthians 5:14; 1 Peter 2:24
27. The death of Jesus was for us (substitutionary) – 1 Peter 2:24
28. Jesus rose from the dead in His physical body – John 2:19-21
29. Those who reject Jesus go to hell forever – Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:11-15
30. Hell is a place of fiery punishment – Matthew 25:41; Revelation 19:20
31. We are saved not by works, but by grace through faith – Ephesians 2:8-9
32. Salvation is a free gift from God – Romans 6:23
33. A person must be born again – John 3:3,5
THE LAST THINGS
34. The saved will be raised from death at the rapture – 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17
35. Christ’s return to the earth will be visible – Acts 1:11
36. The second coming of Jesus will be to judge the nations – Revelation 19:11-16
37. There will be a final judgment for all – 2 Peter 3:7
38. The condemned will be thrown into the lake of fire – Revelation 20:15
39. Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire – Revelation 20:10
40. There will be a new heaven and a new earth – 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1