LTS Statement of Faith

 

  1. We believe in the Verbal Plenary Inspiration of the Bible as the Divine inerrant and infallible Perfect Word of God, the Supreme and final Authority for faith and practice in life.
  2. We believe in One God existing in Three Persons: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
  3. We believe that Jesus Christ the Eternal Son of God conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, is True God and True man.
  4. We believe God created the whole universe ex-nihilo, out of nothing, by the Word of His mouth and all very good in six days.
  5. We believe that man was created in the image of God but because of the fall of Adam physical death and spiritual death incurred. Therefore, all human beings are born with a sinful nature.
  6. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died a propitiatory and expiatory death on the cross as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice for all and that all men who repent for their sins and believe in him are Justified before God on the grounds of His shed blood.
  7. We believe in the bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his Ascension into heaven, and in his exaltation at the right hand of God, where he intercedes for us as our high priest and advocate.
  8. We believe in the return of Christ and the Rapture of the church, and that Christ will return personally and visibly as the Lord and Savior to judge this world as King of kings and Lord of lords.
  9. We believe that salvation is by grace and through faith alone, not by works. It is the work of the Holy Spirit whereby repentant Sinners are made the children of God.
  10. We believe according to Acts 2: 1-4 that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is the Promise of the Father for empowered witnessing of the Gospel to all men through the preaching of the good news, godly living, and service. It is a subsequent experience to salvation with the initial physical evidence of speaking in tongues and permanent evidence of the fruit of the Spirit.
  11. We believe that Christ instituted the ordinance of a baptism for believers in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit and the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper for his church to observe till He comes. All those who are redeemed and are united in Christ must Faithfully maintain the purity of the church in Doctrine and in life according to the Word of God by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  12. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved and the lost, Eternal blessedness of the saved and in the Eternal conscious punishment of the Lost.