Our Beliefs

OUR BELIEFS

Countryside Sabbath Fellowship

• In a personal God, (Hebrews 1:1-3)
• In Jesus Christ, as the divine Son of God and our Saviour, (John 1:1-3,14; Hebrews 7:25)
• In the Holy Spirit, the divine Comforter, (John 15:26)
• In regeneration and the new birth, (John 3:1-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17)
• The Bible is the inspired Word of God, (2 Timothy 3:16,17)
• The second coming of Christ is very near, (John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; Mathew 24:30)
• That man by nature is mortal, (Job 4:17; 1 Timothy 6:15,16)
• That immortality and eternal life are the gifts of God received only through Christ, (Romans 6:23)
• That the dead are in an unconscious state, (Ecclesiastes 9:5; John 11:11-14)
• That there will be a resurrection of the dead, (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17)
• That the wicked will not burn eternally, but will be burned up, (Malachi 4:1)
• That righteousness comes by faith, not by works, (Romans 4:3-5; Ephesians 2:8,9)
• That salvation comes as a gift of God, (Ephesians 2:8)
• That Jesus is victorious and triumphant over evil powers, (Psalm 1:1,2; 23:4; 77:11)
• That the Law of the Ten Commandments is the standard of righteousness, (James 2:10-12; Exodus 20:3-17)
• That the original seventh-day Sabbath has never been changed, (Genesis 2:2,3; Luke 23:54-56)
• In the support of the gospel through tithes and offerings, (Leviticus 27:30, 32; Malachi 3:8-11; Mathew 23:23)
• In baptism by immersion, (Mark 1:9,10; Romans 6:3-5)
• In the ordinances of humility and the Lord’s Supper, (John 13:4-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
• In the gifts of the Spirit, including the Spirit of Prophecy, (Ephesians 4:8,11; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 19:10)
• The Bible is the inspired Word of God, (2 Timothy 3:16,17)
• In discarding unhealthy practices, such as the use of intoxicants, tobacco, unclean meats, etc., (Proverbs 23:29-32; 1 Corinthians 3:16,17; Deuteronomy 14:3-12; Isaiah 66:15-24
• The followers of Jesus should manifest true Christian modesty in dress and deportment (1 Timothy 2:9,10; Mathew 24:37-44; James 1:27).