Spotlight Ministries
Statement of Faith

• Full salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone.

• Salvation is a free gift, given to us by God, through Christ.

• Justification is by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

• Due to Adam's fall, men and women, in their natural condition, are sinners by nature, are unable to save themselves, and are in need of salvation in Christ.

• People need to repent of their sin and put their faith and trust in the One who has not sinned - Jesus Christ.

• Works naturally flow from a true faith in Christ. These works do not save us, they are merely an indication of a true faith.

• Security of the one who has faith in Christ. Those whom Christ saves He is able to keep.

• Jesus Christ paid for (atoned for) our sins on the cross. There is no sin beyond His forgiveness

• Jesus is fully God and fully man.

• The literal, physical, bodily, resurrection of Jesus Christ.

• Jesus Christ is coming again personally to this earth, to usher in God's Kingdom.

• God the Father is a Spirit, and is a Personal Being.

• God has revealed Himself to be a Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person.

• At death, people continue to remain in a conscious condition.

• There are two eternal destinations: Heaven and Hell.

• The physical resurrection of the dead.

• Baptism is an important commandment, and all believers should be baptised by full immersion. However, the act of baptism itself does not save a person, but is rather an outward expression of the salvation that a Christian has already received.

• The Bible is the inerrant Word of God.

• The 66 books contained in both the Old and New Testaments are sufficient for salvation and living the Christian life.

• The Roman Catholic Apocryphal books, although containing some interesting elements of historical truth, are not considered as inspired or part of the Canon of Scripture.

• Everything in the heavens and the earth were created, and designed, by God Himself, and are not the result of evolution.

• The Church, which Christ founded during His earthly mission, has never ceased. Even though there have been times of apostasy throughout Christian history, there has never been a time when there have not been true believers and so the Church has always remained.

• The gifts of the Holy Spirit are still operational today.

• Satan and demons are real personal evil entities, in opposition to God and humanity.

• There will be a literal millennium reign of Christ, on earth, for a 1000 years.

• There will be a new heavens and a new earth.