Basic Christian Doctrines

1. There is only one God - Isaiah 43:10; 44:6,8; John 17:3; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Gal. 4:8-9

2. God is a Trinity - 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Pet. 1:2

3. There are no Gods before or after God - Isaiah 43:10

4. God knows all things - 1 John 3:20

5. God is all powerful - Psalm 115:3

6. God is everywhere - Jer. 23:23,24

7. God is sovereign - Zech. 9:14; 1 Tim. 6:15-16

8. God is spirit - John 4:24

9. God created all that exists - Gen. 1:1; Isaiah 44:24

10. Spirit does not have a body of flesh and bones - Luke 24:39

11. God has always been God - Psalm 90:2

12. Jesus is God - John 1:1,14; 10:30-33; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8

13. Jesus became a man - Phil. 2:5-8

14. Jesus has two natures: divine and human - Col. 2:99; 1 Tim. 2:5

15. Jesus was sinless - 1 Pet. 2:22

16. Jesus is the only way to God the Father - John 14:6; Matt. 11:27; Luke 10:22

17. The Holy Spirit is God - Acts 5:3-4

18. The Holy Spirit is not a force. He is alive - Acts 13:2

19. The Bible is inspired by God - 2 Tim. 3:16

20. All people have sinned - Rom. 3:23, 5:12

21. Man did not evolve, he was created - Gen. 1:26

22. Adam and Eve were real people - Gen. 3:20; 5:1; 1 Tim. 2:13

23. Death entered the world because of Adam's sin - Rom. 5:12-15

24. Sin separates us from God - Isaiah 59:2

25. Jesus died for all our sins - 1 John 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:14; 1 Pet. 2:24

26. Jesus' sacrifice was a substitution, for us - 1 Pet. 2:24

27. Jesus rose from the dead in His physical body - John 2:19-21

28. Those who reject Jesus will go to Hell - Rev. 20:11-15

29. Hell is a place of fiery punishment - Matt. 25:41; Rev. 19:20

30. Hell is eternal - Matt. 25:46

31. The unsaved go to hell forever - Rev. 21:8

32. Salvation is a free gift of God - Rom. 4:5; 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9

33. The Bible is the Word of God - 2 Tim. 3:16

34. Jesus will return visibly to earth - Acts 1:11

35. Christians will be raised from the dead when Jesus returns - 1 Thess. 4:14-17

36. There will be a rapture (being caught up into the clouds with Jesus) - 1 Thess. 4:14-17

37. There will be a final judgment - 2 Pet. 3:7

38. The damned will be thrown into a lake of fire - Rev. 20:15

39. Satan will be cast into the lake of fire - Rev. 20:10

40. There will be a new heavens and a new earth - 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1