NLDC STATEMENT OF BELIEFS

ONE TRUE GOD
God has revealed himself as the Creator of all things and redeemer of mankind who is infinately perfect and eternally manifested as a triune Being, namely, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (Gen 1:1, Is 43:11, Mt 28:19, Col 2:19, 1Jn 5:7)


SCRIPTURES INSPIRED
The Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, whereby we find the final divine authority for all Christian faith and practice. (2Tim 3:5-17, 1Cor 2:13)


DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST
The Lord, Jesus Christ, is the eternal Son of God who share in the deity of God. He is also truly a man, who was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He died on a cross as a sacrifice for sin and arose from the dead, ascended into Heaven, and is now at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and Advocate. (Mt 1:18-25, Mk 8:5-7, Lk 23:33, Jn 1:1-5)


AN ORIGINAL FALL OF SIN AND MAN
Man was created in the image of God, but fell into sin and is therefore lost. Only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and by His resurrection can man have grounds for justification and salvation. This salvation and spiritual life are obtained by regeneration through the work of the Holy Spirit. (Gen 1-3)


SALVATION BY FAITH
Man’s salvation and redemption (a free gift of grace from God) can only be obtained by exercising faith, not works, in the person and finished redemptive work of the Lord, Jesus Christ. (Eph 2:8-9)


THE NEW MAN IN CHRIST
If any man be in Chist, he is a new creature (creation) in the inward man. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus. We are partakers of His divine nature. (2Cor 5:17, Eph 2:10, 2Pt 1:4)


BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The ministry and baptism of the Holy Spirit is to glorify Jesus Christ and to indwell, guide and empower believers for life and service. This baptism brings the gifts and ennablements of the Holy Spirit and their uses to the forefront of the ministry of the Body of Christ. This experience is distinct from and subsequent to the new birth and is evidenced by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance. (Acts 2:1-4)


HOLINESS IS GOD'S STANDARD OF LIVING FOR HIS PEOPLE
(Eph 5:8 & 11, 2Cor 6:14, 2Cor 7:1)


DIVINE HEALING
The atoning work of Jesus Christ provides not only salvation but healing for the body as well. (Is 53:4-5, Mt 8:16-17)


THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST
The True Church is the composition of all those that have been born again. Through the new birth, believers are united together as the Body of Christ. Jesus Christ is Lord and head of the Church. (Eph 1:22-23)


RESURRECTION OF THE SAINTS
One day, the entire Body of Christ will be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air, so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1Thes 4:13-19)


SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
The actual, visible return of the Lord, Jesus Christ, to establish His kingdom and millenial reign upon this earth.(Mt 24:27)


FINAL JUDGEMENT
A day when the wicked dead will be raised and judged with everlasting punishment. (Rev 20:11-15)


CHURCH ORDINANCES
Water Baptism: All who believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior and have beenn born again are commanded to be immersed in water as a declaration that they identify with the death of Christ and have been raised with Him in newness of life. (Mk 16:16, Rom 6:3-11)

The Lord’s Supper: A symbolic as our sharing the divine nature of our Lord, Jesus Christ, as well as a memorial of His suffering, death and prophecy of His second coming. (1Cor 11:23-31)