Statement of Faith


Y.E.S. for Christ/ Generation YES Ministries

 

We Believe…

 

The Old and New Testaments of the Bible are the inspired Word of God. In these Testaments we find the complete plan and revelation of God's will for the salvation of men; and the final authority for all-Christian faith and life.

 

There is one God, creator of all and He is infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, & Holy Ghost.

 

Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as a pure sacrifice for our sins. He arose bodily from the dead, ascended to Heaven, and is now at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and advocate.

 

Man was created in the image of God, but fell from grace, into sin, and is therefore lost. Only through spiritual regeneration by the Holy Ghost can salvation and spiritual rebirth and life be obtained. The shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the ONLY grounds for justification and salvation.

 

Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during this present age. However, they are not to be regarded as means of salvation.

 

The ministry of the Holy Ghost is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. During this age He indwells, guides, and instructs; empowering the believer for godly living and service. Every believer can be filled with the Holy Ghost with the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues. But it is not, according to scripture, a condition for salvation.

 

The true Church is composed of all that are spiritually born again, by accepting Jesus as their personal Savior. Through the new birth we are united together in the body of Christ. Jesus Christ is the head of the Church.

 

The atonement of Jesus Christ provides for the healing of the physical body, as well as salvation of the spirit.

 

There shall be a bodily resurrection of the dead. The believers will enter in to everlasting joy with the Lord and the unbelievers to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.