Basic Christian Doctrine

(point and click on scripture to read verse)

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

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

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

God knows all things - 1 John 3:20

God is all powerful - Psalm 115:3

God is everywhere - Jer. 23:23,24

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

God is spirit - John 4:24

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

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

God has always been God - Psalm 90:2

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

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

Jesus has two natures: divine and human - Col. 2:9; 1 Tim. 2:5

Jesus was sinless - 1 Pet. 2:22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sin separates us from God - Isaiah 59:2

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

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

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

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

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

Hell is eternal - Matt. 25:46

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

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

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

Jesus will return visibly to earth - Acts 1:11

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

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

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

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

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

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