Life Tabernacle of Concord

that holds a fundamental view of the Bible: The Bible is the only God-given authority which man possesses; ththat holds a fundamental view of the Bible: The Bible is the only God-given authority which man possesses; therefore all doctrine, faith, hope, and all instructions for the church must be based upon and harmonize with the Bible.  The Bible is the Word of God, and therefore inerrant and infallible.  We also reject all extrabiblical revelations and writings, using the Bible as our only source of doctrine 

     While fully God, Jesus was also fully man, possessing a full and true humanity.   He was both God and man. Moreover, the Holy Spirit is God with us and in us.  Thus God is manifested as Father in creation and as the Father of the Son, in the Son for our redemption, and as the Holy Spirit in our regeneration.hhhhhhhhhherefore all doctrine, faith, hope, and all instructions for the church must be based upon and harmonize with the Bible.  The Bible is the Word of God, and therefore inerrant and infallible.  We also reject all extrabiblical revelations and writings, using the Bible as our only source of doctrine 

     We hold that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not by works.   Faith in Jesus is the means by which a person is justified.   At the same time, a sinner must believe the gospel; he is commanded to repent of his sinful life, to be baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ, and to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 4:12; 8:12-17; 10:43-48; 19:1-6).  Thus the various aspects of faith and obedience work together in God's grace to reconcile us to God. 

     Additionally we hold to a oneness view of God.  It views the Trinitarian concept of God, that of God eternally existing as three distinctive persons, as inadequate and a departure from the consistent and emphatic biblical revelation of God being one. 

     We teach that the one God who revealed Himself in the Old Testament as Jehovah revealed himself in His Son, Jesus Christ.  Thus Jesus Christ was and is God.  In other words, Jesus is the one true God manifested in flesh, for in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily (John 1:1-14; I Timothy 3:16; Colossians 2:9). 

     While fully God, Jesus was also fully man, possessing a full and true humanity.   He was both God and man. Moreover, the Holy Spirit is God with us and in us.  Thus God is manifested as Father in creation and as the Father of the Son, in the Son for our redemption, and as the Holy Spirit in our regeneration.