WHAT WE BELIEVE

At Journey Family Church, all are welcome to attend, explore, and participate in taking steps of faith toward Christ. We recognize that doubts and questions about faith are a normal part of spiritual growth, and we do not claim to have all the answers. We do claim, however, that all the answers can be found in Jesus.

  • The Old and New Testament are inspired by God, the only written revelation from God to man. The Bible is infallible and the authoritative rule of faith and conduct for mankind. (2 Timothy 3:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, & 2 Peter 1:21)

  • The Lord our God is one (Deuteronomy 6:4). God is supernatural and eternally self-existent (John 8:54-59). God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. He is the creator of the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1&2). While God is one, He has revealed Himself in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19).

  • Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, the eternal Son of God. The Scripture declares his virgin birth (Matthew 1:18-23); His sinless life (Hebrews 7:26, 1 Peter 2:22, & 1 John 3:4,5); His miracles (Acts 2:22 &10:37-38); His substitutionary death on the cross (2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:24, & 1 Corinthians 15:4); His bodily resurrections from the dead (Matthew 28:1-6, & 1 Corinthians 15:4); His exaltation to the right hand of God (Acts 1:9,11 & Philippians 2:9-11).

  • Man was created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26). However, by a voluntary act of the will, Adam and Eve disobeyed God (Genesis 3:6). That first sin had several repercussions. Man was excommunicated from the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:23), a cruse was pronounced (Genesis 3:14-19), the process of physical death began (Genesis 2:17), and man died spiritually (Romans 5:12-19). Sin separated humankind from God (Ephesians 2:11-18) and left man in a fallen or sinful condition (Romans 3:23).

  • The only means of salvation is Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12 & John 14:6). He died on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins (1 Peter 2:24). He offers each of us a pardon for our sins (Hebrews 9:26) and wants us to become children of God (John 1:12). This is a free gift received by grace through faith, not of works. When we put our faith in Christ, it begins an internal transformation. We become the Temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). Our names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (Revelations 3:5).

    We become citizens of heaven (Philippians 3:20-21). We are given eternal life (John 3:16). We are adopted and become children of God (Galatians 4:4-7). Our sins are forgiven and forgotten (Hebrews 8:12). We are credited with the righteousness of Christ (Romans 4:4-5).

    We are born again (John 3:3). God takes ownership of us (1 Corinthians 6:20). We receive an eternal inheritance (Epehsians 1:13-14 & 1 Peter 1:3-5). The evidence of salvation is two-fold. The internal evidence is the direct witness of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:16). The external evidence is the fruit of the spirit (Galatians 5:22, 23). We become a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17), and are transformed into the image of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18).