FAQ

WHAT WE BELIEVE

God is the creator and ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God (Genesis 1:26-27, 3:22; Psalm 90:2; Matthew 28:19; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14)

Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is God Incarnate and co-equal to the Father. He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life and offered Himself on the cross as a perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people. On the third day after He was crucified, Jesus arose bodily from the grave to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven, where He sits at the Father’s right hand ministering on behalf of and interceding for His people. He will return someday to reign with us in eternity as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. (Matthew 1:22-23; Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1-14; John 14:10-30; Hebrews 4:14-15; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Romans 1:3-4; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Timothy 6:14-15; Titus 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 4)

The Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and the Son. He is the presence of God in the world. He works to make humanity aware of their sin and need for salvation. He indwells every believer – empowering them to fully comprehend truth, enabling them to live Christ-like lives, and guiding them in choosing and doing what is right. He also gifts each believer uniquely for works of ministry. Christians must seek to submit their lives to His control on a daily basis. (2 Corinthians 3:17; John 16:7-13; John 14:16-17; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 2:12,3:16; Ephesians 1:13; Galatians 5:25; Ephesians 5:18; Romans 6-8)

We believe humans are unique in God’s creation. People alone in the created world are said to have been made in the image of God. We were created to be in fellowship with God, to enjoy Him, and to be like Him in character. Although each of us has incredible potential for good, each of us has also broken our relationship with God and has been marred by an attitude of disobedience to Him called “sin”. That attitude of sin separates us from God and is the root cause of all evil and suffering in the world. (Genesis 1:27; Psalms 8:3-6; Isaiah 53:6; Romans 3:23; Isaiah 59:1-2)

Salvation is God’s free gift to us. Salvation cannot be earned or deserved, but it must be accepted by faith. We can never make up for our sins by self-improvement or good works. Only by trusting in God’s offer of forgiveness for sins through Jesus Christ can anyone be saved and have eternal life. When we decide to turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus Christ in faith, we are saved. At that very moment eternal life begins for us. (Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 14:6; John 1:12; Titus 3:5)

Christ-Followers are called to grow in grace and in their knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are told to “exercise yourself to godliness…” and to “perfect holiness out of reverence for God.” For us that means that genuine salvation will result in a new nature that causes us to want to live in obedience. It will also result in the Holy Spirit indwelling our hearts and cleansing our actions, attitudes, and dispositions – allowing us to begin to reflect the nature of Jesus in our living.

Christ-Followers are called to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in this sanctifying process by learning to follow His promptings and making us more like Him – through the means of growth the Holy Spirit most often uses: The Word, Prayer, Worship, Fellowship, and Service. (1 Peter 1:15-16; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Peter 1:5-8; Romans 6; Romans 8:28-29)

People were created to exist forever. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin, or eternally enjoying God through faith and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is hell; to be in eternal communion with Him is Heaven. We believe that Heaven and hell are real places of eternal existence. (John 3:16; John 14: 17; Romans 6:23; Romans 8:17-18; Revelation 20:15; 1 Corinthians 2:7-9)

We believe every person who places their faith in Christ should desire to be obedient to His commands. The first command that Christ made is for us to be baptized. Baptism is an outward symbol that testifies to salvation that has taken place in someone’s heart. It is the initial way that we obey Christ and that we identify ourselves as His followers and members of His family. We believe the Biblical mode of baptism is full immersion under water of a person old enough to understand what it means to submit their lives to Jesus and who has made that decision. (Colossians 2:12; Matthew 28:19-20; Romans 6:1-4; Acts 2:37-39)

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Genesis 1:26-27) Rejection of one's biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person. Any effort to violate the creative order of God by attempting to modify or transform human gender or biological sex is sin.

We believe that the term "marriage" has only one meaning: the uniting of one mane and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. (Genesis 2:18-25) We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Corinthians 6:18; 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4) We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of marriage.

We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography is sinful and offensive to God. (Matthew 15:18-20)

We believe that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. (Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31) Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of HighPoint Church.

Christ came to establish a new family in-which the distinctions of race, economics and power, and gender, which the enemy uses to separate us are done away with. (Galatians 3:27-29) This is the great theme of the Scripture. Humanity - which is fallen and fractured - has now been forgiven and unified in the church through Christ. the Bible also affirms that we are all part of the priesthood. (I Peter 2:9) Christ always called his people to move away from living according to religious traditions and to return to living as God intended from the beginning. (Matthew 19:1-9)

Along with these overarching truths, there are many specific places where the full participations in the life, ministry, and leadership of the church is affirmed in the New Testament (Luke 24:1-12; Luke 8:1-3; Luke 10:38-42; Acts 1:12-14, Acts 2:4,18; Acts 16:14-15; Acts 17:4,12,34; Acts 18:24-28; Acts 21:8-9; Romans 16:3-16; I Corinthians 11:5) We recognize there are two passages pf scripture that seem to profit women from holding certain offices or exercising certain leadership in the church (I Corinthians 14:34-35; I Timothy 2:11-15) However, we believe appropriate exegesis of those passages reveal they were cultural accommodations and instructions to a sciatic and not eternal principles for the New Testament church.

Jesus came to the world to save individual sinners and to build His church. Scripture describes the church as God's family, His household, the Body of Christ, the bride of Christ, a living temple, etc. Each of these metaphors teach us a different truth about the church, but in totality the Bible teaches the church is God's family. This family was planned in eternity, purchased by Christ, commissioned to spread the influence of God's Kingdom on earth, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to accomplish that commission. People become a part of the church when they are "born again." The church exists visibly in local congregations to disciple believers in the faith and equip them to carry out the Kingdom Commission in every sphere of life (family church, education, government, business, and media and arts). (Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:47; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 2:11-22)

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