Breaking
through spiritual barriers.
Spear Ministries
Doctrinal Statement
God
We believe there is but one living and true God, Who is one in essence, while
eternally existing in three distinct personalities: Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit. Though each person of the Godhead possesses the same nature, each
functions differently in respect to God's dealings with man.
Deut. 6:4
God the Father
The first person of the Trinity orders and directs all things according to His
own purpose, pleasure, and grace. He created the universe. He has decreed all
things that come to pass for His own glory. He graciously involves Himself in
the affairs of men, hears and answers prayer, and saves from sin and death all
who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
Matt. 6:9
John 5:19-24
Eph. 1:3-6
God the Son
Jesus Christ is both the eternal Son of God and virgin-born Son of man. Fully
God and fully man, He surrendered nothing of His deity during His earthly life.
Having led a sinless life, He satisfied the Father's justice concerning sin by
His substitutionary death. We believe in His substitutionary death, His bodily
resurrection, His physical ascension, and His visible return to this Earth to
establish His earthly kingdom.
John 1:14-18
I Cor. 15
Heb. 2:17-18
Rom. 3:24-26
Rev. 20:11-15
Col 2:9
God the Holy Spirit
The third person of the Trinity executes the will of God in the world of men. It
is the Holy Spirit Who convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment.
It is the Holy Spirit who empowers the church to live a lifestyle pleasing to
God, endowing it with special gifts which equip believers to accomplish distinct
ministries, planned beforehand by God the Father.
I Cor. 12
Eph. 2:10
John 3:1-8
John 16-4-15
Eph. 1:13-14
John 15:16
Gal. 5-16-25
The Nature of Man
We believe that man was directly created in the image of God to enjoy His
fellowship and to fulfill God's will on Earth. Man fell into sin by a voluntary
act of personal disobedience to the will of God. Consequently, all men are
spiritually dead and subject to the penalties this spiritual death imposes. The
fall of man was a once-for-all historical fact. Its spiritually deadening effect
spread to all men, each of whom is born with a sinful nature which separates him
from God in thought, word, and deed. This hopeless spiritual reality can only be
corrected by the person of Jesus Christ.
Gen. 1:26-27
Gen. 2:7
Gen. 3:3-4
ROM 1:18-32
ROM 3:10-23
Eph. 2:1-3
Salvation
We believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins as the only sufficient
substitutionary sacrifice. All who believe in Him are declared justified by the
Father on the grounds of Jesus' death and resurrection. All who receive the Lord
Jesus Christ by grace through faith have been regenerated by and baptized in the
Holy Sprit. They are thereby the children of God forever and members in the one
true church, the Body of Christ. This salvation results in righteous living and
good works as the believer submits his behavior to the Word of God and the
direction of the Holy Spirit.
John 14:6
Acts 4:12
ROM 3:21-26
I Cor. 15:1-4
Eph. 1:7, 2:8-9
Heb. 10:10-12
Gal. 3:26
Titus 3:4-7
I John 5:11-13
John 1:12, 3-16, 5-14
Baptism
Baptism is an essential "first step" for a believer who seeks to become a
disciple of Jesus Christ. In fulfilling this command, the believer reveals that
a coup has taken place in his life. The government of self has been overthrown.
In its place, a new authority, Jesus Christ, rules.
The Scriptures
We believe that the Scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are verbally
inspired by God, error-free in the original writings, and the supreme authority
of faith and practice for the believer in Jesus Christ.
2 Tim. 3:16-17
Pet. 1:20-21
Heb. 4:12
The Church
We believe that all who have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit belong to the
one true church and are directed by the Scriptures to associate themselves in
local, visible churches. The local church is the only scriptural representation
of Christ's invisible church and consists only of regenerated believers. The
local church is autonomous in its relationship to other assemblies and is led by
those who fill biblical offices of elder and deacon.
Heb. 10:23-25
Acts 2:41-47, 4:1-16
I Cor. 12-4
Matt. 16:13-28, 28:18-20
Eph. 2:19-22
The Future
We believe that the next great event of human history will be the personal
return of Jesus Christ. This is the Blessed Hope, which all those who love Jesus
Christ yearn for. Though the time of Christ's return is a mystery, known only
the Father Himself, we believe it is as sure as Jesus' first coming was fact.
I Thess. 4:15-17
John 14-1-3
Matt. 24:36
Matt. 24-25
