OUR BELIEFS

One God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Matt. 5:16, 45; John 1:1, 14; John 4:24, 14:16-20
God the Father Almighty, Creator of all things visible and invisible.
Gen. 1:1; Heb. 11:3
Jesus Christ, God's one and only Son, our one and only Savior.
John 1:14; I John 4:9; John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:18

Was born Jesus of Nazareth, both fully human and fully divine, conceived of the Holy Spirit by the virgin Mary.
Matt. 21:11; John 19:19; John 1:14; Rom 5:15-17; Col. 2:9; I John 1:1; Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:26-38
Died and was buried, and Who rose again bodily from the dead on the third day.
John 20:24-29; I Cor. 15:3-8
Ascended into Heaven and now sits at the right hand of God the Father.
Luke 22:69; Acts 1:1-9; Col. 3:1
Will return to earth to judge both the living and the dead.
Matt. 24:32-36; John 14:1-3; I Pet. 4:5

Is active and operative part of the triune God.
John 16:5-15; Acts 1:7-8; Rom. 8:26-27
Indwells every Christian.
I Cor. 3:16; 6:19; 2 Tim. 1:14

Man, created by God, willfully sinned against God and is consequently without hope apart from Jesus Christ.
Acts 4:12; Rom. 3:23, 6-23
Salvation-the forgiveness of sins-is only by grace through the blood of Christ.
Matt. 26-28; Rom. 5:9; Eph. 2:8-9; I Pet. 1:18-19; I John 1:7
One receives God's grace by putting faith in Christ, repenting of our sin confessing Christ and being immersed into Christ, but that none of these is sufficient in and of itself the assurance of salvation.
Rom. 5:1-2; Luke 24:45-47; Acts 3:19, 17:30; 2 Pet. 3:9; Matt. 10:32; Rom. 10:9; Phil. 2:11; I John 4:15; Acts 2:38; Rom. 6:1-7; Gal. 3:27; Col. 2:12; I Pet. 3:21

First Christian is an Independent Christian Church in Clinton, OK.
We are a body of believers known for loving God and serving others.