What do
we believe?

Our Statement of Faith

Lyons Church of Christ is a mainstream Christian Church that holds to the following core beliefs which are essentials of the Christian faith.

 

The Bible

We believe God inspired all the words of the Bible without error in the original writings to give human beings His authoritative message.

 

God’s Nature

We believe in one God eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ

We believe in His full deity, His virgin birth, His real humanity, His sinless life, His substitutionary death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, His present life and mission and His future personal return to this earth.

 

The Holy Spirit

We believe in His full deity. He convicts sinners and saves those who believe in Christ. He indwells, seals and places believers into the body of Christ. He gives spiritual gifts and the power to live a Christian life.

 

Human Beings

We believe that God created all things as described in Genesis. We believe that human beings are created in God’s image, creating every person to be of equal value to each other.

 

Salvation

We believe that human beings have separated themselves from God through our sinful behaviour. We believe that sin is defined by what God teaches in the Bible. We believe that God gives eternal life to those who repent of their sin and put their faith in Christ alone.

 

The Church

We believe in the importance of the local church which is made up of believers who gather for worship, fellowship and teaching. We believe in the responsibility of the church to fulfil the Great Commission of Christ, preaching the Gospel to all nations.

 

The Future

We believe in the eternal existence of the soul, the resurrection of the body, the eternal blessedness of believers, and the eternal separation of those who reject God from Him.

“One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.”

Psalm 27:4 (NKJV)