Trinity

TRINITY & OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD:
PROF. M. M. NINAN
· We believe that the Church is one organized Church composed of members.
The true Church Of Christ is not a conglomeration of churches or believers of Christ from
different denominations, but the Church of Christ is one body with many members and
that there should be no schism in the body as what the Bible explicitly teaches:
“For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one
body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ...
“But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He
pleased...
“That there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the
same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if
one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are the body of Christ,
and members individually.
“And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third
teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of
tongues.” (I Corinthians 12:12, 18, 25-27, 28 NKJV)
· We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior and that the Church is the
one that Christ will save as explicitly stated in Ephesians 5:23. The Lord Jesus
Christ commanded those who want to be saved to enter Him (John 10:9). Those who
hear this words of Christ will be made one flock (John 10:16). The flock referred to is the
Church Of Christ (Acts 20:28 Lamsa). It is clearly written in the Bible that there is no
salvation in any other:
“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given
among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12 NKJV)
· The Iglesia Ni Cristo observes the biblical way of baptism, which is
immersion in water. Receiving baptism in the Church Of Christ is necessary for one to become a
disciple of Christ, to be forgiven of sin, and to have hope for salvation (Acts 8:38; John 3:23; Rom. 6:3-5;
Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:38; Mark 16:15-16)
· We believe that God appointed a day when He will judge all people through
Christ (the Day of Judgment). This is the day of the Second Advent of Christ, which is also the
end of the world. (Acts 17:31; Jude 1:14-15; II Pet. 3:7, 10)
· We believe in the resurrection. The resurrection of Christ is the main proof that
the dead will rise. Those in Christ will rise first to be with Him forever in the Holy City.
Those who are not of Christ will rise a thousand years after the first resurrection to be
cast into the lake of fire. (I Cor. 15:12-13; I Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 20:5-10; 21:1-4)
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