God
There is one¹ God² who exists in three equal and eternal persons³: Father, Son⁴ and Holy Spirit⁵.

The Bible
As originally given, the Bible is God-breathed and therefore is our final authority for belief and practice⁶.

The Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ⁷, the Son of God⁸, is fully God⁹ and fully sinless man¹⁰, being conceived by the Holy Spirit¹¹ and born of the virgin Mary¹². His death on the cross provided the once for all sacrifice for our sin¹³ so that we might be free from its guilt and penalty¹⁴. On the third day God raised him bodily from the dead¹⁵, after forty days he ascended into heaven¹⁶ where he mediates between God and man¹⁷. He will return for all who have believed in him¹⁸ and to establish his kingdom on earth¹⁹.

The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit has been sent to glorify Christ²⁰. He gives new life and lives in every believer²¹. He reveals God's plans for us²², helps us to understand scripture²³, gifts the various members of the Body of Christ so that together we can build one another up²⁴ and he brings about an increasing likeness to Christ²⁵.

The Human Race
The human race was created by God in his image²⁶ and every individual is valuable to him and to others²⁷. As a result of Adam's disobedience we have inherited a sinful nature and are therefore alienated from God and hostile to him²⁸. All are justly subject to the righteous condemnation of God and need to be reconciled to him by the death and resurrection of Christ²⁹.

Reconciliation
When a person trusts Christ for salvation from God's condemnation and acknowledges him as Saviour and Lord, God credits him or her with righteousness³⁰ and they become a child of God held in his hand forever³¹.

The Church
Everyone who becomes a Christian is baptised by the Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ - all God's people, in all nations, from all time with Christ as the head - visibly represented by the local church³². Every believer has direct access to God³³ and has been gifted by the Holy Spirit for service³⁴.

¹ One God: Deut 6 v 4 (the word echad used for "one" never refers to a stark single entity in the Hebrew Bible, it is a compound unity eg. one people, one bunch of grapes, etc.); 1 Cor 8 v 4; 1 Tim 2 v 5; James 2 v 19

² God revealed in creation: Rom 1 vs 18 - 23; Psalm 19 vs 1 - 4;

³ Three persons: Matt 28 v 19
Old Testament suggestions of the trinity:
"us" - Gen 1 v 26; 11 v 7; Isa 6 v 8
Proverbs 30 v 4 seems to suggest that God has a son
Psalm 2 vs 11, 12 informs us that the son is worthy of worship
In Psalm 110 v 1 one deity speaks to another
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⁴ Jesus is God: John 1 vs 1 - 2; 10 v 30; 14 vs 9; 20 vs 28, 29; Acts 20 v 28 ("the church of God [rather than Christ] which he bought with his blood"); Col 2 v 9; Titus 2 v 13;
Jesus equal with God: John 5 vs 17, 18, 23
Jesus is Jehovah: compare Isa 6 v 5 with John 12 v 41 - Isaiah saw the Lord Jehovah, John tells us this was Jesus

⁵ Holy Spirit is God: 2 Cor 3 vs 17, 18
Holy Spirit has the characteristics of God: everlasting - Heb 9 v 14; omnipresent (everywhere) - Psalm 139 vs 7 - 10; omniscient (all-knowing) - 1 Cor 2 vs 10, 11; omnipotent (all-powerful) - Luke 1 v 35

⁶ Luke 24 v 32; John 10 v 35; 2 Tim 3 vs 15 - 17; 2 Pet 1 vs 20, 21; 2 Pet 3 vs 15, 16

⁷ General: Heb 1; Col 1 vs 13 - 22

⁸ Matt 3 v 17;

⁹ Col 2 v 9; John 10 v 30; Heb 1 v 8

¹⁰ Phil 2 vs 5 - 11; Heb 2 vs 5 - 18

¹¹ Matt 1 v 20

¹² Matt 1

¹³ Heb 9 v 12 & 25 - 28

¹⁴ Rom 6 v 23; Col 1 v 22; see also John 3 v16

¹⁵ Matt 28; Luke 24 v 39; 1 Cor 15 vs 3 - 8

¹⁶ Acts 1 vs 1 - 11

¹⁷ Hebrews 4 v 14 - 5 v 9

¹⁸ 1 Thess 4 vs 15 - 18; 1 Cor 15 v 23

¹⁹ Dan 2 v 44; Zech 9 & 14; Isa 9 v 7; Matt 25 vs 31 - 46; Rev 11 v 15

²⁰ John 3 vs 5 - 8; John 16 v 13 - 15

²¹ 1 Cor 6 v 19; Eph 1 v 13; Rom 8 v 9, 14

²² 1 Cor 2 v 10; Acts 16 v 6

²³ John 16 vs 12, 13; 1 Cor 2 vs 9 - 14

²⁴ 1 Cor 12 - 14

²⁵ Gal 5 vs 22, 23

²⁶ Gen 1 v 27

²⁷ James 3 vs 9, 10

²⁸ Col 1 v 21

²⁹ Col 1 v 21; 1 Pet 1 v 3; Rom 5 vs 18, 19

³⁰ Rom 4

³¹ John 10 vs 28, 29

³² 1 Cor 12 vs 12, 13

³³ 1 Pet 2 v 5

³⁴ Eph 4 v 12; Col 3 v 16; 1 Cor 12 - 14