"You can be right in every area of theology, but if you are wrong in your theology of God you are wrong enough to lose ourr soul for all of eternity."

- Dr. Walter Martin, The original Bible Answer Man and author of Kingdom of the Cults, and Kingdom of the Occult.

Note from Chris Lawson:

The following Statement of Faith about Jesus Christ is a slightly altered Statement of Faith.  This Statement of Faith has been used by numerous Christian churches and numerous Christian ministry websites, and was first drafted by the Assembilies of God denomination.  The Spiritual Research Network does not endorse the Assemblies of God denomination because the Assemblies of God denomination has allowed much false teaching to blow through its ranks - including the Holy Laughter Counterfiet Revival - which is clearly not of God.  We have posted this Statement of Faith about Jesus Christ here because it hits the nail on the head about Who Jesus Christ is and What He is all about.

If you are reading this and you have been hurt or damaged by ANY Assemblies of God churches, please let us know if you need help - we are happy to help you through a phone call or email.    Countless thousands, perhaps even millions of people, have been severely damaged by the counterfeit and false revivals.   This is indeed a horrible thing!

The Jesus Christ of the Bible wants you to be helped, NOT hindered by false teachers.    Look up the verses below and seek the LORD !  He is faithful!

THE SCRIPTURES INSPIRED
The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God, and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct. (2 Tim. 3:15-17; 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21)

THE ONE TRUE GOD
The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent “I AM,” the creator of heaven and earth, and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Deut. 6:4; Isa. 43:10, 11; Matt. 28:19; Luke 3:22)

THE TRIUNE GODHEAD
The terms “Trinity” and “Persons” as related to the Godhead, while not found in the Scriptures, are words in harmony with Scripture, whereby we may convey to others our immediate understanding of the doctrine of Christ respecting the Being of God, as distinguished from “gods many and lords many.” We therefore may speak with propriety of the Lord our God, who is One Lord, as a trinity or as one Being of Three persons, and still be absolutely scriptural. (Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; John 14:16, 17)

DISTINCTION AND RELATIONSHIP IN THE GODHEAD
Christ taught a distinction of Persons in the Godhead which He expressed in specific terms of relationship, as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but that this distinction and relationship, as to its mode is inscrutable and incomprehensible, because unexplained. (Luke 1:35; 1 Cor. 1:24; Matt. 11:25-27; 28:19; 1 Cor. 13:14; 1 John 1:3, 4)

UNITY OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT
Accordingly, therefore, there is that in the Son which constitutes Him the Son and not the Father; and there is that in the Holy Spirit which constitutes Him the Holy Spirit and not either the Father or the Son. Wherefore the Father is the Begetter, the Son is the Begotten, and the Holy Spirit is the one proceeding from the Father and the Son. Therefore, because these three persons in the Godhead are in a state of unity, there is but one Lord God Almighty and His name one. (John 1:18; 15:26; 17:11, 21; Zech. 14:9)

IDENTITY AND COOPERATION IN THE GODHEAD
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are never identical as to Person; nor confused as to relation; nor divided in respect to the Godhead; nor opposed as to cooperation. The Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son as to relationship. The Son is with the Father and the Father is with the Son, as to fellowship. The Father is not from the Son, but the Son is from the Father, as to authority. The Holy Spirit is from the Father and the Son proceeding, as to nature, relationship, cooperation and authority. Hence, neither Person in the Godhead either exists or works separately or independently of the others. (John 5:17-30, 32, 37; 8:17, 18)

THE TITLE, LORD JESUS CHRIST
The appellation, “Lord Jesus Christ,” is a proper name. It is never applied, in the New Testament, either to the Father or to the Holy Spirit. It therefore belongs exclusively to the Son of God. (Rom. 1:1-3, 7; 2 John 3)

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, GOD WITH US
The Lord Jesus Christ, as to His divine and eternal nature, is the proper and only Begotten of the Father, but as to His human nature, He is the proper Son of Man. He is, therefore, acknowledged to be both God and man; who because He is God and man, is “Immanuel,” God with us. (Matt. 1:23; 1 John 4:2, 10, 14; Rev. 1:13, 17)

THE TITLE, SON OF GOD
Since the name “Immanuel” embraces both God and man in the one Person, our Lord Jesus Christ, it follows that the title, Son of God, describes His proper deity, and the title Son of Man, His proper humanity. Therefore, the title Son of God belongs to the order of eternity, and the title Son of Man, to the order of time. (Matt. 1:21-23; 2 John 3; 1 John 3:8; Heb. 1:1-13; 7:3)

TRANSGRESSION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST
Wherefore, it is a transgression of the Doctrine of Christ to say that Jesus Christ derived the title Son of God solely from the fact of the incarnation, or because of His relation to the economy of redemption. Therefore, to deny that the Father is a real and eternal Father, and that the Son is a real and eternal Son, is the denial of the distinction and relationship in the Being of God; a denial of the Father and the Son; and a displacement of the truth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. (2 John 9; John 1: 1, 2, 14, 18, 29, 49; 1 John 2:22, 23; 4:1-5; Heb. 12:2)

EXALTATION OF JESUS CHRIST AS LORD
The Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, having by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, angels and principalities and powers having been made subject unto Him. And having been made both Lord and Christ, he sent the Holy Spirit that we, in the name of Jesus, might bow our knees and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father until the end, when the Son shall become subject to the Father that God may be all in all. (Heb. 1:3; 1 Peter 3:22; Acts 2:23-26; Rom. 14:11; 1 Cor. 15:24-28)

THE EQUAL HONOR TO THE FATHER AND THE SON
Wherefore, since the Father has delivered all judgment unto the Son, it is not only the express duty of all in heaven and on earth to bow the knee, but it is an unspeakable joy in the Holy Spirit to ascribe unto the son all the attributes of Deity, and to give Him all the honor and the glory contained in all the names and titles of the Godhead (except those which express relationship), and thus honor the Son even as we honor the Father. (John 5:22, 23; 1 Peter 1:8; Rev. 5:6-14; Phil. 2:8, 9; Rev. 7:9, 10; 4:8-11).

THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare:

His virgin birth  (Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:31, 35)

His sinless life  (Heb. 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22)

His miracles (Acts 2:22; 10:38)
His substitutionary work on the cross (1 Cor. 15:3; 2 Cor. 5:21)
His bodily resurrection from the dead (Matt. 28:6; Luke 24:39; 1 Cor. 15:4)
His exaltation to the right hand of God (Acts 1:9, 11; 2:33; Phil. 2:9-11; Heb. 1-3)

THE FALL OF MAN
Man was created good and upright; for God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God. (Gen. 1:26, 27; 2:27; 3:6; Rom. 5:12-19)

THE SALVATION OF MAN
Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

CONDITIONS TO SALVATION
Salvation is received by repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life. (Luke 24:47; John 3:3; Rom. 10:13-15; Eph. 2:8; Titus 2:11; 3:5-7)

EVIDENCES OF SALVATION
The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit (Rom. 8:16). The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness. (Eph. 4:24; Titus 2:12)

Articles About the Person and Work of Jesus Christ Our Lord

Redefining Jesus?: The Biblical Jesus Versus Counterfeit's - Chris Lawson

The Biblical Road to Salvation: Where will you spend eternity?

The Deity of Jesus Christ - Dr. Walter Martin
Christ Died for Us - Dr. Walter Martin
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ - Dr. Walter Martin
The Doctrine of the Trinity - Dr. Walter Martin

God is Jealous for His People - Steve Muse
Is This About Us or About Him? - Steve Muse

Jesus Christ: Savior or Perfect Stranger - Bud Press
When Will Jesus Return? What Jesus and the Bible have to say - Bud Press
For the Love of Jesus Christ: When Paul was weak, he was strong - Bud Press

Denying the Deity of the Son of God is to Deny the Scripture - Mike Oppenheimer
Jesus Christ is Worshipped - Mike Oppenheimer
Proofs for Jesus Being Deity - Mike Oppenheimer