Vine Fellowship Network

We believe that there is one God 1 eternally existing 2 in three persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 3

1 Deut. 6:4
Hear, O Israel : The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

I Cor. 8:4
So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and there is no God but one.

2 Psalm 90:2
From everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

I Tim. 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

3 Matt. 28:19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

2 Cor. 13:14
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

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We believe that Bible is God's written revelation to man 1 and that it is verbally inspired 2, authoritative 3, and without error in the original manuscripts 4

1 2 Pet. 1:20-21
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 2 Tim. 3:16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.

3 Rev. 22:18-19
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

4 John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

Matt. 5:17-18
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

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We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ 1 , His virgin birth 2 , sinless life 3 , miracles 4 , death on the cross to provide for our redemption 5 , bodily resurrection and ascension into heaven 6 , present ministry of intercession for us 7 , and His return to earth in power and glory 8 .

1 John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Col. 2:9
For in Christ all the fullness of Deity lives in bodily form.

2 Matt. 1:23
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel - which means God with us.

3 Heb. 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet without sin.

4 Acts 2:22-23
Men of Israel , listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you, by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.

5 I Pet. 3:18
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.

I John 1:7
The blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.

6 I Cor. 15:4
that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

Mark 16:19
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

7 Heb. 7:25
Therefore, He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them.

8 Matt. 24:30 At that time, the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

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We believe in the personality 1 and deity 2 of the Holy Spirit, that He performs the miracle of new birth in an unbeliever 3 and indwells believers 4, enabling them to live a godly life 5. We accept all the gifts of the Holy Spirit for the church and the individual believer 7 and ever how Jesus Christ chooses to administer 6 those gifts. 7

1 I Cor. 2:10-11
but God has revealed it to us them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

I Cor. 12:11
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and He gives them each one, just as He determines.

Eph. 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God.

2 Acts 5:3-4
Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit?...You have not lied to men, but to God."

3 Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

4 I Cor. 6:19
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.

5 Eph. 5:18
Be filled with the Spirit

Gal. 5:16
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

Gal. 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

6 I Cor 12:4-11
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. {5} There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. {6} There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. {7} Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. {8} To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, {9} to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, {10} to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. {11} All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.

7 Acts 2:1-4
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. {2} Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. {3} They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. {4} All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 19:6
When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

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We believe that man was created in the image of God 1 , but because of sin 2 , was alienated from God 3 . Only through faith 4 , trusting in Christ alone 5 for salvation, which was made possible by His death 6 and resurrection 7 , can that alienation be removed.

1 Gen. 1:27
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them.

2 I John 3:4
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact sin is lawlessness.

Rom. 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

3 Rom. 6:23
For the wages of sin is death.

Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.

4 Eph. 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.

Phil. 3:9
and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ - the righteousness that comes from God is by faith.

Rom. 3:28
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the Law.

5 John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me."

Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

I Jn. 5:11-12
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

6 Rom. 3:24
and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

Rom. 5:8
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in this: While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

Eph. 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.

7 I Cor. 15:3-8
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

All Scripture references taken from the New International Version (NIV).

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