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Basic Christian Doctrine

Sources include |"Basic Christian Doctrine" at CARM, "Doctrines -- Extended List" from ApostolicFaith.org, and "Five Basic Doctrines" from DeceptionInTheChurch.com.

CARM's List

 1. There is only one God--Isaiah 43:10; 44:6, 8; John 17:3; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Gal. 4:8-9
 2. God is a Trinity--2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Pet. 1:2
 3. There are no Gods before or after God--Isaiah 43:10
 4. God knows all things--1 John 3:20
 5. God is all-powerful--Psalm 115:3
 6. God is everywhere--Jer. 23:23, 24
 7. God is sovereign--Zech. 9:14; 1 Tim. 6:15-16
 8. God is spirit--John 4:24
 9. God created all that exists--Gen. 1:1; Isaiah 44:24
10. Spirit does not have a body of flesh and bones--Luke 24:39
11. God has always been God--Psalm 90:2
12. Jesus is God--John 1:1, 14; 10:30-33; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8
13. Jesus became a man--Phil. 2:5-8
14. Jesus has two natures: divine and human--Col. 2:9; 1 Tim. 2:5
15. Jesus was sinless--1 Pet. 2:22
16. Jesus is the only way to God the Father--John 14:6; Matt. 11:27; Luke 10:22
17. The Holy Spirit is God--Acts 5:3-4
18. The Holy Spirit is not a force. He is alive--Acts 13:2
19. The Bible is inspired by God--2 Tim. 3:16
20. All people have sinned--Rom. 3:23, 5:12
21. Man did not evolve; he was created--Gen. 1:26
22. Adam and Eve were real people--Gen. 3:20; 5:1; 1 Tim. 2:13
23. Death entered the world because of Adam's sin--Rom. 5:12-15
24. Sin separates us from God--Isaiah 59:2
25. Jesus died for all our sins--1 John 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:14; 1 Pet. 2:24
26. Jesus' sacrifice was a substitution for us--1 Pet. 2:24
27. Jesus rose from the dead in His physical body--John 2:19-21
28. Those who reject Jesus will go to Hell--Rev. 20:11-15
29. Hell is a place of fiery punishment--Matt. 25:41; Rev. 19:20
30. Hell is eternal--Matt. 25:46
31. The unsaved go to hell forever--Rev. 21:8
32. Salvation is a free gift of God--Rom. 4:5; 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9
33. The Bible is the Word of God--2 Tim. 3:16
34. Jesus will return visibly to earth--Acts 1:11
35. Christians will be raised from the dead when Jesus returns--1 Thess. 4:14-17
36. There will be a rapture (being caught up into the clouds with Jesus)--1 Thess. 4:14-17
37. There will be a final judgment--2 Pet. 3:7
38. The damned will be thrown into a lake of fire--Rev. 20:15
39. Satan will be cast into the lake of fire--Rev. 20:10
40. There will be a new heavens and a new earth--2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1

Discussion of Doctrines

Here we will go through and analyze the doctrines stated above.

1. Monotheism

This is stated on CARM as There is only one God–Isaiah 43:10; 44:6, 8; John 17:3; 1 Cor. 8:5-6; Gal. 4:8-9.