I BELIEVE” By Stan Metts The following article was compiled in 1978.
The Church that I then pastored had come under internal division. My standards and doctrines were privately and publicly questioned. Rumors flew about what I was preaching and teaching. I decided to put down in black and white a statement of what I believed. I BELIEVE” By Stan Metts
I BELIEVE: GOD IS ALIVE, ALL POWERFULL,AND TOTALLY SUPREME…………..EXODUS 20:1-7
THE BIBLE IS GOD’S ONLY AND COMPLETE REVELATION TO MEN……..II TIM. 3:16
THE KJV (1611) IS THE RELIABLE PURE ENGLISH VERSION…………MATT. 24:35
SALVATION IS BY GRACE ALONE, NO WORKS REQUIRED……………….EPH.2:8,9
GOD CREATED ALL THINGS IN 6/24 HOUR DAYS…………………..GEN. 1:1-31
EVERY PERSON INHERITS THE ADAMIC NATURE THUS HIS CURSE……..ROM. 5:12-21
GOD IS A GOD OF MIRACLES, NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE………………..MARK 10:27
ALL BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS ARE TRUE UNLESS NOTED BY SCRIPTURE…II PET. 1:16-21
THERE IS NO ONE WHO CAN BE GOOD BEFORE GOD BY SELF…………ROM. 3:10-19
ALL HAVE SINNED, COMING SHORT OF GOD’S DIGNITY………………ROM. 3:23
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH (SEPARATION FROM GOD)………………ROM. 6:23
THE ONLY PLAN OF SALVATION IS THROUGH CHRIST…………………ACTS 4:12
ONE WHO DISREGARDS THAT PLAN FACES CERTAIN JUDGEMENT………HEB. 10:26-31
THAT HELL IS CURRENTLY BURNING WITH REAL FIRE…………..LUKE 16:19-31
A REPENTENT HEART IS THE FERTILE SOIL OF THE SOUL…………LUKE 13:3
ONE BECOMES A CHILD OF GOD ONLY BY BIRTH………………….JOHN 1:11-13
JESUS IS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD……………………….JOHN 3:16 JESUS,
THE WORD OF GOD, IS GOD IN THE FLESH………………..JOHN 1:1-14
JESUS IS THE NAME BEFORE WHOM ALL MUST BOW………………..PHIL. 2:5-11
WATER BAPTISM IS NOT PART OF SALVATION…………………….I COR. 1:17
SPIRITUAL BAPTISM IS PART OF SALVATION…………………….ROM. 6:1-11
CURRENT ‘TONGUES’ ARE NOT SCRIPTURAL TONGUES…………..ACTS 2:1-12
TO BE FULL OF THE SPIRIT IS TO BE FULL OF CHRIST……………ROM. 8:1-16
SALVATION IS FREE TO ANYONE WHO BELIEVES & RECEIVES CHRIST….ROM. 10:9-17
THE ELECT IS JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF…………………………EPH. 1:1-14
WE BECOME ELECT IN HIM WHEN WE TRUST IN HIM………………….EPH. 1:12
ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED…………………………………ROM. 8:24-39
PROFESSING ‘CHRISTIANS’ ARE ILLEGITIMATE SONS……………..HEB. 12:5-11
THE LOCAL ASSEMBLY OF BELIEVERS IS CHRIST’S BODY……….I COR. 12:1-31
THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IS THE GROUND OF TRUTH……….I TIM. 3:1-15
THE CHURCH IS BUILT UPON CHRIST AS THE SON OF GOD………..MATT. 16:13-23
THE ORDINANCES OF BAPTISM & COMMUNION ARE THE CHURCH’S…..I COR. 11:18-34
THE CHURCH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SELF INSPECTION…………….I COR. 5:1-13
THE CHURCH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORLD EVANGELISM…………..MATT. 28:18-20
SOME MINISTERS ARE NOT FROM GOD………………………II COR. 11:13-15
TITHES AND OFFERINGS ARE GOD’S COMMAND IN GRACE………..MATT. 23:23
CHRIST SET THE PATTERN FOR REACHING THE WORLD…………………ACTS 1:8
CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE LIVING & SPEAKING TESTIMONIES………..MATT. 15:7-20
CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO LIVE SEPARATED LIVES……………….II COR. 6:14-18
CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT SUE FOR DIVORCE…………………I COR. 7:1-17,39
HUSBANDS ARE THE HEAD OF A GODLY HOME……………………….EPH. 5:23
A GODLY WIFE SUBMITS TO HER HUSBAND…………………………EPH. 5:22
A GODLY HUSBAND LOVES HIS WIFE AS HIMSELF……………………EPH. 5:28
GODLY CHILDREN OBEY THEIR PARENTS……………………………EPH. 6:1
GODLY PARENTS FAITHFULLY TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO CHURCH….EPH. 6:4
HOMOSEXUALITY IS ABOMINATION BEFORE GOD…………………..ROM. 1:26-32
EXTRA MARITAL SEX IS ADULTRY……………………………….EX. 20:14
PRE-MARITAL SEX IS FORNICATION…………………………..GAL. 5:19-21
ABORTION IS CRUEL MURDER………………………………..EX. 21:22,23
WOMEN OUGHT NOT WEAR JEANS,SHORTS, OR BRIEF CLOTHING………..TITUS 2:4,5
CIGARETTS,DRUGS, & ALCOHOL ARE ENEMIES OF THE SOUL……….PROV. 23:29-35
DRUNKARDS ARE HELL BOUND…………………………………I COR. 6:10
LIARS ARE HELL BOUND………………………………………REV. 21:8
CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT USE PROFANITY…………………………EPH. 4:29
BITTER CURSING COMES FROM AN UNREGENERATE SOUL…………ROM. 3:14
THE RAPTURE OF ALL BELIEVERS IS IMMINENT………………I THESS. 4:13-18
THE TRUE BELIEVER HAS NO PART OF 7 YEAR TRIBULATION…….II THESS. 2:1-17
CHRIST SHALL REIGN OVER THIS EARTH 1000 YEARS………………..REV. 20:4
THE PRESENT HEAVENS & EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY…………II PET. 3:10-14
ONLY THE SAVED SHALL INHABIT HEAVEN……………………..REV. 21:23-27
SIN WILL NOT ENTER HEAVEN………………………………….REV. 21:8
SINNERS WILL BE CAST INTO A LAKE OF FIRE…………………REV. 20:11-15
GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY PERISH………………………..II PET. 3:9
This is April of 2007. I still stand where I stood!_________________ Signed – Stan Metts dsmetts
I fully agree with Brother Stan Metts, on these important Issues today.
Your brother in Christ, Edwin Morales with thegloryland.com 9/29/2007
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