Any belief should be compared to what is said in the word of God - THE HOLY BIBLE. Here are seven
major measuring rods that can be used to evaluate a church or belief system that
dif ers from scripture references.

1. Sources of Authority
The Bible (66 OT/NT books) is the word of God and our complete and final
authority.

2. Doctrines about God
There is only one true God, who is three persons { Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
} all of them are equal in every divine attribute.

3. Doctrines about Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, perfect in godhood and perfect in manhood.
His life was sinless and his death on the cross a complete and substitutionary
sacrifice for our sin. He arose bodily from the dead, sits at the right hand of the
father, and will come again to judge the living and the dead and to set up his
kingdom.

4. Doctrines about the Holy Spirit
The Holy spirit is a person, who convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and
judgment.

5. Doctrines about Man
Man and woman were created in the image of God with immortable souls. By
their own choice they fell from their sinless state and are now sinful in nature
and under God's curse. Man is without excuse for his sin and subject to con-
demnation to everlasting hell.

6. Doctrines about Salvation
Salvation comes only through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who believe,
repent, and receive Christ by faith have their sins forgiven and become children
of God.

7. Doctrines about Things to Come
Christ will return, the saints will be raptured, and the Great Tribulation will
follow. At its end Christ will establish his millenial kingdom, which will end
with the judgment of the nations, the punishment of the wicked in hell, and the
eternal life of the saints in heaven.

Most cults either oppose or severly twist the trinity of God, the deity of Christ,
the personality of the Holy Spirit, and the immortality of the soul. Their teachings
about the last things have similar elements as those of orthodox Christianity, but
assign very diferent meanings to them.

Read the Bible to be Wise, Believe it to be Safe and Practice it to be Holy

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