My Beliefs About God

• I believe in God. 
• I believe in one God and His Hebrew name is Yahweh.  Deut 6.4 Isaiah 44.6
• There is no other God in existence except Yahweh. Isaiah 45.5-7
• Yahweh is one in nature, characteristics, power and glory John 1:14; Acts 5:3–4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Heb. 1:1–3; Rev. 1:4–6 
• I believe God is eternal, all powerful, all knowing, and all present.
• I believe God exists in three persons.
• I believe the three persons of the Godhead are the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
• I believe the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit is one God.
• I believe each person of the Godhead is equal in essence but different in function.
• I believe sometimes God allows Satan to attack His servants. (Job 1.21-22)
• I believe we are to have reverence for God and fear Him. (Isaiah 8.13)
• God does not delight in religion. (Isaiah 1.-14)
• (Matt. 28:18–19; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acts 5:3–4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Heb. 1:1–3; Rev. 1:4–6). 

Part 2: I am a Christian what do I do?

“You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.” 2 Timothy 2.3-4

      Be a soldier.

I was eighteen years old when I signed to join the Michigan Army National Guard. I raised my right hand and took an oath to defend the United States of American and the State of Michigan against all enemies foreign and domestic. I gave the government full control of my life to do with it as they saw fit. No matter what was taking place in my life that would serve as second place to the military for the next six years. I had no choice in the matter I made a commitment. Many of us are related to soldiers or know soldiers. We know the commitment they have made and are held to that. We know the sacrifice that comes with deployment orders. When we become Christians we are to be the same way.

Christians are soldiers of Jesus Christ. Not physical soldiers but spiritual soldiers. When you accept Christ as your Savior you agree that everything else becomes second to God. You agreed on that commitment. This is what God expects of you. For the rest of your life God expects everything in your life to be second place to Him. The Father gave His best; He expects your best in return. What does that mean?

Obviously God does not want all of us in vocational ministry. We all have our jobs. The apostle Paul actually made tents for a living. Surrender is what God wants: Our life, our hopes, dreams, vocation, family, our past our present and our future. He wants everything because He wants to have an intimate relationship with us. When we keep a part of lives from God’s control we cheat ourselves from His blessings. God wants us to do everything we do as if we are offering it to him. He does not care how much we accomplish in life as long as we get to know Him better. A good saying is “let go and let God.” Let God be in control of every facet of your life. As Christians we have already signed the recruitment papers. We are God’s and He is ours. He has already made good on His end let us make good on ours. Let us not get entangled in life. Let us get entangled with the Father and let Him do with us as He will. Don’t be a God deserter.  Be a God soldier.

What does God want for my life?

Does He want me to change anything in my life?

How can I focus more on Him?

Have I surrendered my entire being to Him?

Does my life honor God right now?

Am I a God soldier or a God deserter?

My Beliefs about the Bible

• I Believe the Bible is true.
• I believe that the Bible is given by inspiration of God. In this I mean that the Holy Spirit guided the men who wrote the Bible in what to write through their own personalities.
• I believe that this divine inspiration extends equally and fully to all parts of the Bible—historical, poetical, doctrinal, and prophetical—as appeared in the original writings. 
• I believe that the whole Bible in the originals is therefore without error. 
• I believe that the Bible centers around the Lord Jesus Christ in His person and work in His first and second coming. This includes the Old Testament as well as the point of the Bible is to lead to Christ.
• I believe that the Bible was written for practical application. 
• I believe the Bible is verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings.
• I believe the Bible is the final authority of faith and life. 

Mark 12:26 


But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

Jesus proves the writings of Moses are true.


Mark 12.36
For David himself said by the Holy Spirit:
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.

Jesus proves the writings of the Psalms are true.


Mark 13.11


But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

Jesus proves that the Holy Spirit is God and is different than God the Father.

Luke 24.27


And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

Jesus proves that the Old Testament is true.


Luke 24.44


Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

Jesus proves that the Old Testament is true.



John 5:39


You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

Jesus proves that the Bible has the way of heaven and speak of Him.



Acts 1:16


Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;

The Book of Psalms spoke of Jesus before He was born on the earth.


Acts 18.28


for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

Jesus used the Bible to prove He is the Anointed One of Yahweh.
Acts 26.22-23


Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.

Christ is the purpose of the Bible both Old and New Testaments.


Acts 28.23
So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening.

Paul used the Old Testament to prove that Jesus is the Christ.


II Timothy 3.16
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. 

The Old and New Testaments are inspired by God.

I Peter 1.21

For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit wrote the Bible through holy men of God.

Part 1: I am a Christian what do I do? (2 Timothy 2)

¹ You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. ² And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.  (NKJV)

1. Be aggressive

Verse 1 does not talk about physical strength but spiritual strength. Be powerful for God. Be aggressive for the Lord. Tell others about what God has done for you. However, do it through His grace. When the Holy Spirit gives, you the opportunity take it. The Father gave us the ability to be strong through His Son Jesus Christ. God gives us grace. Grace is unmerited favor. Unmerited favor is receiving something you do not deserve. It is like going to court for a speeding ticket and the judge decides to let you get by with only paying court costs instead of the whole ticket. That is grace. You did nothing to deserve it. Grace is receiving good things we have done nothing to earn. I know I received grace at birth in that I was born in the United States. I could have been born somewhere else. Many things in life we get are by grace. We do not deserve them.

Notice the verse says, “Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” If we try to be strong with our own strength, we will fail. We cannot serve God on our own strength. That is why religion does not work. Religion is man’s way to God. Religion is man’s physical and mental strength to try to show God that we do not need His help.   We cannot be spiritual strong without grace through Christ. Trying to serve God on your own will only bring you frustration. Another way to say this verse is perhaps “be aggressive in Christ Jesus who gives you His unmerited favor.”

2. Be a leader-pass it on

Verse two Paul says what you learned from me make sure you passed it down to others who will pass it on to others and so on and so on. Paul received the Gospel from God and passed to Timothy who passed it on to others. That is what our job is. God calls all Christians to be full time ministers of the gospel. When you accepted Christ as your Savior, you became a Christian. Not just on Sunday or at church but twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. You placed your eternal destiny in His hands in exchange to follow Him. What we accomplish in this present life is meaningless unless it stands for eternity. The question every Christian must answer: What have you done with Jesus Christ? Did you tell others about Him? Did you try to live a life that was pleasing to Him? Or did you just live life your way?