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 publically 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 March of 2008. I still stand where I stood!
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Signed - Stan Metts
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