Statement of Faith

NTHEN’s Officers and Board of Directors proclaim The Holy Bible to be the inspired Word of God, perfect as originally written under the direct inspiration of The Holy Spirit, and the complete revelation of God’s will for salvation through faith through His Son, Jesus Christ (Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:1-2; II Timothy 3:15-16; Hebrews 4:12; II Peter 1:20-21).

We testify that there is one and only one true God, Creator of all things, Who has existed from all eternity, in three Persons: God The Father, God The Son (Jesus Christ) and God The Holy Spirit. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being. All three Beings are perfect, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and have equal power, and all three Beings are deserving of praise, honor, and worship (Genesis 1-3; I Chronicles 29:10; John 1:1-3;
I Corinthians 8:6; Philippians 2:6-8; I Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 9:14; I John 5).

We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His miraculous conception by The Holy Spirit, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His substitutionary physical death on a cross, His burial, His bodily resurrection on the third day, His ascension into Heaven to the right hand of God The Father, and we believe in His imminent return (Psalm 110:1; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 27-28:10; John 16:28; Acts 1:11).

We confess that all men are in violation of God’s righteous requirements and therefore, all men are subject to His wrath and just condemnation, which is an earthly death followed by eternal punishment in the lake of fire (Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; Revelation 20:15).

We also believe that God The Father, in His infinite wisdom and loving grace and mercy, provides The Way through His Son Jesus Christ. Salvation is offered as a free gift to all who will admit sin, believe on The Lord, and confess with their lips that Jesus is The Savior. This gift of salvation is an individual decision, based on faith, completely autonomous from any and all “good works.” Salvation is obtained through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ (John 3:16;14:6; Romans 4:24-5:2; I Corinthians 15:1-11; Ephesians 2:8-10; I John 1:8-10).