BELIEFS
At New Song, we hold four core beliefs which weave in and through all our teaching, music, preaching, discussions... everything we do. The work and passion of New Song revolves around these four defining beliefs:
1. Salvation Through Jesus Christ
Salvation is deliverance from spiritual death and enslavement by sin. God provides salvation for all who believe and accept His free offer of forgiveness. Mankind's only hope of redemption from the fallen sinful state is through the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son - blood that was shed as Jesus died on the cross. The account of the crucifixion of Jesus is recounted by four of His contemporaries.
Matthew (chapter 27), Mark (chapter 15), Luke (chapter 23), and John (chapter 19); Luke 24:47; John 3:3,16,17; Rom. 8:16; 10:13-15; Ephesians 2:8,9; 4:24; Titus 2:11-12; 3:5-7
2. Divine Healing
Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from physical, mental, and emotional sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.
Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:16,17; James 5:14-16
3. Baptism in the Holy Spirit
All believers are entitled to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and therefore should expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all believers in the early Christian church. With the experience comes theprovision of power for victorious Christian living and productive service. It also provides believers with specific spiritual gifts for more effective ministry. The baptism of Christians in the Holy Spirit is accompanied by the initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues (unlearned languages) as the Spirit of God gives them audible expression.
Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; 2:4; 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9; 1 Cor. 12:1-31
4. The Second Coming of Christ
All Christians who have died will one day rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air. Christians who have not yet died will be raptured or caught up with them, to be with the Lord. Then Christians of all ages will live with God forever. The scriptural truth of the Lord's soon return is "the blessed hope".
Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Titus 2:1316
THESE ARE NONNEGOTIABLE TENETS OF FAITH THAT NEW SONG ASSEMBLY ADHERES TO:
2. There is one true God. God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one.
3. Jesus is God's Son.
4. Everyone has sinned.
5. I can be a Christian because Jesus died for me.
6. I obey and remember Jesus when I take Communion and am baptized in water.
7. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is God's gift to me.
8. When I am baptized in the Holy Spirit, I will speak in a language I do not know.
9. With God's help, I can become more like Jesus.
10. God uses the Church to do His work
11. God uses spiritual leaders to help me grow.
12. God heals.
13. Jesus is returning for His church.
14. For a thousand years, Jesus will lead a time of peace on earth.
15. Those who do not follow Jesus will be separated from God forever.
16. Those who follow Jesus will live with God forever.
