BASIC CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE by Matthew J. Slick, B.A., M. Div. 1. There is only one God - Isaiah 44:6,8, 45:6,14,18,21,22 2. God is a Trinity - 2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Pet. 1:2 3. There are no Gods before or after God - Isaiah 43:10 4. God knows all things - 1 John 3:20 5. God is all powerful - Psalms 115:3 6. God is everywhere - Jer. 23:23,24 7. God is sovereign - Zech. 9:14; 1 Tim. 6:15-16 8. God is spirit - John 4:24 9. God created all that exists - Gen. 1:1; Isaiah 44:24 10. Spirit does not have a body of flesh and bones - Luke 24:39 11. God has always been God - Psalms 90:2 12. Jesus is God - John 1:1,14; 8:58; Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:6-8 13. Jesus became a man - Phil. 2:5-8 14. Jesus has two natures: divine and human - Col. 2:9; 1 Tim. 2:5 15. Jesus was sinless - 1 Pet. 2:22 16. Jesus is the only way to God the Father - Matt. 11:27; John 14:6 17. The Holy Spirit is God - Acts 5:3-4 18. The Holy Spirit is not a force. He is alive - Acts 13:2 19. The Bible is inspired by God - 2 Tim. 3:16 20. All people have sinned - Rom. 3:23, 5:12 21. Man did not evolve, he was created - Gen. 1:26 22. Adam and Eve were real people - Gen. 3:20; 5:1; 1 Tim. 2:13 23. Death entered the world because of Adam's sin - Rom. 5:12-15 24. Sin separates us from God - Isaiah 59:2 25. Jesus died for all our sins - 1 John 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:17 26. Jesus' sacrifice was a substitution, for us - 1 Pet. 2:24 27. Jesus rose from the dead in His physical body - John 2:19-21 28. Those who reject Jesus will go to Hell - Rev. 20:11-15 29. Hell is a place of fiery punishment - Matt 25:41; Rev. 19:20 30. Hell is eternal - Matt. 25:46 31. The unsaved go to hell forever - Rev. 21:8 32. Salvation is a free gift of God - Rom. 4:5; 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9 33. The Bible is the Word of God - 2 Tim. 3:16 34. Jesus will return visibly to earth - Acts 1:11 35. Christians will be raised from the dead when Jesus returns - 1 Thess. 4:14-17 36. There will be a rapture (being caught up into the clouds with Jesus) - 1 Thess. 4:14-17 37. There will be a final judgment - 2 Pet. 3:7 38. The damned will be thrown into a lake of fire - Rev. 20:15 39. Satan will be cast into the lake of fire - Rev. 20:10 40. There will be a new heavens and a new earth - 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1 ______________________________________________________________ Matthew J. Slick, B.A., M. Div. I welcome your comments via E-mail at mslick@connectnet.com