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Lives Touched by Christ

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Statement of Faith

Levittown Christian Church is a non-denominational Christian Church located in Levittown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County), that seeks to see men and women come to a saving relationship with Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and to live a Spirit-empowered life.

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Creation

God created the heavens and the earth and everything in them in six days and proceeded to rest on the seventh day (Gen. 1:1-2:4). Unlike any other form of creation, God created human beings in His image (Gen. 1:26-27) which ascribes to every human being, whether born or unborn, inherent worth, value, and dignity. God created both male and female, two genders (Gen. 1:26-27; Mark 10:6-9), in order to be fruitful, to multiply, and to have dominion over the earth (Gen. 1:28).

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The Rebellion and Universal Sinfulness of Man

After God created humankind and gave specific instructions on how to live (Gen. 1:28; 2:16-17), the first humans, Adam and Eve, decided to succumb to the temptation of the serpent (Satan) and to disobey God by eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 3:1-7). By this one act of disobedience, sin and death came into the world and has plagued humanity ever since (Rom. 5:12). As a result, all human beings are not only born with an inherent sinful nature because of the sin of Adam and Eve, but are born separated from God and are by nature children of wrath (Eph. 2:3), destined for eternal punishment in hell (2 Thess. 1:9).

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God’s Plan of Salvation: Jesus Christ

According to the eternal plan of God to rescue humans from sin and the punishment of it, eternal damnation, He sent His one and only Son, Jesus, that whoever may believe in Him will not perish, but will have eternal life (John 3:16). The Father’s only Son Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of a virgin by the name of Mary (Luke 1:34-38) but did not inherit a sinful nature nor ever sinned (Heb. 4:15; 1 John 3:5) because He was God in human form (John 1:14-18; Phil. 2:5-11). During Jesus’ life on earth, He was baptized to identify with sinners (Matt. 3:13-17) and was tempted by Satan in the wilderness (Matt. 4:1-11).

The Messiah drove out demons (Matt. 8:28-34; Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:40-41), gave sight to the blind (Matt. 9:27-31; John 9:1-41), raised the dead to life (Matt. 9:18-26; John 11:1-53), spoke of the Kingdom of God (Matt. 5-7; 13; Luke 17:20-21; Acts 1:3), and performed a wide variety of other miracles. Jesus later suffered death on our behalf (1 Peter 3:18; 4:1) and was crucified under Pontius Pilate (Mark 15:1,15). For our sake, He fully absorbed the wrath of God (1 John 2:2) and became sin who knew no sin that those who would believe in His name would inherit His perfect righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21). Jesus was then buried and proclaimed victory to the spirits in prison (1 Peter 3:19) and was resurrected bodily from the grave on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:4).

Upon being raised to new life, for death could not hold Him (Acts 2:24), He demonstrated complete authority over death and hell by destroying the one who had the power of death, Satan (1 John 3:8; Col. 2:14-15; Heb. 2:14; Rev. 1:17-18). Jesus then appeared bodily to the disciples and to more than five hundred eyewitnesses (Acts 1:3; 1 Cor. 15:6) and continued to instruct the disciples concerning the Kingdom of God for forty days (Acts 1:3).

He then ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:9-11; 1 Peter 3:22) and will come again to judge the living and the dead (Acts 10:42; 17:31), for His kingdom shall have no end (Luke 1:33; Heb. 1:8).

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The Holy Spirit and His Role in Salvation

The Holy Spirit was poured out on the Day of Pentecost to indwell all who repent and believe in the Son of God (Acts 2:1-4, 38). The Holy Spirit is not a force, nor a type of energy, but is rather the third person of the Trinity who indwells Christians (Rom. 8:9), seals Christians until the day of redemption (Eph. 1:13-14; 4:30), and provides spiritual gifts to Christians according to His will in order to build up the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:1-13; 14:12).

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The Holy Spirit - Levittown Christian Church

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The Holy Trinity

There is only one true God (Deut. 6:4; Isa. 46:9). God eternally exists and is revealed to us in Scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three persons are equal in their divine nature, and are all eternal. The Father is God (1 Cor. 8:6), the Son is God (John 1:1; Col. 1:15-20; Heb. 1:1-4), and the Holy Spirit is God (Matt. 28:19; Acts 5:3-4). They are distinct in their roles, but they are all equally God. The Father is not the Son or the Spirit, the Son is not the Father or the Spirit, and the Spirit is not the Father or the Son. Neither one person of the Trinity is “more divine” than the other, but all three persons of the Trinity are God. There are not three “gods,” nor are there three “beings,” for there is one Being, and that is God. Neither are there three “modes of God,” but God eternally exists as Father, Son, and Spirit.

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How Can I Be Saved?

Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved (Acts 16:30-31)! Good works, baptism, going to church, attending a Bible study are all great things, but none of them will save you (however, someone who is truly saved WILL bear fruit which would result in good works, baptism, church attendance, etc.). The only way for a human to be reconciled to God is through Jesus Christ, by His death and resurrection (Rom. 10:9-11). Take it from the words of Jesus Himself as He spoke to a woman by the name of Martha in John 11:25-26: “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” The moment you believe in Jesus and are saved, the Holy Spirit comes to live inside of you to guide you into all truth (John 16:13; Acts 2:38) and to empower you to live for Jesus! As mentioned above, once someone is indwelt by the Spirit and belongs to Jesus, adherence to what Christ requires of us will flow naturally. True born again believers WILL bear fruit.

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Eternal Destinies: Heaven and Hell

It is once appointed a man to die, and then the judgment (Heb. 9:27). There are only two groups of people in the world: the saved and the unsaved, or the lost. Those who have come to faith in Jesus Christ are reconciled to God and will spend an eternity in new resurrection bodies (Acts 24:15; 1 Cor. 15:42-49; 1 John 3:2) in the new heavens and new earth where there will be no more death, sin, or pain (Rev. 21:1-4). Christians will spend an eternity with God (John 3:16; Rev. 21:5-7). Those who are lost, who have not come to faith in Jesus Christ, will spend an eternity in resurrection bodies in hell in eternal conscious torment (Matt. 25:46; Acts 24:15; Rev. 14:11) where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matt. 13:42), where the worm never dies and the fire is never quenched (Mark 9:48). The lost will spend an eternity away from the presence of the Lord in utter pain and anguish (Luke 16:24; 2 Thess. 1:9).

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The Holy Scriptures

The Holy Scriptures consist of 66 books that are without error and are authoritative for both life and practice (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:16-21). God spoke through humans via the Holy Spirit of God to produce the writings that we have today. The Scriptures were written by more than 40 different authors over a 1,500-year period in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek), over three continents (Europe, Asia, and Africa), and yet present one collective and coherent story from beginning to end, Genesis to Revelation.

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Prayer hands over a Bible - Levittown Christian Church

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Baptism waters at Levittown Christian Church

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The Church

The church is a God-ordained institution that has both local and universal components. The local church consists of those who are a part of a local church body and profess to be believers in Jesus, whereas the universal church consists of all of those worldwide who have come to faith in Jesus Christ. Furthermore, there are two ordinances, or God-ordained and commanded ceremonies that all churches must practice: baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Baptism, which is a command in Scripture given by Christ (Matt. 28:19-20), refers to the physical act of being fully immersed under water with the intention of publicly expressing one’s devotion to Jesus Christ (Acts 8:34-40). Baptism is an outward expression of an inward transformation. The moment one believes in the Lord Jesus, one is eligible to be baptized. This is called believer’s baptism (Acts 2:37-38; 16:19-24). Baptism does not save a person, nor is the “occasion of one’s salvation,” but is rather an important first step for Christians after coming to Christ, for Christ Himself commanded His followers to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19-20).