PURPOSE
PURPOSE

HOUSE OF FAITH

The first time that the Lord Jesus ever mentioned church was in a conversation with His disciples recorded in Matthew 16:13-19.  During this passage He gave the very foundation and function of the church.  Firstly, in this brief conversation He admonishes His disciple Peter for recognizing that He is the Christ because Peter had received this truth through a connection to God in Heaven, and not by flesh and blood, or a person on earth.  Thus Jesus Himself identified that the foundation of His Church would be the revelation of who He is as revealed by the Father in Heaven.   

In simple terms, the biblical definition of Church is a people who know God.  They know Him because they have entered into a relationship with Him that transcends mere human communication.  They not only recognize Jesus for who He is, but because of who He is they have entered into a covenant relationship with Him.  With this covenant relationship as His Church they have been given the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven with the mandate to release the light of Heaven and destroy the very gates of Hell in the earth.  This is the true calling of the Church. This is Christianity.  This is our purpose. 

 

-DT, Tyler HOF Pastor

WE BELIEVE

WE BELIEVE

<lthere is="" only="" one="" true="" god="" who="" the="" eternal="" king,="" creator,="" and="" redeemer="" of="" all="" that="" is.="" he="" has="" revealed="" himself="" to="" be="" eternally="" self-existent-="" being="" in="" three="" persons:="" father,="" son,="" holy="" spirit.="" jesus="" christ="" word="" (logos)="" god.="" was="" with="" beginning,="" which="" states="" his="" pre-existence="" as="" (john="" 1:1-2).="" "by="" him="" things="" were="" created,="" both="" heavens="" on="" earth"="" (colossians="" 1:16).="" "jesus="" dwells="" fullness="" deity="" bodily="" 2:9).="" There is only one true God who is the eternal King, Creator, and redeemer of all that is. He has revealed Himself to be eternally self-existent- one being in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is the Word (Logos) of God. The Word was with god in the beginning, which states His pre-existence as one with God (John 1:1-2). "By Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth" (Colossians 1:16). "Jesus is the creator, and in Him dwells all of the fullness of deity bodily (Colossians 2:9). We believe God is good. He is merciful and gracious, abounding in steadfast love. He is kind, gentle, and lowly in heart (Exodus 34:6, Matthew 11:29). We believe in the Divine inspiration and authority of the 66 books of the Holy Bible as the complete canon of God's testimony to mankind. The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God, inerrant in its original form. We do not accept any doctrine which contradicts Scripture. We do not accept any spiritual experience as having its source in the Holy Spirit that does not have a precedent in Scripture. We do not accept any revelation, vision, dream, prophecy, or discernment as truth which contradicts Scripture, or cannot be verified by it. We do not believe that any other writings have the same authority as the 66 canon books of Scripture.