Oasis Christian Church
Gospel of the Kingdom
Proclaimed to the World
Answers in Revelation

Doctrinal Summary

  • God - We believe in one God, the Father, unbegotten, uncreated, eternal, self-sufficient, needing nothing, creator of all that exists. God is invisible, dwelling in inapproachable light outside of this material creation. God's character is one of justice and righteous. He is both good and severe. He is the epotome of "love." Yet He is to be feared. Everything good originates with Him. He always acts in accord with His character, which never changes.
  • The Person of Jesus Christ - "The Word," who came forth out of God, begotten before all ages of the essence of God, was therefore "in the beginning with God." He was the agent of creation (all things were made through Him), and the personal agent of the Father within the creation. He is the one who has always appeared in the form (image) of God within the creation, walking in the garden with Adam, speaking face to face with Abraham, wrestling with Jacob, and speaking with Moses in the burning bush and at the Tabernacle. At the appointed time, the Word willingly set aside His divinity and His place beside the Father to become fully human (the Son of God), being made "man" in every way. The incarnation made it possible for Him to live a sinless life subject to the Law, and restore man to God by taking on Himself the penalty prescribed to Adam, death.
  • The Fallen State of Mankind - Infants are born innocent, in the image of God. However, all have been given a free will, and soon rebel against God. Once someone has willfully sinned, God's justice requires condemnation. Man is totally incapable on his own of pleasing God, or securing his own salvation. Unless God rescues him, he is in a hopless, helpless predicament, awaiting God's judgment.
  • The Atonement of Jesus Christ - Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, suffered and died on the cross, bearing on Himself the punishment due to us and making provision for all people to be saved and forgiven. God crushed His own Son, pouring out His wrath and judgment on Him in our place. Christ's atonement (substitutionary sacrifice) is applied to all who obey the Gospel. Reconciliation with God is possible only through Jesus Christ.
  • The Resurrection of Jesus Christ - We believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. The physical body that hung on the cross was raised to life again, albeit changed incorruptible. Jesus' resurrection is the prototype of our future resurrection of the flesh. Jesus ascended bodily into heaven where He sits on the right hand of the Father interceding for believers, awaiting His Kingdom to be established over all the earth at His second coming.
  • Salvation - God is ready, willing, and able to save and declare righteous anyone who obeys the Gospel. Jesus is drawing all people by His Spirit to repentance. But, most resist Him and will perish. Obeying the Gospel means hearing and understanding the Gospel, believing the message of the Gospel, turning from sin (repentance) to Christ, and being baptized unto Christ upon one's confession that "Jesus is the Christ the Son of God." Baptism itself does not save. God alone saves. Baptism is the normal act of obedience to the Gospel. When someone obeys the Gospel, God forgives and sets them free from sins, adopts them into His family, renovates the heart, and baptizes them with His Spirit. Continuing in faith in Christ until the end of life is necessary for our salvation to be permanent. Salvation is of the whole person, spirit, soul, and body. The completion of our salvation awaits the resurrection of the body "at His coming."
  • The Holy Spirit - We believe that every repentant believer is baptized in, indwelled with, and sealed by the Holy Spirit upon obeying the Gospel. Jesus freely gives His Spirit to comfort, instruct, convict of sin, correct, and sustain the child of God. The Holy Spirit is the deposit guaranteeing the future "redemption of our body" (resurrection) and our future inheritance in the Kingdom of God.
  • The Universal Church - The Greek word translated, "church," means an assembly of people gathered in one location. Jesus' universal Church will be gathered by the angels and assembled for the first time at His return (and not before). It will include the people of faith from all ages, regardless of nationality. The inheritance promised to Abraham and His 'Seed' will be realized through Jesus Christ - the 'Seed' to whom the promises were made. This will occur when Christ's universal Church is assembled for the first time. All who are baptized into Jesus Christ are "Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise," co-heirs with Jesus Christ.
  • The Local Church - is the limited expression of Jesus' Church in one locality, and is the only expression of the "Church" in this age. It is organized for the purpose of worship, instruction, discipleship, fellowship, and evangelism. There is no structure ordained of God for His churches beyond the local level. Elders (pastors) and deacons are the only offices of the local church. "Pastor" means "shepherd, and is the function of the elders. "Pastor" is not a distinct office apart from the elders. New Testament congregations are to be led by the elders alone, under Christ. They serve as overseers, shepherds, and instructors of Jesus' local flock.
  • The Resurrection and Reward of Believers - We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saints who have died and the gathering of all resurrected and living saints at Jesus' second coming to earth to reign as King. We believe in the Judgment Seat of Christ where all true believers will be judged and rewarded according to our works, receiving an eternal inheritance in the coming Kingdom of Christ on the restored earth.
  • The Judgment and Punishment of the Wicked - We believe that Jesus Christ will judge the wicked and disbelieving according to their works. They will be condemned to eternal damnation in the "Lake of Fire."
  • The Bible - We believe the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments were inspired by God and free from all errors in their original form. The Bible is the sole source of infallible truth, and is sufficient to fully equip the man of God. It is the final authority in all matters for both individual Christians and for Christian churches.

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