Amwell worships God as three separate and distinct individual persons that are at the same time one person-God:

  • God -  the Father
  • God - the Son, Jesus Christ
  • God - the Holy Spirit

The Father created all things, has a plan for all life and has a plan for each human life. He is sinless and we are not. In order for us to be in a right relationship with Him, we must be like Him - sinless. But that would be humanly impossible. That's the gap that Jesus filled.

Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. He had a human mother and the God of Heaven was His father. He was put to death by crucifixion. He died of His own free will, a gift of love as He took upon the sins of all humanity. His life, death and resurrection after three days are the mechanism chosen to bridge the gap between humanity and God and fulfill His plan of salvation for mankind. 

Jesus will one day return to take his rightful ownership and rule of the Earth.

The Holy Spirit inspired forty different men on two continents over a period of 1600 years to write the Bible, one perfect book without error or contradiction that is changeless and absolute truth.

The Holy Spirit resides within all who have asked God to forgive them of their sins and invited Jesus to take over their lives

 

 

What it is and what it is not

Baptism does not save a person.  Only belief in Jesus does that: "...Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved..." Acts 16:31

Baptism does not forgive sin (including original sin).  Only Jesus' shed blood does that: "...and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."  1 John 1:7b

Baptism is an outward symbol of an inward experience: First you accept Jesus Christ as savior, lord and king, then you are baptized so others might identify you with Christ: "...and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized."  Acts 18:8b

Baptism symbolizes our identification with Jesus in his death and burial: "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death..."  Romans 6:3,4a

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God has given "gifts" (special abilities to serve the needs of the church) to each of us.

Just about everything you need to know about spiritual gifts can be found in I Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4.

In I Corinthians we find:

1. God wants us to know all about spiritual gifts.  "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant."  I Corinthians 12:1

2. Every believer possesses at least one gift.  "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal."  I Corinthians 12:7

3. There are a variety of gifts.  "Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit."  I Corinthians 12:4

4. Your use of your gift is essential to the Church.  "For the body is not one member, but many.  If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?  And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?  If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing?  If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?  But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him."  I Corinthians 12:14-18

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