Denver Gap Year Statement of Faith

  • We believe there is only one true God who is the eternal King, Creator and Redeemer of all that is. He is perfectly holy, just, loving and truthful. 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. (Psalm 90:2 ; John 1:1-2 ; John 16:13-15 ; Genesis 1:1-2)

  • We believe the Bible is the inspired, authoritative, living, eternally reliable Word of God equally in all parts. We believe it's without error in its original manuscript, absolutely infallible, and our source of supreme revelation from God, superior to conscience and reason, though not contrary to reason. It is therefore our infallible rule of faith and practice and necessary to our daily lives (II Timothy 3:16-17; I Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews 4:12 NASB).

  • We believe humankind was created in the image of God to know and enjoy Him, yet we willfully rejected the Lordship and glory of God for which we were intended. Because of this, sickness, death and judgment entered the world and now creation experiences the effects and consequences of sin. (Romans 3:9-12, 5:12, 8:19-22)

  • We believe the Lord Jesus Christ, the one and only Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin, Mary, and is God's Anointed One, empowered by the Holy Spirit to inaugurate God's Kingdom on earth. He was crucified for our sins, died, was buried, resurrected and ascended into heaven, and is now alive today, in the presence of God the Father and in His people. He is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:18 ; Mark 1:15 ; Luke 4:16-20 ; Acts 2:22-36 ; Hebrews 2:14-15)

  • We believe we are saved by God's grace, through faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 2:7-9)

  • We believe the Holy Spirit, convicts, regenerates, justifies, and adopts us as we enter the Kingdom of God as His sons and daughters. In the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live holy and minister super-naturally. The Holy Spirit was given to believers, according to Acts 1:4-8 and 2:4, so that they might have power to be witnesses.(John 14:15-31,16:13-16, I Corinthians 12:1-7, 14:1 ; Romans 12:3-7)

  • We believe the Church consists of all who put their faith in Jesus Christ. The Church exists to carry on the ministry of Jesus Christ and further advance His kingdom by undoing the works of the enemy, preaching and living the good news of God's love, disciple the nations, baptizing and teaching them to love and obey God. (Ephesians 1:22-23, 2:19-22, 3:10-13)

  • We believe in the ever increasing government of God and in the glorious visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ for His overcoming bride - His church. (Genesis 1:26-28 ; Habakkuk 2:14 ; Matthew 26:64 ; Mark 12:36 ; Acts 1:11)

  • We believe heaven and hell are real places. There will be a resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting death. (Matthew 25 ;I Corinthians 15 ; I Peter 2:1-9)