What We Believe
Here are some of our basic beliefs at Coastal United Methodist Church:
- We believe in the oneness of God, existing eternally in three persons (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit). This is known as the Trinity, or the Triune God.
- The Bible is the written Word of God and is as alive today as it was thousands of years ago. The Bible is fully true, and is our authority for what we believe, how we live, and how we “do church.”
- Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Messiah promised in the Old Testament.
- Jesus Christ is fully God and yet fully Man – born of a virgin birth.
- Jesus’ teachings form the foundation of the Christian Church today.
- Jesus Christ died, rose from the grave (a victory over sin and death), and will come again to judge the living and the dead.
- We believe that the Holy Spirit is the very Spirit of God who lives inside all of us, giving each person the opportunity to live life wholly different in supernatural ways.
- Humans were created in the image of God and are the object of God’s love. Sin has and continues to be a barrier preventing us from experiencing an intimate relationship with God and living out God’s great plan for our lives.
- All who place their trust in Jesus are given new birth, new life and begin to grow (becoming sanctified) as adopted children of God realizing their full potential via the grace, love, and mercy available through an ongoing, eternal relationship with Jesus the Christ.
- The Holy Spirit is active today in changing lives, healing, gifting believers, and answering prayers. The Holy Spirit is everywhere!
- We are able to live godly lives only as we die to self (our selfish motives and desires) and allow the Spirit of God to live in and through us.
- God accepts us just as we are, but never intends for us to stay just as we were, rather to gain glimpses of heaven by the way we choose to live our life on Earth.
- The people of God exist to love God and love all others calling people out of darkness and into God’s marvelous light!