Dove and Lion Ministries

Beliefs

Dove and Lion Ministries

Constitution of Beliefs

We believe the Bible is the Word of God, and is infallible.  Also, it is not just a history document. 

  • 2 Timothy 3:15-17
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  • 2 Peter 1:21

We believe in one God, eternal in existence and is in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

  • Deuteronomy 6:4
  • Isaiah 43:10,11
  • Matthew 28:19
  • Luke 3:22

We believe that God is the creator and Creation in Genesis 1 – 3 is literal, happening just as His Word says.  And that marriage is between a man and woman.

  • Genesis 1 – 3

We reject all gender confusion and the lifestyle forced upon society by the LGBTQ movement.  We hold to biblical holiness and the fact that God’s word calls homosexuality and/or all lust of the LGBTQ sin.

  • Romans 1

We believe that Jesus is deity, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, was full of the Holy Spirit performing many miracles, He is our redeemer by His shed blood, died on the cross for our sins, resurrected from the dead on the third day, and is our High Priest at God’s right hand.

  • Virgin Birth
    • Matthew 1:23
    • Luke 1:31, 35
  • Sinless life
    • Hebrews 7:26
    • 1 Peter 2:22
  • Miracles
    • Acts 2:22
    • Acts 10:38
  • Lamb of God on the Cross
    • 1 Corinthians 15:3
    • 2 Corinthians 5:21
  • Resurrection
    • Matthew 28:6
    • Luke 24:39
    • 1 Corinthians 15:4
  • High Priest at God’s right hand
    • Acts 1:9,11; 2:33
    • Philippians 2: 9-11
    • Hebrews 1:3

We believe that man fell and has the Adamic nature which needs redemption through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

  • Conditions for Salvation
    • Repentance of sins
    • Faith in the Lord Jesus confessing Him as our Lord
    • Washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, justified by grace through Faith, we become new creators in Christ to eternal life.
    • Luke 24:47
    • John 3:3
    • Romans 10:9-15
    • Ephesians 2:8
    • Titus 2:11; 3:5-7
  • Evidence of Salvation
    • Inward
      • The direct witness of the Holy Spirit
      • Romans 8:16
    • Outward
      • A life of righteousness and true holiness
      • Ephesians 4:24
      • Titus 2:12

We believe in water baptism of the new believer as a public profession of their new life in Christ.

  • Mark 16:16
  • Acts 10:47,48
  • Romans 6:4

We believe in the Lord’s Supper also called Holy Communion as a symbol of our sharing in Jesus divine nature, a memorial of his suffering and death for us, and looking for His soon return for us.

  • 2 Peter 1:4
  • 1 Corinthians 11:26

We believe that distinct from the new birth, there is the baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire.  It gives power and gifts to enable us to fulfill the ministry of our Lord Jesus.

  • Luke 24:49
  • Acts 1:4,8 ; 8:12-17 ; 10:44-46 ; 11:14-16 ; 15:7-9
  • 1 Corinthians 12:1-31

We believe in continuous sanctification in our lives as believers becoming more and more like Christ and walking in holiness and the fear of the Lord daily.

  • Hebrews 12:14 ; 13:12
  • Romans 6:1-11,13 ; 8:1,2,13 ; 12:1,2
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23
  • 1 Peter 1:15,16
  • Galatians 2:20
  • Philippians 2:12,13
  • 1 Peter 1:5
  • 1 Corinthians 7:1

We believe that believers still have free will and must hold on to salvation until the end. To backslide and walk away from Christ is possible.  Once saved always saved is a doctrine that gives false comfort and a license to sin.

  • 2 Peter 2:14-22 ; 3:17
  • Ezekiel 3:20
  • Luke 9:62
  • Hebrews 12:14
  • Matthew 10:22 ; 24:11
  • Galatians 2:6
  • 1 Timothy 6:12
  • Hebrews 3:12
  • Revelation 2:4 ; 3:5 ; 20:15

We believe that the true Church is the body of Christ with orders to fulfill the Great Commission and gather to build up each other in the faith.  True worship of God and the ministering of the uncompromised Word is a vital element of the true Church as was in the early Church.  The Holy Spirit is allowed to operate through believers in the Church in the gifts and fruits.

  • Ephesians 1:22,23 ; 2:22
  • Hebrews 12:23
  • Acts 1:8
  • Matthew 28:19,20
  • 1 Corinthians 12:13 ; 14:12
  • Galatians 2:10, ; 5:22-26 ; 6:10

We believe that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  His character remains constant throughout Old and New Testament.  Jesus still saves, heals, and delivers from demons today.

  • Isaiah 53:4,5
  • Mark 16:17
  • Luke 11:24-26

We believe in the soon return of our Lord Jesus in the air to take his (bride, wise virgins, or those ready ever looking for His return).

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
  • Romans 8:23
  • Titus 2:13
  • 1 Corinthians 15:51,52

We believe in the millennial reign of Christ and we will reign with Him as He wills and the Davidic Covenant will be fulfilled (Israel will receive Jesus as Messiah).

  • Zechariah 14:5
  • Revelation 19:11-14 ; 20:1-6
  • Ezekiel 37:21,22
  • Zephaniah 3:19,20
  • Romans 11:26,27

We believe in the Great White Throne Judgment where the books and Book of Life will be opened and whoever is not in the Lamb’s Book of Life will we cast into a real literal lake of fire.  Heaven is real and hell is real and Jesus is the only way to Heaven. After millennium, God will create a new Heavens and a new earth and His throne will ever be with His people!

  • Matthew 25:46
  • Mark 9:43-48
  • 1 Peter 3:13
  • Revelation 19:20 ; 20:11-15
  • Revelation 21, 22