About Us
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What we are made of
ACCI is committed to reaching people with the message of God's love and grace, growing them to maturity in Christ's likeness, and sending them forth into the world by the power of the Holy Spirit to join Christ in His work of reconciliation and transformation.
God the Father
We believe that God the Father is the first person of the Trinity and is the eternal, unchanging, all-powerful, all-knowing, all-wise, all-loving, completely just, and perfectly holy, sovereign Ruler and Sustainer of the universe. He is the Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and the Father of all true believers (Gen 1:1; Eph 4:6; John 1:12-13, 5:19-21, 17:1-5, Isa. 40:21-28, 43:10-13, 46:8-11, Rom 8:14-16)
God the Son
We believe that Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity and is the only begotten eternal Son of God, who became flesh to reveal God to man, to fulfill prophecy, and to become the Saviour of the lost world. In becoming man Jesus. did not cease in any way to be God so that He is fully God and fully man inseparably united in one person forever. Jesus was miraculously conceived by the Holy Spirit; born of the Virgin Mary; lived a sinless life; died on the cross as the substitution, all-sufficient atoning sacrifice for all of the sins of all men of all time; was buried; bodily rose from the dead; physically ascended into heaven in His glorified, resurrected body; is seated at the right hand of the Father performing His ministry of intercession; will return in the air to claim His bride the church; and will come again to the earth in bodily form, personally and visibly, to conclude human history and consummate God’s eternal plan by executing judgment and ushering in His Millennial Kingdom reign is to be followed by the eternal state. (John 1:1, 14:18, 3:16; Luke 1:30-35; Phil 2:5-8; Col2:3,9; Mark 10:45, Acts 2:22-24; John 1:29; Rom 3:25-26; Heb 10:5-14, 1Pet 2:24, 3:18; John 20:20; Phil 3:20-21; Heb 1:3; Rom 8:34; 1 John 2:1; Acts 1:11; Heb 9:28; 1 Thess 4:13-18; 2Thess 2:7; Matt 24:44; Rev 19:11-21; Rev 21-22).
God the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity Who specially came into the world on the day of Pentecost to glorify Christ to enable men to appropriate the salvation brought by Christ. He is the primary agent for the conviction of sin and for regeneration. Simultaneously with salvation, the Holy Spirit imparts new life, baptizes the believer into the body of Christ (His church), permanently indwells the believer, and securely seals the believer unto the day of redemption. The Holy Spirit fills (directs and controls) those believers who are yielded to Him, enables believers to bear fruit, and empowers believers to live a life free from sin’s dominion. We also believe that the Holy Spirit gives spiritual gifts to believers to edify the church in accordance with the teachings of scripture. (1Cor 13:8, 14:22; John 16:7-15; 1Cor 6:19, 12:13; Eph 1:13-14, 4:30; Gal 5:16-17, 22:23, Rom 8:5-13, 1Pet 10-11; Rom 12:3-8).
THE SAVIOUR
We believe that redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin is ONLY through the sacrificial Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ; His intercession and second coming (John 1:1, 8:46, 14:30, 20:28, Col 1:15, 2Cor 5:19, Rom 3:25, Acts 2:36, Phil 2:9-11, Heb 9:24, 1 Thes 4:16-17, Luke 21:17, Rev 22:20) 1.5.1 Satan: We believe that Satan is the instigator of evil and a real spirit being, not simply the personification of evil. He is a fallen angel who, under the sovereign permission of God, has been given temporary rulership of the earth. He was utterly defeated at the cross, but the execution of his judgment has been postponed by God until after the Millennial Kingdom when he will be cast into the eternal lake of fire. In the meantime, he deceives the world and seeks to establish his counterfeit Kingdom on earth to discredit and blaspheme God and tempt, accuse, attack, and destroy believers. He can be resisted by the believer through faith and reliance on the power of the Holy Spirit. (Gen 3:1-5; Isa 14:12-17; Ezek 28:11-19; Job 1-2; 1John 5:19; 2Cor 11:14; 1Tim 3:6, 1Pet 5:8-9; James 4:7; Rev 12:9, 20:1-3; 7-10).
REPENTANCE, JUSTIFICATION, AND SANCTIFICATION
We believe all men have to repent from their sinful nature, confess their sins, and believe in the vicarious death of Christ Jesus before they can be justified before God. We believe in the necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit in conviction, conversion, and the indwelling work of the spirit in the believer and in God’s gift of eternal life. (Rom 3:4; Gal 5:16-17, 5:22-23; Rom 6:23, 8:11; John 10:28)
NEXT LIFE
We believe in the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Resurrection of both believers and non-believers, and the judgment of the world by Him, the eternal blessedness of the righteous and mankind (unrighteous) to eternal punishment (damnation). (Rom 2:7; 6:2, 1Jn 1:2, 2:25; Rev 2:7; Job 19:26; Jn 5:28; 11:23; 1Cor 15:2; Col 3:3; 2Pet 1:11)
DIVINE HEALING
We believe in the atonement, the healing of the sick provided for God’s people (Mk 16:18; Matt 8:17; James 5:14-16; Isa 53:4-5; 1Jn 3:8; Lk 13:16; Acts 10:38). However, we do not oppose to seeking the assistance of qualified medical practitioners or any health orders of the government.