What we believe - Oasis Church 

                                                                              

The Scriptures are Inspired

The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired (God Breathed) by God, and is the revelation of God to man, the infallible, inerrant, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.

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

The One True God

The one true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the principles of relationship and association as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

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

 The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ

The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare:

His virgin birth. -  Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:35,

His sinless life - Hebrews 7:26, 1 Peter 2:22

His miracles - Acts 2:22, Acts 10:38
 

His substitutionary work on the cross - 1 Corinthians 15:3, 2 Corinthians 5:21
 

His bodily resurrection from the dead - Matthew 28:6, Luke 24:39, Luke 24:39, 1 Corinthians 15:4

His exaltation to the right hand of God - Acts 1:9, Acts 1:11, Acts 2:33, Philippians 2:9-11, Hebrews 1:3

The Fall of Man

Man was created good and upright; for God said, "Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness." However, man by voluntary transgression fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.

Genesis 1:26,27, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6, Romans 5:12-19

The Salvation of Man

Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

 

Conditions of Salvation

Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, being justified by grace through faith, man becomes an heir of God, according to the hope of eternal life.

Luke 24:47, John 3:3, Romans 10:13-15, Ephesians 2:8, Titus 2:11, Titus 3:5-7

The Evidence of Salvation

The inward evidence of salvation is the direct witness of the Spirit.

Romans 8:16

The outward evidence to all men is a life of righteousness and true holiness

Ephesians 4:24, Titus 2:12

 The Ordinances of the Church

Baptism in Water

The Scriptures command the ordinance of baptism by immersion. All who repent and believe on Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized. Thus they declare to the world that they have died with Christ and that they also have been raised with Him to walk in newness of life.

Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:16, Acts 10:47,48, Romans 6:4

Holy Communion

The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements --bread and the fruit of the vine-- is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4) , a memorial of his suffering and death (1 Corinthians 11:26, and a prophecy of His second coming (1 Corinthians 11:26), and is enjoined on all believers "till He come!"

The Baptism in the Holy Ghost

All believers are entitled to and should ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, the baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all in the early Christian Church. With it comes the endowment of power for life and service, the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry.

Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4, Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 12:1-31

 

The Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Ghost

The baptism of believers in the Holy Ghost is witnessed by the physical sign of speaking with other tongues, as the Spirit of God gives them utterance. Acts 2:4

The speaking in tongues in this instance is the same in essence as the gift of tongues, but is different in purpose and use.

1 Corinthians 12:4-10, 1 Corinthians 12:28

Sanctification

Sanctification is an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God.

Romans 12:1,2, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 13:12

The Scriptures teach a life of "holiness without which no man shall see the Lord."

Hebrews 12:14

By the power of the Holy Ghost we are able to obey the command: "Be ye holy, for I am holy."

1 Peter 1:15,16

Sanctification is realized in the believer by recognizing his identification with Christ in His death and resurrection, and by the faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that union, and by offering every faculty continually to the dominion of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 6:1-11, Romans 6:13, Romans 8:1,2, Romans 8:13, Galatians 2:20, Philippians 2:12,13, 1 Peter 1:5

The Church and Its Mission

The Church is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, with divine appointments for the fulfillment of her great commission. Each believer, born of the Spirit, is an integral part of the Oasis Church and the what Paul calls in Hebrews, the assembly of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven.

Ephesians 1:22,23, Ephesians 2:22, Hebrews 12:22-23

Since God's purpose concerning man is to seek and to save that which is lost, to be worshipped by man, and to build a body of believers in the image of His Son, the priority reason for being of the Oasis as part of the Church is:

To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world. (Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19,20, Mark 16:15,16)

To be a corporate body in which man may worship God. (1 Corinthians 12:13)

To be a channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son. - (Ephesians 4:11-16, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Corinthians 14:12)

The Oasis Church exists expressly to give continuing emphasis to this reason for being in the New Testament apostolic pattern by teaching and encouraging believers to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. This experience:

Enables them to evangelize in the power of the Spirit with accompanying supernatural signs. (Mark 16:15-20, Acts 4:29-31, Hebrews 2:3,4)

Adds a necessary dimension to worshipful relationship with God. (1 Corinthians 2:10-16, 1 Corinthians 12, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 Corinthians 14)

Enables them to respond to the full working of the Holy Spirit in expression of fruit and gifts and ministries as in New Testament times for the edifying of the body of Christ. (Galatians 5:22-26, 1 Corinthians 14:12, Ephesians 4:11,12, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Colossians 1:29)

 The Ministry

Our Lord has provided a divinely called and scripturally ordained ministry for the threefold purpose of leading the Church in:

Evangelization of the world. (Mark 16:15-20)

Worship of God. (John 4:23,24)

Building a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son. (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Divine Healing

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers.

Isaiah 53:4,5, Matthew 8:16,17, James 5:14-16

The Blessed Hope

The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.

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

The Millennial Reign of Christ

The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope, followed by the visible return of Christ with His saints to reign on earth for one thousand years.

Zechariah 14:5, Matthew 24:27, Matthew 24:30, Revelation 1:7, Revelation 19:11-14, Revelation 20:1-6

This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel,

Ezekiel 37:21,22, Zephaniah 3:19,20, Romans 11:26,27

and the establishment of universal peace.

Isaiah 11:6-9, Psalms 72:3-8, Micah 4:3,4

The Final Judgment

There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to the everlasting punishment in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

Matthew 25:46, Mark 9:43-48, Revelations 19:20, Revelations 20:11-15, Revelations 21:8

The New Heavens and the New Earth

"We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness."

2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21, Revelation 22

 

  Oasis Church vision seeks to:

WIN a people to Jesus Christ

Mark 16:15 - “And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and

preach the gospel to every creature’.”

We believe that loving God is man’s highest calling

and our relationship to Him is our highest priority.

DISCIPLE people in Jesus Christ

Matthew 28:19, 20 - “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing

them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching

them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you

always, even to the end of the age.”

As members of a spiritual family, we seek to equip one

another for service and to grow to spiritual maturity.

SEND people for Jesus Christ

Acts 1:8 - “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes

upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem and in all Judea

and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Horizon is a Christian fellowship where we gather for the purpose of

knowing and glorifying Jesus Christ. We desire to see all people

become committed to live as followers of Jesus Christ.