Updates
June 2023
COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS
We are now currently out of phases from the Scottish Government’s recovery plan.

Everyone is welcome to join us on Sunday in the hall at 12 pm for our Live Family Service. This will be around a 30 minute service.  If you are able to attend, you are welcome to stay for tea/coffee afterwards at 12:30pm.  If you have any questions on what you hear from this service, please get in contact with us.

The hall will be open on a Sunday morning for the Lord's Supper service and partakers is for believers only at 10:30am.

We will continue to have videos for bible teaching available to watch here, on YouTube, and our website as well throughout the week.

 

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What we believe
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SALVATION:
There is only one way of salvation and this is not by our works of righteousness (Titus 3:5), but by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus (Ephesians 2:8).  The Lord Jesus said "I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE" (John 14:6). We cannot save ourselves, through any good works, efforts or cleaning ourselves up (Ephesians 2:9, Philippians 3:9), we are helpless in our own ability to do anything to appease a Holy God (Romans 8:8).  And only by recognising that we are all sinners (Romans 3:23) and believing on the Lord Jesus Christ alone for Salvation (Acts 16:30-31) we can be saved.  We recognise the need for repentance, which is only a change of mind towards God, and faith in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21), repentance goes hand in hand with believing, it's not a work.  We believe that it is mans responsibility of Salvation to just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ by faith (Acts 26:18, Romans 4:4-5, Gal 2:16), and that the work has been completed solely by the Lord Jesus Christ when He died on the cross for our sins, was buried and He rose again the third day according to the scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). We also believe that Salvation is open to the whosoever (Rom 10:13), as God is not willing that ANY should perish (Ezekiel 33:11a, 1 Tim 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9).  And it is up to the individual to receive salvation of their own accord (Rom 1:16, Rom 3:22, Rom 3:26, 1 Cor 1:21, Gal 3:22, 1 Thess 4:14, 1 Tim 4:10). We believe that an individual is justified by God by faith in Christ and through His shed blood (Rom 5:9), and that no person is too out of reach through sin to receive God's forgiveness (1 Timothy 1:15).

 
ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER:
Those who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ are sealed with the Holy spirit of promise (Ephesians 1:13) and are secure in Christ until the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30).  The bible teaches that as believers in the Lord Jesus we come into an inheritance given to us by God (Acts 20:32, Eph 1:11-18, Col 1:12), and our inheritace is not corrupted and cannot be taken back, eternally secure and kept by the power of God (1 Peter 1:4-5). Once saved, we are saved from the day of wrath which is to try the world of those who are left behind (Rom 5:9, 1 Thess 4:16-18).


THE BIBLE:
The Bible is the inspired, infallible, inerrant word of God. It is completely true and without error (1 Peter 1:23). We believe all that the Bible teaches and believe that it is the final authority for faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16;).  We acknowledge that God promised to preserve His word unto every generation (Psalm 12:6-7).  We acknowlegde that we must rightly divide the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15) to understand the Gospel and various other doctrines for the Church today, as written by the Apostle Paul (Romans 2:16, 2 Timothy 3:10).

GOD:
We believe that there is one God eternally existing in three distinct different persons, the bible records this as the Godhead (Romans 1:20),  Father, Son and Holy Spirit (1 John 5:7). We acknowledge that the Father is God (Galatians 1:1), the Son is God (1 Timothy 3:16) and the Holy Spirit is God (Romans 8:11, 2 Corinthians 3:17).  We acknowledge that the Lord Jesus Christ is head of the Church (Eph 5:23) and that He is equal to the Father (Phil 2:6-11).  We believe that Christ is eternal (Micah 5:2) and He created all things, in which nothing was created without His hand (John 1:1-3, John 1:10, Eph 3:9, Col 1:16-17, Heb 1:8-10). We also believe that He is separate from the angels (Heb 1:5-6). We do not hold to the Oneness teaching that Christ is the Father (Matt 3:17, John 17:1-26, John 4:14), as this goes against scripture.


BAPTISM:
We acknowledge believers baptism by water immersion after a sinner believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, and not before (Acts 8:36-37).  We do not practice infant baptism as this is not recorded in the scriptures.  We do not believe that baptism saves anyone, as this is not part of the Gospel (1 Cor 1:17), and results in works.


THE LORD'S SUPPER:
We acknowledge that we are to remember the Lord by way of His death, burial and resurrection (Luke 22:19-20).  We remember Him by taking bread which is symbolic of His body which was broken for us, and drink the cup of wine which again is symbolic of His blood in which He shed for us (1 Cor 11:23-25).  We do this often as per the commandment given by our Lord Jesus (1 Corinthians 11:26).


CHRISTIAN LIVING:
We acknowledge that a believer ought to practice holiness in their lifestyle as befitting a Christian (2 Cor 7:1, 1 Thess 4:7), however this is not a requirement for Salvation (Phil 3:9, Titus 3:4-5, 2 Tim 1:9), but to please the One who has saved us (1 Thess 4:1).  A person cannot please God until they have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ for Salvation by faith alone (Rom 8:8-10). We acknowledge that a believer will receive rewards at the Judgment Seat of Christ for their service to Christ during their own personal and church ministry whilst on earth (2 Cor 5:9-10) and may suffer loss due to sinful living or unwillingness to serve (1 Cor 3:14-15). We also acknowledge that God may chasten His own people who practice unrighteousness in this life (1 Corinthians 11:32, Hebrews 12:5-7).


THE RETURN OF CHRIST:
We believe in the imminent, pre-millennial return of Jesus, in which He receives His church unto Himself at the event knowing as 'The Rapture', or 'The Catching up' (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17, 1 Corinthians 15:51-55). Those who refused to trust Christ in Salvation now will be left behind to face the wrath of God, which none of the church will experience (1 Thess 1:10, 1 Thess 5:9), and where our hope is in Heaven (Colossians 1:5).

 

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Teachers and Teaching

We are a small assembly in the heart of Dedridge, where we do invite a range of believers from various Gospel halls / assemblies throughout the world to preach in our hall or via online.

 

 

Community
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We would ask that prior to visiting us, in the current conditions that you would not enter the hall if you have any symptoms of Coronavirus.