Hill Point Church: What We Believe

Who We Are

God and the Bible are the core of Hill Point Church's ministry. Hill Point Church is an affiliate of the Christian & Missionary Alliance (C&MA), and is located in the North Shore area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At Hill Point, people come from a wide variety of backgrounds including many different denominations and those with no previous church experience. What brings us together is a desire to encounter God in real, powerful
Affirmation of Faith and life-changing ways.

I. The Word of God: We believe in the Bible as the Word of God, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and inerrant in its original manuscripts. The Bible is our true, complete and final authority in faith, life, and ministry.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16)

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20, 21)

To the Jews who have believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. (John 8:31, 32)

But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (John 20; 31)

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (Mark 13;31)

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is the truth. (John 17:17)

Also, Psalm 119:97-104, Hebrews 4:12, Acts 20:32.

II. The Trinity: We believe in one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

To God's elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood. Grace and peace be yours in abundance. (1 Peter 1:1, 2)

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (Deuteronomy 6:4)

At that time Jesus, full of joy, through the Holy spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal them. (Luke 10:21, 22)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (John 1:1-3)

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters...Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness..." (Genesis 1:1, 2, 26)

Also, Psalm 139:7-12, Matthew 28:19, John 4:24, Romans 1:1-6, Romans 1:19, 20, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Ephesians 4:5, 6, 1 Peter 1:1-3

III. God the Father: We believe in God the Father, maker of Heaven and earth. His is sovereign over all and foreknowing of all things to come. He is the essence of love, and He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:8)

To God's elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood. Grace and peace by yours in abundance. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:1-3)

At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father for this was your good pleasure. All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal them. (Luke 10:21, 22)

Praise be to the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth in a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,... (1 Peter 1:3)

Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (John 17:3)

Also, Matthew 23:9, John 3:16, John 6:27, Romans 1:1-10, 1 Timothy 1:1, 2, Revelation 1:6

IV. Jesus Christ: We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. He led a sinless life and was crucified, died, and rose the third day, ascended to heaven. He sits at the right hand of the Father, interceding for His people; and all who believe in Him are set free from sin and death and made alive to God in Christ.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. (John 3:16)

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men-- the testimony given in its proper time. (1 Timothy 2:5, 6

"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" (John 8:58)

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God-- the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. (Romans 1:1-6)

Also, Isaiah 53, Matthew 1:18-25, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 28:6, Luke 1:26-38, John 1:1; 20:28, John 20:30, 31, Romans 3:24-26, Romans 5:6-8, Romans 6:9, 10, Romans 9:5; 8:46, Romans 10:9, 1 Corinthians 15:14, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Ephesians 1:4, 7, 1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 7:25, 9:28, 1 Peter 2:21-23, 1 John 2:2

V. The Holy Spirit: We believe the Holy Spirit is a divine person, fully God, sent by the Father to indwell, guide, teach, comfort, and empower Christians. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment.

...for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say. (Luke 12:12)

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- the Spirit of truth. (John 14:16, 17)

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. (John 14:26)

But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned. I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking form what is mine and making it know to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take form what is mine and make it known to you. (John 16:7-15)

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the laws of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death... who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit... You however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. (Romans 8:1-2, 4b, 9)

Also, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19, Galatians 5:22-26

VI. Regeneration: We believe God created humanity in His own image. The first humans sinned resulting in separation from God-- a physical, spiritual, and eternal death. Therefore, all human beings are born separated from God and spiritually dead. We believe all who accept and trust Jesus Christ by faith are born anew by the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God. They are new creatures, delivered from condemnation and receive eternal life.

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness..." (Genesis 1:26)

...When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man." (Genesis 5:1,2)

"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life." (John 5:24)

Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never go thirsty... All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away." Romans 9:22, 23

What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath-- prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory... (Romans 9:22, 23)

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that cam by Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:23, 24)

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old is gone, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. (John 1:12, 13)

Also, Genesis 3, Genesis 2:27, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Psalm 51:7, Proverbs 28:13, Jeremiah 17:9, John 1:13, John 1:18, John 3:14-16, John 3:3, 5, John 5:30, John 7:13, John 8:12, John 10:26, Romans 3:19, Romans 5:19, Romans 6:22, 23, Ephesians 2:8, 9, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, James 1:14, 1 Peter 1:23, 1 John 1:8-10, Revelations 19:3, 20, Revelations 20:10, 14, 15, Revelations 21:18

VII. The Church: We believe the Church is the body of Christ-- a spiritual body of all regenerated persons-- of which Jesus Christ is head. There is one church universal, composed of all those throughout the world who acknowledges Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. We believe in the local church that consists of believers in Jesus Christ that are commissioned to proclaim the message of salvation in Christ to a lost world, and called to meet together for worship, prayer, teaching, communion, baptism, and fellowship.

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. (Ephesians 2:19-22)

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give us meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:23-25)

Also, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 28:18-20, Ephesians 4:11-13, Ephesians 5:19-21, Acts 2:42, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31

VIII. The Christian Life: We believe that a Christian should live for the glory of God. As God's children we should love and trust him with all of our hearts, and in turn, love our fellowman. God's children experience life changing transformation through His power that leads them to live righteously in Him.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your should and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5)

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. (Romans 13:8)

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes form the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-- this is your spiritual act of worship Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good, pleasing, and perfect will. (Romans 12:1, 2)

If you love me, you will obey what I command... Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching." (John 14:15, 23-24)

Also, Proverbs 3:5, 6, John 6:27-29, John 8:31, 32, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:2, Romans 15:9, I Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 32, 2 Corinthians 4:10-12, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 2 Corinthians 9:6-9, Hebrews 12:14, 1 John 2:3-6, Colossians 1:9, 10

IX. The Ordinances: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has committed two ordinances to the local church: baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptism is the biblical testimony of the professed believer in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Christian baptism by immersion in water is a public identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.

The Lord's Supper is the commemoration by believers of Christ's death and a reminder, through the bread and juice, of the Saviors body and shed blood. Those who partake in the Lord's Supper should be professed believers, walking in fellowship with our risen Lord.

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)

For I received form the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when had had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This is the new covenant in my blood; do this whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

Also, Acts 10:47, Acts 18:8, Romans 6:3-5

X. The Last Things: We believe in the personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Upon His return there will be a bodily resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous. The Christian will be raised to fellowship with God and everlasting joy. The lost will be condemned to judgment and eternal separation from God.

For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. (Matthew 16:27, 28)

"I am," said Jesus, "And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." (Mark 14:62)

Also, John 14:3, John 5:28, 29, Acts 1:11, Philippians 3:20, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 15, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, 2 Timothy 4:1, Titus 2:13, and Revelation 20:4-6, 11-15

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