Coming to faith is the process of:

• Realizing and confessing that God needs to have first place in your life and asking Him to forgive your failures or sins. Romans 3:23, I John 1:9
• Believing that Jesus Christ is God’s Son; that He died to pay for your sins; and that He rose again and is alive today. John 3:16; Romans 10:9
• Accepting God’s free gift of salvation without trying to earn it. Ephesians 2:8-9

Our relationship to God is not restored by anything we do, but on the basis of what Jesus already did for us. Please contact us if you have any questions concerning your life of faith in Christ.

Full devotion is a journey that believers should be engaged in for the rest of their lives. In essence, it is establishing right relationships in all areas of our lives. These key areas in establishing full devotion to Christ are:

Spiritual Growth
Developing the character of Christ and becoming more loving, honorable, courageous, and integrity-filled people. Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 4:12-13

Small Groups
Finding true community by experiencing true spiritual transformation that only happens in the context of relationships with other believers. Acts 2:42-47; John 13:35

Serving
Developing the spiritual gifts that God has given to all that follow Him, which enable them to lovingly serve one another. Ephesians 6:7; 2:8-9

Stewardship
Realizing that all we have is really His and that all we really have is Him. I Corinthians 4:2,
2 Corinthians 9:6-15

In Essential Beliefs – we believe that there should be unity. Ephesians 4:4-6
In Non-Essential Beliefs – we believe there should be liberty. Romans 14:1,4,12
In All Our Beliefs – we believe that we must maintain love toward each other. I Corinthians 13:2

God

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each of Whom possesses equally all the attributes of deity and the characteristics of personality. We believe that in the beginning God created out of nothing the world and all the things therein, thus manifesting the glory of His power, wisdom and goodness. By His sovereign power, He continues to sustain His creation. By His providence, He is operating throughout history to fulfill His redemptive purposes.

Genesis 1:1,26; Matthew 28:19; John 1:1, 3; 4:24; Acts 5:3-4; Romans 1:20; Ephesians 4:5-6; 2 Corinthians 13:14

Jesus Christ

We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man.

Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:25-38; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13

Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity, was sent into the world by the Father and the Son to apply to mankind the saving work of Christ. We believe that He enlightens the minds of sinners, awakens in them recognition of their need for a Savior and regenerates them.

We believe that, at the point of salvation, He permanently indwells every believer to become the source of assurance, strength, and wisdom, and uniquely endows each believer with gifts for ministry. We believe that the Holy Spirit guides believers in understanding and applying the Scripture. We believe that His power and control are appropriated by faith, making it possible for the believer to lead a life of Christ-like character and to bear fruit to the glory of the Father.

John 14:16-17,26; 15:26-27; 16:8-11,13; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:9-14; 6:19-20; Hebrews 9:14

Man

We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and become guilty sinners in thought, word and deed.

Genesis 1:26-27; 3:1-24; Romans 3:25; 5:12-18; I John 1:8

The Bible

We believe that the Bible is the verbally and plenarily inspired Word of God, inerrant in its original manuscripts. The Bible is our supreme and final authority in faith and life.

2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21

Salvation

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; that He rose victorious from the grave on the third day; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.

Isaiah 53; Matthew 20:28; John 3:16; Romans 3:24-26; 5:1; I Corinthians 15:3; 2 Cor. 5:21; Ephesians 1:7; I John 2:2; Matthew 28:6; Romans 10:9; I Corinthians 15:14

We believe that all who come by grace through repentance and faith to accept the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.

John 1:12-13; 3:3,5; James 1:18; I Peter 1:23; Ephesians 2:8-9

The Church

We believe that there is one true Church universal, comprised of all those who acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We believe that the Scripture commands believers to gather together to devote themselves to worship, prayer, the teaching of the Word, the observance of believers baptism and communion as the ordinances established by Jesus Christ, fellowship, service to the body through the development and use of talents and gifts and outreach to the world.

We believe that wherever God’s people meet regularly in obedience to this command, there is the local expression of the Church and that under the watch care of Elders and other supportive leadership, its members are to work together in love and unity, intent on the one ultimate purpose of glorifying Christ.

Hebrews 10:24-25; Acts 2:42-47

Christ’s Return

We believe in the personal and imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 1:11; I Thessalonians 4:16-17

Eternity

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting joy of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.

John 5:28-29; I Corinthians 15; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 25:31-46; Revelation 20:4-6,11-15

Baptism

We believe that all Christians are baptized by the Holy Spirit when they are born again. We believe that water baptism by immersion is the Biblical testimony of the professed believer in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:28-41,47; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 8:36-40; 10:47; 18:8; Romans 6:3-4; I Corinthians 12:13

Lord’s Supper

We believe that those who partake of the Lord’s Supper should be born-again believers, walking in fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 2:42-46; I Corinthians 11:23-29

Prayer is the essential foundation for all effective ministry.  At NorthRidge, this value drives us as individuals and as groups to have a real and sustaining relationship with Christ and with each other.  We pray believing that He is seeking out a close relationship with each of us; a relationship that is a reflection of the relationship that awaits us in eternity.  Growing in Christ is enabled through Prayer.

“Pray without ceasing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray for this Weekends Talk and the Ministries of NorthRidge.