John 3:5 was Jesus' Instructions for Eternal Life

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts 2:38 was the Apostles Fulfillment of Jesus' Instructions

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Transforming Lives Through the Apostolic Message

Reconciled Ministries International is committed to impacting lives through dynamic online Christian outreach. Our mission is to call souls to reconciliation with God and to inspire believers to live out their faith boldly, sharing the life-changing message of Jesus Christ with others.

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Become part of a growing community dedicated to spreading the Gospel. Join us in daily Bible studies and participate in Spirit-filled fellowship, prayer, and the proclamation of the Apostolic message, as we encourage one another and reach souls for Christ.”

What We Believe

Below you will our Statement of Faith

Statement of Faith

1. Sola Scriptura: We believe that the Bible (Old and New Testaments – 66 Books) is the inspired Word of God. It was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and is therefore infallible in its original manuscripts. The Bible is our supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and life (Ps. 19:7-11; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:19-21).

2. God: We believe that there is One true God (Deut. 6:4) As loving creator of the universe, God continues to personally sustain, rule, and care for all He has made (Gen. 1:1; Heb. 1:3; 2 Chr. 20:6; Matt. 7:11).

2. Father: We believe the Father, an infinite, personal Spirit (John 4:24). He is perfect in holiness (Is. 6:1-4), wisdom and justice (Gen. 18:25), power (Mat 19:26), and love (1 John 4:8). We believe that He cares about our needs, hears and answers prayer (Mat 21:22), and saves from sin and eternal death all who come to Him calling on the Name of Jesus (Romans 10:13).

3. Son: We believe that Jesus is the Messiah, God incarnate in the flesh (John 1:1). We Believe that Jesus and the Father are One (Isa. 9:6, John 14:9). He is fully God and fully man; conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary (Lk. 1:31-35). We believe that He lived a sinless life (Heb 4:15); that He paid for our sins by dying on the cross as our substitute (Rom. 5:8); that He bodily rose from the dead (1 Cor. 15:3-4, 17-20) and ascended into heaven (Acts 1:9). Further, we believe that He will personally, visibly return to earth as He has promised (Matt. 25:31-33; Acts 1:11).

4. Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit is also fully God. He convicts people of their sin (Jn. 16:8-11), and He dwells within those who have come to salvation through Christ (Jn. 4:13; 1 Cor 3:16). Through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit believers receive power (Acts 1:8), instruction (Jn. 16:13), and Spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:4-7) to carry out the mission of Christ. The Spirit-controlled Christian will show evidence of an increasingly Christlike character (Gal. 5:22-26). His very presence in our lives gives us assurance that we will inherit eternal life when He returns (Eph. 1:13-14).

 

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5. Mankind: We believe that God created mankind, male and female, in the image of God and free from sin (Gen. 1:27); therefore, all persons have essential dignity and worth. But the Bible also teaches that mankind fell into sin (Gen. 3:1-19); each aspect of our character is corrupted; each person is spiritually dead (Eph. 2:1), and therefore each of us is in need of salvation (Rom. 3:23; Rom. 5:12-21).

6. Salvation: We believe that the only way of salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Salvation is a gift from God (Rom. 6:23). It cannot be earned through any human merit or works of the flesh(Eph. 2:8-9). Those who are saved acknowledge Christ as Lord (Rom. 10:9-1 2), are Baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of Sin, walk in the Spirit and are sanctified through obedience to  Christ's commandments in this lifetime (Eph. 2:10), and so have the promise of heaven for the future (Jn. 14:1-6).

7. The Church: We believe in the “universal church,” the Body of Christ, established on the day of Pentecost, the Apostolic Church, which is a spiritual body consisting of all true Christians with Christ as head (Col. 1:18). We also believe in the “local church,” which is a visible assembly of believers (Heb. 10:24-25). All members of the Body of Christ have been baptized upon a credible profession of faith in Jesus (Acts 2:38), baptized in the Holy Ghost with evidence of spiritual gifts that follow all true believers. The Body organizes themselves for the purposes of evangelism (Matt. 28:18), worship (Jn. 4:23), edifying one another (Eph. 4:16), and caring for the needy (Jam. 1:27; Acts 2:42, 46). The two ordinances of the church are the baptism of believers (Matt. 28:19) and the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:23-26).

8. Christian Conduct: We believe that the supreme task for every believer is to glorify God in his life (1 Cor. 10:31). The Christian should seek to live blamelessly before the world (1 Pet. 1:15; Rom. 12:1), to be a faithful steward of the possessions, time and abilities that God has given each of us (Lk. 16:10-13), and to seek for themselves and others the full stature of maturity in Christ (Eph. 4:11-13)

Our Purpose Statement

Reconciled Ministries International exists to proclaim the saving message of Jesus Christ and to make fully devoted disciples through the uncompromising truth of God’s Word. Rooted in Sola Scriptura, we uphold the Bible as our final authority in all matters of faith and life, teaching and living its message with clarity and conviction.

Our purpose is to lead people into reconciliation with the one true God, revealed as Father, incarnate in the Son, and active through the Holy Spirit. We seek to:

Exalt Jesus Christ as the only Savior, God manifested in the flesh, whose death, burial, and resurrection bring salvation to all who call upon His Name.

Proclaim the power of the Holy Spirit, who convicts, regenerates, indwells, and empowers believers for holy living and effective ministry.

Equip believers through biblical teaching, spiritual formation, and Spirit-driven empowerment to fulfill their God-given calling.

Advance the mission of Christ by evangelizing the lost, training the saved, and demonstrating God’s love, justice, and compassion to the world.

In all things, our ministry seeks to glorify God, reconcile people to Him through Christ, and build a community shaped by holiness, love, and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.

The Oneness of God Defined

The Nature and Name of God

Webelieve there is one true and living God, the Creator of all things, eternal and uncreated, who exists as one undivided divine essence. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.” (Deuteronomy 6:4) We confess biblical monotheism, for God is one (εἷς, Strong’s G1520; one, single; numerical oneness, exclusivity, unity).

We believe the one God is revealed in Scripture as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these are not mere titles or temporary roles, but real distinctions as shown by the Son speaking to the Father and the Spirit being sent. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name.” (John 14:26) “When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father.” (John 15:26) Therefore we confess the one God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three distinct subsistences, undivided in the one divine essence, fully God. We use “subsistences” as the best English alternative to trinitarian language because it affirms distinction without implying three gods or parts, and corresponds to the semantic range commonly associated with ὑπόστασις ( Strong’s G5287; underlying reality, substantial reality; also used contextually for confidence or assurance).

We believe the Son is fully God and that the Son became incarnate as Jesus Christ, truly God and truly man. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” (John 1:14) We confess the full deity of the Word and the true incarnation. In John 1:1, the Word (λόγος, Strong’s G3056) is distinguished “with God” (πρός, Strong’s G4314) and affirmed as God (θεός, Strong’s G2316).

We believe the Holy Spirit is fully God and acts as God in salvation and sanctification. “Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost… thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.” (Acts 5:3–4) The Spirit (πνεῦμα, Strong’s G4151) is not an impersonal force but is treated as God and as personally acting.

We believe there is one divine “Name,” meaning one divine identity and authority belonging to the one God, and that Scripture uses “name” in this covenantal sense of revealed identity, authority, and rightful claim. “Name” is ὄνομα (onoma, Strong’s G3686), which can denote a spoken designation and also authority, character, reputation, and revealed identity. Jesus Christ declared, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth… baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” (Matthew 28:18–19) The “power” given to Christ is ἐξουσία (exousia, Strong’s G1849; authority, right, jurisdiction). The singular “name” in Matthew 28:19 denotes one divine authority and one divine identity, confessed with real distinction, for the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are named without being collapsed into one and the same personal subject or reduced to temporary roles.

We confess that the saving Name revealed and given to humanity in the New Covenant is Jesus Christ, for Scripture declares, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) We affirm that Jesus’ name is divinely appointed and bound to His saving mission: “Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21) This confession of the saving Name does not deny the Father or the Holy Spirit, nor does it imply that “Father” and “Holy Spirit” are alternate names for the Son; rather, it confesses the unique saving revelation and mediatorial mission of the incarnate Son, through whom the Father is made known and by whom the Spirit is given.

We further confess that Jesus manifested and declared the Father’s name, and that believers are kept in and through the Father’s own name as revealed and exercised through Christ. “I have manifested thy name.” (John 17:6) “Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me.” (John 17:11) “I kept them in thy name.” (John 17:12) “I have declared unto them thy name.” (John 17:26) To “manifest” is φανερόω (phaneroō, Strong’s G5319; reveal, make known), to “declare/make known” is γνωρίζω (gnōrizō, Strong’s G1107; disclose, make known), and to “keep” is τηρέω (tēreō, Strong’s G5083; guard, preserve). Therefore, the Father’s covenant identity and preserving authority are made known and ministered to believers through the Son and applied by the Holy Spirit, in a manner consistent with Scripture’s real distinction between Father, Son, and Spirit and with the confession of one God.

We believe apostolic baptism is consistently identified with the name of Jesus Christ in the book of Acts. “Be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.” (Acts 2:38) “Only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.” (Acts 8:16) “He commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.” (Acts 10:48) “They were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.” (Acts 19:5) We acknowledge that the New Testament does not preserve a verbatim transcript of the triadic words being spoken at the moment of baptism, while it repeatedly describes baptism as being “in” (ἐν, en, Strong’s G1722; in, within, in the sphere of, by means of) the name of Jesus. We therefore confess that the apostles applied the singular “name” of Matthew 28:19 in a Christ-centered, apostolic manner consistent with the saving Name revealed in the New Covenant, without confusing the Father and the Son or diminishing the Holy Spirit.

Finally, we confess that salvation in the name of Jesus does not diminish the Father or the Holy Spirit, because the one God is the author of salvation and acts in unity in the saving work. “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself.” (2 Corinthians 5:19) Therefore, invoking Jesus’ name is invoking God’s saving action revealed in the Son and applied by the Spirit, while maintaining the scriptural distinctions by which the Father sends, the Son accomplishes redemption, and the Spirit applies God’s saving work to believers. We further confess that Jesus Christ is the divinely appointed mediator of the New Covenant, and that His blood is the seal of that Covenant, so that the saving confession of His Name remains central to the church’s proclamation and practice, to the glory of the one God forever.

 

 

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