IRL’s Mission Statement

A Life beyond the walls (No longer Bound!)
To Share GOD's word in and beyond the walls of Mental, Educational, Spiritual, Health and Wellness (Mind, Soul and Body)

IRL’s Vision Statement
“To transform HEARTS that are pleasing and acceptable to GOD!”

I. We believe:

A. The Bible is the divinely inspired infallible Word of God and is the final authority for all we believe and how we are to live.
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Matthew 5:18; John 10:35,17:17; 2 Peter 1:20-21

II. There is one God expressed in the Triune Godhead:

A. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
B.We believe God the Father is eternal, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent.
C.God is infinite in love, perfect in judgments, and unchanging in righteousness and mercy.
- Genesis 1:26; Deuteronomy 6:4; Matt. 28:18- John 8:43, 14:26

III.All have sinned, fallen short of the glory of God and need salvation.

A.We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith, in Jesus Christ alone.
B.This saving grace of God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, also sanctifies us and enables us to be conformed to the image of Christ.
- 1. Romans 3:23; Ephesians 2:8-10; Acts 16:30-31; Ephesians 1:13-14

IV.The infilling of Holy Spirit is an experience subsequent to salvation and is the will of God that all be filled.

A.The Holy Spirit
- 1. regenerates, forever indwells, and graciously equips the Christian for godly living and service.
2.All the gifts of the Spirit as described in the New Testament, are operative today and are designed to testify to the presence of the kingdom. These gifts edify, and empower the church to fulfill its calling and mission.
- a) Acts 2:23; 19:2-6; 1Cor. 12,14

V.Healing is provided in the redemptive work of Jesus and is available to every believer.

A.Deliverance from sickness and diseases provided in the atonement work of Christ. Healing is a privilege of all believers
- 1. Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 8:17; I Peter 2:24, Jam. 5:14-16

VI.There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and unjust.

A.Not only will the righteous receive bodies that will never die, but wicked as well. The righteous are raised resurrected to the glories of eternal bliss in heaven, the wicked are raised for the purpose of judgement and justice due to a like of wickedness and rebellion against the rule of God.
B.Job 19:25-27; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Corinthians15

VII. We believe in the personal, visible, literal, imminent Return of Jesus Christ.

A.Jesus Christ is coming again
- 1.Angels announced it
- 2.Prophets announced it
- 3.Jesus Himself announced it
- 4.God guarantees it
B.Jesus Christ will return again to earth to receive the governments of the world unto Himself and begin His earthly reign.
- 1.Zech. 14:5, Job 19:25-27; Revelation 1:8; 17:14, 19:14, 22:20

VIII. We believe in water baptism by immersion as a sign of the believer’s identification and fellowship with he death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and of the His giving Himself to God, to live and walk in newness of life.

A. Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 16:16; Luke 22:14-20; 1 Acts 10:47-48, Rom. 6:4 Corinthians 11:23-26

IX.We believe the Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of Jesus, to be administered with the elements of bread and wine, and to be observed by His churches until the Second Coming of Christ. It is a memorial of the believer’s remembrance of Christ’s suffering and death and a reminder to feast on the word of God.

A. Matthew 3:13-17;26:26-28, Mark 16:16; Luke 22:14-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

X.We believe that Marriage unites one man and one woman in a lifetime commitment to each other. Marriage provides for intimate companionship between a man and his wife for pure sexual expression, procreation and reflects the relationship of Christ and the church. Genesis 1:28, 2:23-25; Proverbs 5:15-19; Matthew 19:4-6; 1 Corinthians 7:1-5; Ephesians 5:31-33.

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