The Core Band

 ~CORE BELIEFS ~

As Artists/Musicians, the life and teaching of Jesus Christ form our essential "core" response

to Him, expressed in songs of both Story and Worship. 

WE BELIEVE....

GOD...There is one, true, eternally existent God, revealed as being Triune in nature. Creator

of the universe as well as all of life.

JESUS CHRIST...The promised "Emmanuel"  (God with us)  to come.  (See Isaiah 7:14,

            8: 8, 10 and Matthew 1:23)   Both fully God and man, sent to reconcile man back to God

 by His atoning sacrifice on the Cross.

THE HOLY SPIRIT...The given "another" helper, (Allos; of the same kind, John 14:16)  the

 one who  abides with us FOREVER.  This indwelling Holy Spirit, (1 Corinthians 6: 19)  sent to

 convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement.  Guiding us into all truth.

  Glorifying all of what Christ had come to reveal, teaching and declaring those truths to us.

SALVATION...(Regeneration, Renewal, and Justification)  made possible by Christ's blood,

 shed upon the cross...granted to all who believe and call on His name.   Acts 4:12, "Nor is there

 salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven  given among men by which

 we must be saved".   

ETERNAL LIFE...Granted through belief, to all who profess Him as both Savior and

 Lord.  The "whoever believes" to the promise of "Everlasting life"....(John 3:16)  And as in

 John 17:3; " And this is eternal life , that they may "KNOW"  YOU,  the only true God, and the 

 ONE YOU have sent-JESUS CHRIST."  What is stressed here is not just a mental assent of  

 facts, or casual familiarity.  It implies an awareness of,  having knowledge of, or to be sure of.    

 Even possibly expressing  a  degree of intimacy.  The same word "know"  (Strong's- 1097)  is 

used in  Matthew 1:25, where it says..." Joseph.....did not "know" her until she had brought forth 

her firstborn son"...it is a daily walk,  a closeness,   a continual reliance upon,  and

 a relationship with  the Father and Jesus that ensure our eternal life.....