What We Believe

Rhema Family Church Melbourne's mission is to teach, equip and train people in a lifestyle of faith that’s pleasing to God! Senior pastors, Ps John and Eileen Brown desire that both the Word and Holy Spirit will operate in their ministry and that they will bring dynamic changes into people’s lives. Rhema Family Church Melbourne is part of the Rhema Family Churches Australia network of churches.

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What We Believe

Rhema Family Church is built on a core set of beliefs, these are the beliefs in which we have unity and on which we base our fundamental decisions.

SERVICE TIMES

Sundays @ 10am in Doncaster

Sundays @ 5pm in Mill Park

 

The Scriptures

The Bible is the inspired Word of God, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. We accept the New Covenant, as recorded in the New Testament, as our infallible guide in matters pertaining to conduct and doctrine (2 Tim. 3:16; 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21).

The Godhead

Our God is one, but manifested in three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, being coequal (Phil. 2:6). God the Father is greater than all; the Sender of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter (John 14:28; John 16:28; John 1:14). The Son is the Word flesh-covered, the One Begotten, and has existed with the Father from the beginning (John 1:1; John 1:18; John 1:14). The Holy Spirit proceeds forth from both the Father and the Son and is eternal (John 15:26).

Man, His Fall and Redemption

Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God, but through Adam’s transgression and fall, sin came into the world. “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to undo the works of the devil. He gave His life by shedding His blood to redeem and restore man back to God (Rom. 3:23; Rom. 3:10; Rom. 5:14; 1 John 3:8).

Salvation

Is the gift of God to man, separate from works and the law, and is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God (Eph. 2:8). 

Eternal Life and the New Birth

Man’s first step toward salvation is godly sorrow that leads to repentance. The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced produces eternal life (2 Cor. 7:10; 1 John 5:12; John 3:3–5).

Eternal Life and the New Birth

Man’s first step toward salvation is godly sorrow that leads to repentance. The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when experienced produces eternal life (2 Cor. 7:10; 1 John 5:12; John 3:3–5).

Water Baptism

Baptism in water is by immersion, is a direct commandment of our Lord, and is for believers only. The ordinance is a symbol of the Christian’s identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12; Acts 8:36–39).

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

The Baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire is a gift from God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is received subsequent to the New Birth. This experience is accompanied by the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues, as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance (Matt. 3:11; John 14:16–17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38–39; Acts 19:1– 7; Acts 2:4).

Sanctification

The Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see the Lord. We believe in the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet progressive, work of grace, commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation of salvation at Christ’s return (Heb. 12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Cor. 3:18; Phil. 3:12–14; 1 Cor. 1:30).

Divine Healing

Healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith, and by the laying on of hands. It is provided for in the atonement of Christ and is the privilege of every member of the Church today (Mark 16:18; James 5:14–15; 1 Peter 2:24; Matt. 8:17; Isa. 53:4–5).

 

 

Resurrection of the Just and the Return of Our Lord

The angels said to Jesus’ disciples, “This same Jesus . . . shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” His coming is imminent. When He comes, “The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” (Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:16–17). Following the Tribulation, Jesus shall return to earth as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests, shall reign a thousand years (Rev. 20:6).

Hell and Eternal Retribution

The one who physically dies in his sins without accepting Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the lake of fire and, therefore, has no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting. The lake of fire is literal. The terms eternal and everlasting, used in describing the duration of the punishment of the damned in the lake of fire, carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in denoting the duration of joy and ecstasy of the saints in the presence of God (Heb. 9:27; Rev. 19:20).

Marriage

Marriage is between one man and one woman. A wedding ceremony is a spiritual service where two believers in Christ consecrate their commitment to each other and God. (Genesis 2:22-24 & Matthew 19:4-6)

 

 

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