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Jim and Doris Craddock, Scope Ministries International is an
international ministry headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.
Scope's goal is to serve the world by ministering to and
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Our vision is to impart the life of Christ to all
people, reconciling them to intimacy with God and transforming them
into His image by the Holy Spirit.
Mission of Scope Ministries
International:
- Identify Biblical truths of how the life of Christ
will reconcile people in their relationships with God, self,
families and others
- Use these Biblical truths to minister the life of Christ to people
through personal guidance, small groups, classes, seminars and
written materials
- Train others to minister these Biblical truths effectively
- Disseminate these truths to the Body of Christ worldwide
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We are committed to integrity in that we live
out our message personally and corporately, alone and before others.
We are committed to a standard of excellence by fully using
our God-given gifts and abilities to produce the highest level of
quality in ministering the life of Christ to others.
We are committed to accountability, in that we willingly open
our lives to review and restoration regarding any conduct or
attitude deemed improper by Scripture or civil law.
We are committed to our own people by daily caring,
communicating, praying and supporting one another in a visible and
concrete way.
We are committed to serving others by providing ample time
and diligent effort to meet their needs.
We are committed to point people to know and apply Christ and
His life to all aspects of their lives.
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The sole basis of our beliefs is the
Bible, God's infallible written Word, the 66 books of the Old and New
Testaments. We believe that it was uniquely verbally and fully inspired
by the Holy Spirit and that it was written without error in the
original manuscripts. It is the supreme and final authority in all
matters on which it speaks. (II Timothy 3:16, 17; II Peter 1:21; I
Corinthians 2:13; 10:11; John 10:35)
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We
explicitly affirm our belief in basic Bible teachings as follows:
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There is
one true God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and
Holy Spirit. Each of these possesses equally all the attributes of
deity and thus the characteristics of personality. (Matthew 28:19;
John 10:30; Acts 5:3,4; II Corinthians 13:14) |
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God the
Father sent the Son to obtain satisfaction for divine justice and
proclaim reconciliation. The Holy Spirit sent to teach truth. He is
spoken of as the Father of all creation, of angels, of Israel, of
believers, and of Christ. (John 14-17; 20:17; Job 1:16; Psalm
103:13) |
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Jesus is
God, the living Word, who became flesh through His miraculous
conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. Hence, He is
perfect deity and true humanity united in one person forever. He
lived a sinless life and voluntarily atoned for the sins of men by
dying on the cross as their substitute, thus satisfying divine
justice and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone.
He rose from the dead in the same body, though glorified, in which
He lived and died. He ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at
the right hand of God the Father, where He, the only Mediator
between God and man, continually makes intercession for us.
(Matthew 1:16, 20, 23; Luke 1:34; Hebrews 4:15; II Corinthians
5:21; I Corinthians 15; Acts 1:9-11; I Peter 2:5-9; I John 2:1) |
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The Holy
Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to
apply the saving work of Christ to men. He convicts and draws
sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells
them from the moment of spiritual birth, and seals them until the
day of redemption. He is the source and power of all acceptable
worship and service, the infallible interpreter of the infallible
Word and seeks to occupy us with Christ and not with ourselves or
our experiences. (John 16:8-11; Titus 3:5; I Corinthians 6:19;
Romans 8:9b; I Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 5:18; Galatians 5:22,
23; John 16:13,14; I Corinthians 2:12-14; Romans 8:26,27) |
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Man was
originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying
God; thus, he was alienated from his Creator. That historic fall
brought all mankind under divine condemnation. Man's nature is
corrupted, and he is thus totally unable to please God. Since man
is unable to save himself, he is in need of regeneration and
renewal by the Holy Spirit. He cannot see nor enter the kingdom of
God until he is born again. A new life, implanted by the Holy
Spirit through the Word, is absolutely essential to salvation.
(Genesis 1:26,27; Ephesians 2:1; Romans 1:18; 3:20; 7:21-25; 5:12;
John 3:3, 6, 7; Titus 3:5,6) |
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The
salvation of man is wholly a work of God's free grace and is not
the work, in whole or in part, of human effort or goodness or
religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put
their faith in Christ alone for their salvation and thereby
justifies them in His sight. (Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8,9; John
3:16; Titus 3:5-8) |
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Jesus
Christ became the sinner's substitute before God and died as a
propitiating sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. Nothing can
be added to the finished work of Christ in His death, burial, and
resurrection on behalf of sinners. (Hebrews 2:9; Colossians 1:13,
14, 20, 21) |
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It is the
privilege of all who are born again of the Spirit to be assured of
their salvation from the very moment in which they trust Christ as
their Savior. This assurance is not based upon any kind of human
merit, but is the testimony of God in His written Word. The Holy
Spirit's fullness, power, and control are appropriated in the
believer's life by faith (Romans 5:9,10; 8:1, 29-30, 38-39; John
5:24; 10:27-30; 14:16; I Timothy 1:12; Philippians 1:6; Hebrews
7:25; Jude 24) |
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Every
believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit
that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh, but will bear fruit
to the glory of God. The Scriptures set out the principles and
rules of the Christian life. (Romans 12:1,2; Galatians 5:16-26; II
Corinthians 6:14) |
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Jesus
Christ is the head of the Church, His Body, which is composed of
all men, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through
saving faith. Every believer, whether Jew or Gentile, is baptized
into the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit, and having thus become
members of one another, all are responsible to keep the unity of
the Spirit in the bond of peace, loving one another fervently with
pure hearts. God admonishes His people to assemble together
regularly for worship, for participation in ordinances, for
edification through the Scriptures, and for mutual encouragement.
(I Corinthians 12:12,13; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 2:15, 16;
4:1-3; 2:19-22; Romans 12:4,5; Hebrews 10:25) |
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At physical
death, the believer enters immediately into the eternal, conscious
fellowship with the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body to
everlasting glory and blessing. (I Corinthians 15:12ff; II
Corinthians 5:1-10; Philippians 1:23; John 12:26) |
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At physical
death, the unbeliever enters immediately into eternal, conscious
separation from the Lord and awaits the resurrection of his body to
everlasting judgment and condemnation. (Ephesians 2:12; Romans
3:23; 5:12; Matthew 25:31-46; Revelation 20:11-15) |
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Jesus
Christ will come again to the earth, personally, visibly, and
bodily, to consummate history and the eternal plan of God.
(Revelation 19:11-16; Zechariah 14:4-11; I Thessalonians 1:10) |
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The Lord
Jesus Christ commanded all believers to proclaim the Gospel
throughout the world and to disciple men of every nation. The
fulfillment of the great commission requires that all worldly and
personal ambitions be subordinate to a total commitment to
"Him who loved us and gave Himself for us." (Matthew
28:19; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47-48) |
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Satan is a
person and the author of sin. He is the open and declared enemy of
God and man, and he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of
Fire. His work today is to thwart the plan of God and to create
confusion among Christians, deceiving the whole world. (Isaiah
14:12-17; I Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 12:9; 19:11-16; 20:1-6;
I Peter 5:8; Ephesians 6:11,12) |
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