Humberto Acosta
As a music entity with a focus on God, we strive for excellence in everything we do. It is understood that our music will not please everyone. It is, however our continuous goal to please God. The path we choose in that endeavor must have an immovable foundation. That foundation is and will always be the word of God, namely the Bible.
We believe in the biblical tri-un God, the three independent and yet indivisible persons that are Him. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each with a unique personality and yet with a common purpose whom together complete the Holy trinity. A metaphor that I like to use is that of a lamp consisting of three luminous bulbs generating intrinsic light.
We are thoroughly convinced that the Bible is the inerrant word of God. It is God’s revelation to his believers, and as such, to his church. The Bible is complete; it is the primary means of communication between God and us. We believe that from the first letter penned in Genesis 1:1 all the way to the last in Revelation 22:21 it is infallible, relevant, and timeless. The Bible is sufficient for all of life’s challenges and questions. It is the only means of guidance towards the full understanding of God’s plan in our life.
In addition, we know that if there is a passage in the Bible that we do not understand even superficially that it is due to our lack of in depth study or submission to the Holy Spirit as it is He who gives us understanding. The Bible is clear in its meaning, it does not contain hidden mysteries to be decoded or mystical messages to be interpreted only by a priest or shaman. It is written for the people of God who believe and submit to him in faith.
1St Corinthians 2:10:
These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God
Second Peter 1:16
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit
We believe that there is a Heaven and there is a Hell. The Bible describes how man became separated from God when he sinned at the Garden of Eden
Genesis 3:24
He drove out the man, and at the east of the Garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
We adhere completely to the fact that Jesus Christ is God, and that he came to Earth to provide the perfect sacrifice for our rebellion and he is the only way that we can be saved from eternal Hell.
John 14:5
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him
We believe in the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation and that it is the Holy Spirit that allows us to persevere until the end. We believe that there is eternal security for all the saints.
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death
We do not consider ourselves infallible or immune to sin. However, we are confident that through the careful and dutiful study of scripture, prayer, and obedience, our natural tendencies will be subdued exponentially.
On the other hand, we are convinced that salvation is not achieved by simply ceasing to sin.
Salvation is a gift from God. It is by grace and grace alone. It does not require any kind of penitence or good deed in order to earn God’s good graces.
When we consider the magnitude of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, his suffering, and primarily his lack of guilt, we can then understand that nothing that we do or accomplish will ever come close to equaling such immense expression of Love toward us. Salvation then, is a gift.
Titus 3:4
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Our mission statement is as follows:
“It is more likely to impress God when striving to please Him, than to please God when trying to impress Him”
These are the biblical truths we adhere to solidly. Our commitment is to live a life that reflects these truths and to produce music that expresses them without fear or compromise.
Humberto Acosta.