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WE BELIEVE in the Bible as the divinely
inspired and inerrant Word of God, the
revelation of His mind and will to man, the
infallible and all-sufficient guide for
salvation, and all aspects of the Christian
life and testimony (2
Timothy 3:16-17;
2 Peter 1:20-21).
In one God, the Creator of all, eternally
existing in three persons: Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit. In the sovereignty of God, and
in the free will of man to obey or to obey
not
the Gospel (2
Thessalonians 1:8).
In the full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ,
that He is true God and true Man, begotten
of the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin into
perfect and impeccable humanity (John
1:1;
Philippians 2:6;
Matthew 1:23-25;
1 John 3:5).
In the depravity of every aspect of the
human nature through the fall in the Garden
of Eden, humanity being tempted and deceived
by Satan, a real and personal devil, the
arch-enemy of God and man.
In the absolute inability of the sinner to
be saved from eternal punishment by
self-righteousness or good works (Genesis
3;
Romans 3:23;
Ephesians 2:8-9).
In the bodily resurrection of the just and
the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of
the saved (1
Thessalonians 4:17), and the
everlasting, conscious punishment of the
lost (Revelation
20:15).
In the finished work of Christ on the cross
of Calvary, through which sacrifice Christ
has effected complete and eternal redemption
(Romans
3:24;
Ephesians 1:7). God set His seal of
approval on the work of Christ when He
raised Him bodily from the dead and
enthroned Him at His own right hand in
Heaven, being made the only Head of the
Church (Ephesians
1:20-23;
Colossians 1:18). He is the Lord of the
individual (John
13:13), the High Priest over the House
of God (Hebrews
7:20-28;
10:21), the Advocate on behalf of His
people (1
John 2:1), and the Judge of all (Acts
17:31).
In the immediate and eternal salvation of
every person who truly believes on Christ,
and rests, by faith, upon His finished work
as the only righteous ground on which a holy
God can forgive sins, and that all believers
are to give the witness of a good conscience
before God, being baptized by immersion (Acts
8:36-39).
That all who by faith receive the Lord Jesus
Christ as Savior are instantly born again of
the Holy Spirit, indwelt by Him, and by the
same Holy Spirit are baptized into the one
Body of Christ the Church (1
Corinthians 12:12-14).
That the early Church met together and
"continued steadfastly in the apostle's
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of
bread, and in prayers," and that this is
God's pattern for the Church today.
In the personal, imminent, and
pre-millennial coming of the Lord to the air
to rapture the Church (1
Thessalonians 4:13-17).
In the revelation of the Lord in glory at
His second advent, to establish His kingdom
visibly on earth and to reign in
righteousness (2
Thessalonians 1:6-10), after which shall
be set up the Great White Throne judgment in
the heavens for the judgment of "the dead,
small and great" (Revelation
20:15), the present heavens and earth
will pass away and a new heaven and earth
will be formed wherein righteousness shall
dwell and the eternal Day of God will be
ushered in (2
Peter 3:10-13).
Reprinted with permission from Uplook
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