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The Bible.
We believe in the Scripture of the Old and New Testaments
as verbally inspired of God and inerrant in the various matters of which they
speak, have been created, together with the law and properties with which they
have been endowed, and that God in His sovereign rule of the universe, works out
His Purpose through the laws of nature and by His miraculous power.
The Trinity.
We believe in one
God eternally existing in the three persons of the Godhead; Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit. That these three persons have the same
nature, attributes and perfections.
Jesus Christ.
We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived
by the Holy Spirit, and is truly God, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true man
who shed His blood for the sins of all men as a substitutionary sacrifice; that
He arose in the very same body, though glorified, in which He had been
crucified; that He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God;
and that He now appears in the presence of God on behalf of His people.
The Holy Spirit.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine
person; that He inspired the Scriptures; that He convicts the world of sin, of
righteousness, and of judgment and He regenerates those who believe, places them
into the body of Christ, and dwells in them; that as Christ’s representatives on
earth He calls out a people from the Jews and Gentiles and makes of them “one
new man”; and that He calls out men to God’s service.
Man.
We believe that the universe with all that is in it
was created in the beginning by God; that man was made by a creative act of God;
that the first man Adam, fell from his original state of innocence, became
corrupt in nature, and came under the condemnation and the sentence of death;
and because of the unity of the race in Adam, its natural head, all men have
come under the same nature and consequence of sin.
Salvation.
We believe that man is justified by grace
through faith in the crucified and risen Christ, is regenerated and given the
position of a child in the family of God; and there is but one way of salvation
that is, through faith in Christ, and that those who have been born of the
Spirit of God never perish.
The Church.
We believe that the church is the company of all those who have been born of the
Spirit of God and baptized into the body of Christ by that Spirit; that this
church is the body of Christ, and temple of the Holy Spirit; and the Bride of
Christ; and during this dispensation all regenerated Jews and Gentiles are
untied in one church in Christ and someday Christ will present this church to
Himself without blemish.
Future Events.
We believe in the ultimate deliverance and return of the Saints with Christ; the
ultimate judgement and defeat of Satan and His emissaries; and the ultimate eternal reign
of Jesus Christ over all creation.
Satan.
We believe that the fallen angel known as
Satan was originally perfect in his way; that he fell and drew with him a large
number of angels; that he, together with his angels and demons, is active in
opposition to God and His work; that Satan and his emissaries were defeated at
the cross of Christ; that they will be bound for a thousand years at the return
of Christ to the earth; and that ultimately they will be cast into the lake of
fire where they will be punished eternally.
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