WHAT WE
BELIEVE
1.
THE TRIUNE GOD: In this Godhead
there is a Trinity of one substance and power, and coeternal, namely the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Gen. 1:1; Ex. 3:14; Deut. 6:4; John
8:58 1 Tim. 1:17 Matt. 28:19; 11 Cor. 13:14
2.
JESUS CHRIST - SON OF
GOD :
Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man, in
Whom the divine and human natures are perfectly and inseparably united and born
of the Virgin Mary. He was buried, rose from the dead and ascended bodily into
heaven to be with the Father. He is eternal Savior and Mediator, who intercedes
for us, and by Him all men will be judged. Acts 17:3; Col.2:9 Heb. 2:16; Acts
2:22; 4:10 John 1:14 Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23 Acts 1:3; 1 Cor. 15:3-8 Acts 1:9-11;
Acts 2:22-24 Heb. 4:14-16; 7:25; 1 Tim. 2:5 8. 11 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 20:11-15
3.
THE HOLY SPIRIT:
Being with the Father and the Son. He
comforts, sustains, empowers and sanctifies the faithful, and guides them into
all truth. John 15:26,27;
John 14:16,17 Acts 5:3,4 John 16:8-11 4. John 16:7,12,13; John 14:26
4.
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES: The
Holy Scriptures are the inspired, inerrant, written Word of God. They alone
contain the will of God as far as it is necessary for us to know it for our
salvation. By the Holy Scriptures we understand those 66 canonical books of the
Old and New Testament. II Tim. 3:15-17; 2Pet. 1:19-21; Gal. 1:8,9; Rev.
22:18,19 1 Tim. 2:5 Gal. 3:11,24,25; 4:9; Col. 2:16 Matt. 22:37-40; James 2:8;
1 Tim. 1:5
5.
DEPRAVITY AND
PREVENIENT GRACE: The transgression of Adam man is fallen from original
righteousness and apart from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, is not only
entirely destitute of holiness, but is inclined to evil, and that continually,
and except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Man in his
own strength, without divine grace, cannot do good works pleasing and
acceptable to God. Eph. 1; Rom. 3:10-18,23 John 3:3-7 2. Gen. 6:5; Ps. 51:5;
58:3 Rom. 2:4 5. Acts 17:24-28; Rom. 5:15-21; Phil. 2:13; Titus 2:11; Eph.
2:8,9
6.
PROVISION FOR SALVATION:
The offering of Christ freely made on the
cross through the shedding of His blood is the perfect and sufficient sacrifice
for the sins of the world, both original and actual, so that no other
satisfaction is required.
John 19:30; Heb. 7:26; 9:26; 10:12
John 19:30; Heb. 7:26; 9:26; 10:12
7.
JUSTIFICATION: We
are never accounted righteous before God through our works or merit, but that
those who truly repent of their sins are justified or accounted righteous
before God only by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Isa. 64:6; Gal.
2:16 Eph. 2:8,9; Rom. 5:1,2; 4:3-5; Gal. 5:5,6 Titus 3:5; 11 Cor. 5:17; John
1:12 1 Jn.3:1; 11 Cor.6:18 Rom.8:14-16; Gal.4:4-7
8.
SANCTIFICATION:
Sanctification begins in the new birth and
is the work of God's grace through the Word and the Holy Spirit, by which those
who have been born again and delivered from the willful practice of sin are
enabled to live in accordance with God's will, and to seek earnestly for
holiness without which no one will see God. Acts 15:9; Rom. 8:1-4; 6:6; 1 Thess.
5:23,24 Heb. 12:14 Col. 1:9-14 Matt. 22:37; Gal. 5:22,23; 1 Pet. 1:22; 1 Jn.1:9
Rom. 6:1,2,11-14; 12:1,2 1 Jn. 3:3 Heb. 12:10-15; Phil.2:1-5 Phil. 2:2
9.
GOOD WORKS:
Good works are the necessary fruits of faith
and follow regeneration but they do not have the virtue to remove our sins or
to avert divine judgment. Eph. 2:10 Gal. 2:16 John 15:1-8; James 3:10-13;
2:17,18; Phil. 1:10,11
10.
THE CHURCH : The Church is the
community of (born again) believers under the Lordship of Christ. It is the
fellowship of the redeemed in which the Word of God is preached by men divinely
called. Acts 2:47; 2:41-47; 1 John 1:7; Rom. 1:18,21
11.
SACRAMENTS: The
sacraments, ordained by Christ, are not only pledges and symbols of the
Christian's profession, but they are also signs of God's love and grace toward
us, by which He works invisibly in us, quickening, strengthening and confirming
our faith in Him. Two sacraments are ordained by Christ our Lord, namely
Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Matt. 28:19-20;
Acts 2:38-41; 8:36-39; 16:30-33 Luke 22:19-22; 1 Cor. 11:23-29
12.
THE LORD'S DAY:
It is commemorative of our Lord's
resurrection and is an emblem of our eternal rest. It is essential to the
permanence and growth of the Christian Church, and important to the welfare of
the civil community. Matt. 28:1; Acts
20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2; Heb. 10:25; Rev. 1:10
13.
THE SECOND COMING OF
CHRIST: The coming of
Christ to be a bodily return to the earth and that he will cause the
fulfillment of all prophecies made concerning His final and complete triumph
over all evil. Faith in the imminence of Christ's return is a rational and
inspiring hope to the people of God. Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thess. 4:15-18; Titus
2:11-13
14.
RESURRECTION, JUDGMENT AND
FUTURE STATE: The Holy
Scriptures declare that there is a resurrection of both the righteous and the
unrighteous. All men stand under the righteous judgment of God, both now and in
that day. The Scriptures further teach an eternal state of rewards in which the
righteous dwell in endless life in heaven and the wicked in endless punishment
in hell. Ecc. 12:14; Jn. 5:22; Acts 17:31; 11 Cor. 5:10 Isa. 35:8-10; 11 Cor.
5:8; Rev. 21:22 Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:11-15; 21:8
15.CIVIL GOVERNMENT: The Holy
Scriptures declare the importance of recognizing the sovereign governments
under whose protection we reside. The sovereignty of these governments should
be respected. Generally speaking, war and bloodshed are not in keeping with the
Gospel and Spirit of Christ; nevertheless, at times, in order to preserve
orderly governments in the world, war is the unpleasant alternative. As
Christian citizens it is our duty to give moral strength and purpose to our
respective nations through sober, righteous and godlyliving.
Matt. 22:17-21; Rom. 13:10 Titus 2:11,12
Matt. 22:17-21; Rom. 13:10 Titus 2:11,12
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