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We believe....
.... that the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as originally written were God-breathed, both verbally and in every
part.
.... in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three Persons, the Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory, and executing distinct and harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.
.... that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. That
he died on the cross and rose again on the third day.
.... that the Holy Spirit is a divine person possessing all the attributes of personality and of deity. He is equal with the
Father and the Son and is of the same nature.
.... that man was created by a direct act of God and not from any previously existing form of life.
.... the Scriptures teach that salvation of sinners is divinely initiated, and that it is wholly apart from works and is upon the
sole condition of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That in order to be saved the sinner must be born again, being regenerated by the power of the Holy Spirit through faith in God's Word.
....that Scriptures teach that the Church of Jesus Christ, distinct from Israel in the Old testament, was inaugurated at
Pentecost and must be considered in two aspects; the local church and "the church which is His body."
....the Scriptures teach that Christian baptism is the single immersion of a believer in water, in the name of the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit, to show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem his identification illustrating the believer's death to sin and his resurrection to a new life.
....the Scriptures teach the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust. All those who through faith are justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ will spend eternity in full enjoyment of God's presence, and those who through impenitence and unbelief refuse to accept God's offer of mercy will spend eternity in everlasting punishment.
....the Scriptures teach that there is a personal devil who is ''the god of this age'' and ''the prince of the power of the air,''
who is full of all subtlety, who seeks continually to frustrate the purposes of God and to ensnare the sons of men, and who was conquered by Christ on the cross and condemned to everlasting punishment.
....the Scriptures teach that every believer should be separated unto God from the world, and by the aid of the Holy Spirit,
should walk in Christian love and holiness, exhibiting qualities of honesty, integrity, forgiveness and loving kindness. |
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Doctrine
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