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In one Holy, Almighty God, eternally
existing in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit, co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal
in power and glory, each with distinct personal attributes,
but without division of nature, essence or being.
(Biblical
Reference: Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, John 1:1-2, II
Corinthians 13:14, Philippines 2:6) |
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In the verbal and plenary inspiration of
the Old and New Testaments; that they are infallible, inerrant
in the original writings, and the final authority for faith
and life.
(Biblical
Reference: II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:20-21, Matthew 5:18,
John 16:12- 13) |
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That the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal
Son of God, without ceasing to be God, became man by the Holy
Spirit and virgin birth; that he lived a sinless life on
earth; that he died at Calvary as a satisfactory
substitutionary sacrifice for sinners; that his body was
buried in and arose from the tomb; that he ascended to Heaven
and was glorified as a man at God's right hand; that He is
coming again for His own and then to set up His Kingdom.
(Biblical
Reference: John 1:1, Matthew 1:20-23, II Corinthians 5:21,
Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 10:12, John 16: 7-11, Matthew 19:28,
Matthew 25:31, II Timothy 2:8) |
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That the Holy Spirit is a divine person
who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of
judgement; that He is that supernatural agent in regeneration
by whom all believers are baptized into the body of Christ;
that he indwells and seals them until the day of redemption.
He is the divine teacher and helper who guides believers into
all truth; it is the privilege of all believers to be filled
with the spirit.
(Biblical
Reference: John 16:7-15, 1 Corinthians 12:13, II Corinthians
1:22, Ephesians 1:13) |
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That God created man in His own image
and in the state of innocence. Through Adam's transgression
"sin entered the world, and death through sin;" and
consequently, mankind inherited a corrupt nature, being born
in sin and under condemnation. As soon as men are capable of
moral action, they become actual transgressors in thought,
word and deed.
(Biblical
Reference: Genesis 1:26-27, Romans 5:12, Romans 3:23, I John
1:8, Ephesians 2:3) |
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That
salvation is a gift of God brought to men by grace and received
only through personal repentance for sin and faith in the person
and the finished work and atoning blood of Jesus Christ.
(Biblical
Reference: Ephesians 1:7, 2:1-10, John 1:12) |
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In the bodily resurrection of all men,
the saved to eternal life and the unsaved to everlasting
punishment. That the souls of the redeemed are, at death
absent from the body and present with the Lord where, in
conscious bliss they await the first resurrection when spirit,
soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the
Lord. (Biblical Reference: Revelation 20, Acts 24:25, John 5:28-29,
Luke 16:19-31, II Corinthians 5:8, I Thessalonians 4:14-17, I
John 3:2) |
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That the church universal is a spiritual
organism composed of the regenerated who are baptized into
that body by the Holy Spirit at the time of the new birth and
that the local church, the visible manifestation of the body,
has the responsibility to provide for the fellowship and
edification of believers and to propagate the Gospel into the
world. (Biblical Reference: Acts 2, I Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians
5:27, Mark 16:15) |
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