* I believe in The Holy Scriptures: Popularly known as the Holy Bible, accepting fully the writings of
the Old and New Testaments as the very Word of God, verbally and plenarily inspired in all parts
and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God, altogether sufficient in themselves
as my only infallible and authoritative rule of faith and practice.
* I believe in The One Triune God: Who is personal, spirit, and sovereign; perfect, infinite and eternal
in His beings, holiness and love, wisdom, and power; absolutely separate and above the world as its
Creator, yet everywhere present in the world as the Upholder of all things; self-existent and
self-revealing in three distinct persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, each having a distinct
ministry in God's relation to His creation and people.
* I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ: who is the second person of the Triune God, the eternal Word and only Begotten Son;
that without any change in His divine Person, He became man by miracle of the Virgin Birth, thus to continue forever
as both true God and true Man, one person with two natures; that as man, He was tempted in all points as we are, yet without
sin; that as the perfect Lamb of God, He gave Himself in death upon the cross, becoming sin and suffering
its full penalty of divine wrath in our stead; that He arose bodily from the grave and was glorified; that as our great
High Priest, He ascended into Heaven, there to appear before the face of God as our Advocate and intercessor.
* I believe in the Holy Spirit: who is the third person of the Trinity, and the divine Agent in nature, revelation and
redemption; that He convicts the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment; that at salvation He regenerates,
indwells, baptizes, seals, and anoints all who become children of God through Christ; that He futher empowers, guides, teaches,
sanctifies, and fills believers who daily surrender to Him.
* I believe that all men are by nature and choice, sinful and lost: that man was the direct creation of God, made in
His image and likeness; that by personal disobedience to the revealed Will of God, man became a sinful creature, the father
of a fallen race which is universally sinful in both the righteous judgment and wrath of God, and has within
himself no possible means of salvation.
* I believe in Salvation By Grace Through Faith: that salvation is the free gift of God, neither merited nor secured in
part or in whole by virtue of the work of man, but received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom
all true believers have as a present possession the gift of eternal life, a perfect righteousness, sonship in the family of God,
deliverance and security from all condemnation, every spiritual resource needed for life and godliness, and the divine guarantee
that they shall never perish; that this salvation affects the whole man; that apart from Christ there is no possible salvation.
* I believe in Righteous Living and Godly Works: not as a means of salvation in any sense, but as its proper evidence and fruit;
and therefore as Christians, we should obey the Word of our Lord and seek the things which are above, and walk as He walked, accept
as our solemn responsibility the duty and privileges of bearing the Gospel to a lost world; remembering that a victorious and
fruitful Christian life is possible only for those, who in gratitude for the infinite and undeserved mercies of God, have
presented themselves wholly to Christ.
* I believe in the Existence of Satan: who originally was created a holy and perfect being, but through pride and wicked ambition
rebelled against God, thus becoming utterly depraved in character, the great adversary of God and His people, leader of all other
evil angels and spirits, the deceiver and god of this present world; that his powers are vast, but strictly limited by the permissive Will of God
who overrules all his wicked devices for good; that he was defeated and judged at the cross, and therefore, his final doom is certain;
that we are able to resist and overcome him only in the armor of God, by the blood of the Lamb, and through the power
of the Holy Spirit.
* I believe in the Second Coming of Christ: that His return from Heaven will be personal, visible and glorious, a blessed Hope for which we should
constantly watch and pray, the time being but always imminent; that when He comes, He will first by the resurrection of the dead and translation of
the living, remove from the earth His waiting Church, then pour out the righteous judgments of God upon the unbelieving world, afterwards descend
with His Church and establish His glorious and literal kingdom over all the nations for a thousand years.
* I believe in Future Life, Bodily resurrection, and Eternal Judgment: that the spirits of the saved at death go immediately to be with Christ in Heaven,
that their works shall be brought before the Judgment Seat of Christ for the determination of rewards which will take place at the time Christ
comes for His own; that the spirits of the unsaved at death descend immediately into Hell where they are kept under punishment until the final day of judgment,
at which time their bodies shall be raised from the grave, that they shall be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire, the
place of final and everlasting judgment.
* I believe in the Separation of Church and State, with each having definite and distinct spheres of responsibility.
* I believe in the Priesthood of all believers: that Christ is our Great High Priest and through Him, every born-again person
has direct access into God's presence without the need of a human priest; that the believer has the right and
responsibility to personally study and interpret the Scriptures guided by the Holy Spirit.
* I believe in the Lordship of Jesus Christ: that He alone is Head of the Body of Christ, into which all true believere are immediately
baptized at salvation by the Holy Spirit; that all members of this one spiritual body should assemble and identify themselves
in local churches.
* I believe in the importance of the Local church: that a new Testament church is a local assembly of born-again, baptized believers
united in organization to practice New Testament ordinances, to meet together for worship, prayer, fellowship, teaching, and a united
testimony, to actively engage in carrying out the Great Commissiom.
* I believe in the Independence and autonomy of the Local Church: that each New Testament church is free to govern itself without
ecclesiastical interference, and should cooperate with other New Testament churches as the Holy Spirit leads;
that it is resposible to follow the pattern of the New Testament church and is direstly accountable to God.
* I believe the Ordinances given to the Local Church are two- Baptism and the Lord's Supper: that Baptism is by immersion of believers, thus
portraying the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ; that the Lord's Supper is the partaking of the bread and cup by the believer
as a continuing memorial of the broken body and the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
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