1 We believe in the divine inspiration and
authority of the Holy Scriptures. By this is meant a miraculous guidance of
the Holy Spirit in their original writing (II Pet. 1:21), extending to all
parts of the Old and New Testaments, applying even to the choice of words, so
that the result is the very Word of God; the only infallible rule of faith and
practice (II Tim. 3:16).
2 We believe in one Lord God Almighty,
who has revealed Himself as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Spirit.
3 We believe that as through one man sin
entered the world and death through sin, so death passed upon all men for that
all have sinned, and the wages of sin is death (Rom. 5:12, 6:23).
4 We believe in the virgin birth and
true deity of our Lord Jesus Christ; in His death as the only true substitute
for sin, and that His shed blood was and is a sufficient expiation for the
sins of all men. We believe in His bodily resurrection from the dead, His
ascension, and exaltation above all heavens (Eph. 4:10).
5 We believe that men are justified by
faith alone and are accounted righteous before God only through the merit of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and that all who are so justified are born
anew and receive eternal life which is Christ in us the hope of glory (Col.
1:27), but that those who have not been born again shall not see the Kingdom
of God (John 3:3).
6 We believe that a local church is the
body of Christ in that locality (I Cor. 12:27), but that all regenerated
believers are also one body in Christ (Eph. 2:16) and constitute the true
church (Col. 1:24).
7 We believe it to be the supreme
responsibility of the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ to plant His church
among all nations (Rom. 1:5, Rev. 5:9)
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